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There is no other terroir in the world similar to the unique microclimate of Poços de Caldas, which is angled perfectly toward the sun. Poços de Caldas receives sharply divided day and night periods that begin with early morning sun full-on until 4 pm, when the sun suddenly is cut off by passing across the rim of the crater at the top of the mountain, triggering a burst of energy (sugar) conversion into flavor in the beans. The soil is an enriched combination of volcanic minerals and rainforest soil, giving the coffee an abundance of nutrition and minerals. The coffees consist of a variety of unusual Arabica sub-types, including golden-fruited Catuai.

These coffees are sustainably grown, UTZ Certified, and direct-trade. Volcano Coffee Company also practices an innovative reinterpretation of "shade-grown" coffee: instead of interplanting hardwood trees with their coffee (which is of limited usefulness for wildlife due to lack of underbrush and biodiversity), they preserve wide strips of intact rainforest between different planting areas. This lets the coffee get the right amount of sun, protects biodiversity, and provides undisturbed habitat for wildlife.

Volcano Coffee Company is an association of family farms and neighbors who work together to share processing equipment, testing labs, and provide an enriched environment for their workers. Most coffee in Brazil is harvested by machine, a process that replaces workers and damages the trees severely. These machine-reliant farms rely on robust healing by the plants, but it taxes the plants' ability to cope and makes them more susceptible to disease and produce inferior coffee fruit. Volcano Coffee Company is proud to employ some of the region's fastest and best pickers, who are paid well to efficiently harvest the fruit without doing damage to the plants.

There are several independent estate farms in this group that have consistently won prizes in international competitions, producing fine crops such as the Santa Izabel microlot we feature below. This broadens the offerings of the company and enhances their reputation.

brazil-vcc-tossing-cherries.jpg Image from the farm during sunset harvest 2014 One of the estates in the co-op that produces this coffee Bourbon Arabica cherries are not red but yellow, unlike most coffee cherries

  • Brazil St. Domingos Volcano Coffee from Poços de Caldas ##for 8oz##

    Brazil St. Domingos Volcano Coffee from Poços de Caldas

    $8.75

    St. Domingos is blended from Volcano Coffee Company's sweetest coffee cherries, creating an eminently drinkable, naturally sweet coffee with ample notes of brown sugar, soft fruit, vanilla and chocolate. The aroma is... Learn more


  • Brazil Adrano Volcano Coffee from Poços de Caldas ##for 8oz##

    Brazil Adrano Volcano Coffee from Poços de Caldas

    $9.25

    We're loving the intensity and complex notes of Adrano, which has won over 17 international awards for drip coffee and espresso formulas, including a Golden Bean USA award for espresso, and this new crop is sure to follow... Learn more


  • Brazil Light Roast ##for 8 ounces##

    Brazil Light

    $8.50

    Our newest Brazil blend is a quintessential Light blend that makes a fabulous summer iced coffee with a compelling caramel profile. Brazil Light is a combination of 17-time award-winning Brazil Adrano in a Light 422 roast... Learn more


  • Brazil Cerrado Terra Roxa Coffee ##for 8 ounces##

    NEW! Brazil Cerrado

    $9.25

    The World Wide Fund for Nature named the Cerrado the biologically richest savanna in the world. These varieties of Mundo Novo, Yellow Catuai, Red Catuai and Acaia have their rich flavor enhanced by the region’s Terra... Learn more


  • Bold up! Brazil Bold Espresso##for 8 oz - 1 lb also available##

    Brazil Bold - The Thrilla from Brazilla!

    $8.95

    We designed this bold espresso for commercial customers many years ago. Lately we keep being asked for a very bold espresso with dark notes. So we are putting this wonderful coffee back into the lineup. Put me in the game,... Learn more


  • ##for 8oz##

    Chocozilla (from Brazilla!)

    $8.50

    Our second chocolatey coffee blend, once intended as a limited edition, now a permanent offering thanks to popular demand! Fabulous hot, iced or as cold brew! ChocoZilla is primarily volcanic-soil grown Saint Domingos from... Learn more


  • Brazil Adrano Volcano Coffee from Poços de Caldas, green unroasted ##for 1lb (larger sizes available)##

    Brazil Adrano Volcano Coffee, green unroasted

    $9.25

    Adrano is an intense, complex coffee. The unique terroir imparts a unique flavor profile that is an interesting combination of sharp, bright elements with earthy and floral tones and a hint of chocolate. Body is high and... Learn more



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The Araku Valley of India

India's coffee tradition goes back 400 years or more, when a variety called Kent was first established in the Southern Hills. Arabicas predominated until the blight of 1870, when growers needed to hybridize to resistant varieties. The resultant strains had genes from Liberica and other unique, resistant species. Learn more and browse India's Araku Valley coffees here.

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