Fazenda Santa Clara is a 112-hectare farm, 53 hectares of which are planted with coffee. The several varieties that are grown on the property include Catuai and Yellow Catuai, as well as Mundo Novo, Icatu, Tupi, and Catucai. The farm is currently owned by Paulo Teixeira Giordano, whose great-grandfather bought it in 1930 to grow grapes. When Paulo's grandfather took the farm over, he started to grow coffee as well as raising cattle, and Paulo follows his tradition.
Paulo is an agronomist engineer and an agro-technician, and successfully applies organic techniques and principles to his growing, as well as some biodynamic methods. He is concerned with primarily producing specialty coffees, and has build a 1,800-square-meter greenhouse for drying, as well as investing in more and better-quality depulping machines.
For more information on coffee produciton in Brazil, visit our Brazil Origin Page.
