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Cerrado / Mata Atlântica

Alta Mogiana

São Paulo / Minas Gerais

Line drawing of coffee rows running toward a flat horizon, cherries on the nearest plants and low hills and trees beyond.

Sweet and balanced in the cup — chocolate, almond, nuts. Mild temperatures averaging 20 °C over broken, uneven terrain.

At a glance

Biome
Cerrado / Mata Atlântica
Species
Arabica
Altitude
900–1,100 m
Processing
Natural and pulped natural
A map of Brazil locating this region, with the other four marked as dots.Matas de RondôniaCerrado MineiroSul de MinasAlta Mogiana4Espírito Santo
Alta Mogiana in Brazil. The other four regions are marked — follow one to read it.

In depth

The place

A belt of broken, uneven country along the border between São Paulo and Minas Gerais, mild at around twenty degrees and planted on slopes rather than plateau.

The terrain is the point. Uneven ground means uneven exposure, and coffee grown across it ripens at different rates on the same farm — which is one reason late-maturing cultivars like Arara are useful here rather than inconvenient.

Grown here

The plants

What these cultivars are

In a blend

What this region offers

Sweetness and nuttiness. Chocolate and almond over a balanced body — a component that rounds a blend rather than pulling it in one direction.

The other four

Elsewhere in Brazil

All five regions, on the map