Brazil Pulp Natural Santa Ines
Farm Notes
(Credit Sweet Maria's)
Santa Ines is a coffee from the Sertao family of farms. The farm is owned by Francisco Isidro Dias Pereira who has 75 hectares dedicated to coffee with a total size of 215 hectares of land. Santa Ines is located in Carmo de Minas at 1100 meters, and this lot is 100% Yellow Bourbon cultivar. Yellow Bourbon is a sub-type that has fruit which ripens to a yellow color. It originated in Brazil. It is possible that Yellow Bourbon is a natural mutation of a cross between Bourbon and a yellow-fruited Typica called "Amarelo de Botocatu". Bourbon coffees are named for the island in the India Ocean where French colonists grew it. It's not so different in the cup than Red Bourbon, but I have noticed higher sugar levels in the Yellow fruit, and the plant has different physical properties.