Bolivia Amboro National Parc and Brazil Capricornio
Brazil.
FARMS: Fazenda Santa Mariana, Sitio Teixeira, Fazenda São Carlos
BLEND: Farmer blend with notes of chocolate and berries
LOCATION: Marilia and Garça, Norte Pioneiro
CULTIVARS: Catuaí and Novo Mundo
SCORE: SCA 84+
EXPORTER: Capricornio Coffees
IMPORTER: Special Roast
ROASTER: Special Roast
Bolivia
FARMS: Sicirec Bolivia
LOCATION: Santa Cruz - Cochabamba - Rurrenabaque
CULTIVARS: Castillo, Catuai en IPR103
SCORE: SCA 84+
EXPORTER: Sicirec Bolivia
IMPORTER: Sicirec Bolivia
ROASTER: Special Roast
Blending Brazil with Bolivia - coffee specs
What to taste for:
Aroma: chocolate, dried berries, caramel.
Body: round mouthfeel with a thick body.
Acidity: hint of currants and lime
Aftertaste: dark chocolate, cacao powder, molasses.
PROCESSING YOUR COFFEE
The Brazilian coffee is a pulped natural. The combination of altitude and processing results in a jammy, red fruit profile, with lots of sweetness and a dark chocolate backbone. The excellent treatment of the Signature lots give it unrivaled consistency in quality and flavor, year after year. The Bolivian Arabica coffee beans thrive at relatively low altitudes, yielding a coffee with a full-bodied, accessible flavor profile that includes delightful notes of cocoa, caramel, and lime zest.
ROASTING YOUR COFFEE
We use a 22kg Probat UG22 roaster, that has been built in 1965. The roast time is 11 minutes. After the first crack, the coffee is roasted for a remainder of 25% of the time. To obtain the best flavor and taste each coffee or blend has a unique roast profile. Our roastery operates CO2 Neutral.
Relative price breakdown:
62%
is what the farmers get of the green coffee price in Rotterdam. This is for growing, harvest, milling and preparing the bags for export.
16%
Importing, financing, shipping bureaucracy, sampling and financing costs for This Side Up Coffees.
13%
Exporting by Capricornio in Brazil and Sicirec Bolivia .
9%
total shipping costs to Rotterdam. Full container loads good forwarding connections warrant such favourable shipping prices.
About the Brazilian farmers
Capricornio coffees is located on the line of Capricorn (hence the name!) and therefore quite distant from the Equator, this means that winters are colder and average temperature is lower. The coffees will need to work harder to ripen, which increases the sweetness of the flavor, creating a very distinct coffee.
This coffee is a blend especially prepared for Special Roast, and part of the Signature coffees line of the connected Capricornio Estates. Signature coffees have taste profiles idealized and chosen by Capricornio Coffees directors José Antônio and Luiz Roberto, and validated by the Quality Control team. The aim is to create taste profiles that are repeated every year, offering not only quality, but also consistency, that coffee drinkers recognize every year.
About the BOLIVIAN farmers
Sicirec Bolivia is a dedicated local organization committed to restoring the biodiversity of tropical rainforests and improving socio-economic conditions. Collaborating with over 2,000 small-scale, indigenous farming families in the regions surrounding Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, and Rurrenabaque, Sicirec provides essential support in agricultural practices, offering training and equipment to these hardworking farmers. The Bolivian farmers grow coffee using sustainable agroforestry systems, creating food forests that not only produce high-quality coffee but also contribute to environmental conservation.