Sitio Pedra Batista is a 10.8-hectare lot owned by Carlos Renato Braga da Silva, with 5 hectares planted in coffee of several Yellow varieties: Bourbon, Catucai, and Catuai.
Carlos Renato is very proud of his farm's history: It was purchased by his great-great-grandfather in 1940, then passed down through the generations to Carlos Renato, though coffee wasn't always a primary focus: The land grew tobacco, beans, and corn mostly. The farm has no workers besides the family, and Carols Renato himself does most of the daily duties around the farm: He has learned about quality from his grandfather, who would tell him stories about "specialty coffee," and he has done a lot to improve his picking, processing, and sorting to achieve better results.
For more information about coffee production in Brazil, visit our Brazil Origin Page. For more information about the Best Cup competition, visit www.cafeimports.com/resource.
