Guima Café
Farm facts
Name: São Lorenço e Brasis
Municipality: Varjao de Minas / Minas Gerais
Average altitude: 1020 meters
Average temperature: 24 ºC
About your grower
Located in the Cerrado Mineiro Region since 1977, Guima Café is produced on the São Lourenço and Brasis farms, in the municipalities of Patos de Minas and Varjão de Minas. Its crops are between plains and valleys with average altitudes of 1,030 meters and total 1,300 hectares, with 700 hectares of planted coffee. With an annual production capacity of 35,000 bags, 70% of which is specialty coffee production, Guima is part of the BMG Group, one of the largest private business conglomerates in the country. It is a member of the Brazilian Specialty Coffee Association (BSCA), certified by the RainForest Alliance since 2008, in addition to the Certifica Minas, AAA from Nespresso and Café Practices. Guima Café reinforced its commitment to sustainable production, through Regenerative Coffee Culture, which aims to keep the soils alive, the health of the entire ecosystem and care for the future of the planet, becoming the fourth farm in the world to receive the British Regenagri® certification of regenerative coffee cultivation. The search for excellence, through the production of high quality coffees and sustainable attitudes, gave rise to a very strong culture, full of purpose and dedicati
Production characteristics
Bags: 10.00Coffee variety: Em Estudo
Processing: Natural
Average altitude: 1020 meters
Harvest: 2022/2023
Warehouse: Expocaccer Cooperativa dos Cafeicultores do Cerrado
About Cerrado Mineiro Region
Designation of Origin
The Cerrado Mineiro Region is a world recognized high quality coffee producing origin - the first “Designation of Origin” in Brazil, located in northwest of Minas Gerais State.
Having well-defined seasons - a hot, wet summer and a pleasantly dry winter - is a strong characteristic of the region. The coffee plantations are cultivated in areas with altitudes varying between 800 and 1,300 meters, the result being high quality coffees with a unique identity.
The coffees are “Origin and Quality Guaranteed” by the Cerrado Mineiro Region - D.O. Regulatory Board.
Our official production process
The Designation of Origin oficial production process emphasizes and values the characteristics of our terroir. Only coffees grown inside the officially delimited area and that followed the rules of the production process defined by our Regulatory Board may have the Cerrado Mineiro Region - D.O. assured by the Guaranteed Origin and Quality Seal.
Producing farms must be located within the Designation of Origin delimited area;
Minimum altitude of 800 meters, reaching up to 1,300 meters;
Coffea arabica is the official specie;
Minimum quality of 80pts based on SCAA* methodology;
The use of good practices and respect to Brazilian laws;
Coffee lots must be warehoused only in the accredited cooperatives;
Only the official coffee bag, identified with the Guaranteed Origin and Quality Seal., must be used.