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| Winning farm of the Brazil Cup of Excellence Competition and Auction - 2001 edition |
| Armando Santos Fazenda São Domingos |
| Characteristics of the coffee lot: |
 Processing System: Pulped Natural
The winning lot, of the Mundo Novo variety, was picked in a 5-hectare area.
Variety: Mundo Novo
Lot size: 50 bags
Average score: 85.11
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| Characteristics of the farm: |
Property: Fazenda São Domingos
E-mail: santos@muzambinho.psi.br
Location: Município de Muzambinho - Southern Minas - State of Minas Gerais.
Total area: 176 hectares
Coffee growing area (according to varieties): Mundo Novo - 35 hectaresCatuaí Vermelho - 15 hectares
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 Armando Santos and family |
Fazenda São Domingos is located at an average altitude of 1,100 meters in the southern part of the State of Minas Gerais, the most traditional coffee region of the state and one of the best for producing fine coffees because of its climate, soil and altitude conditions.
The total area of the farm is divided into two parts. In the first, with 76 hectares, are the main house of the farm and the coffee processing structure, which covers 4,000 meters of concrete drying terrace, washer, pulper, three pre-dryers, processing equipment, decantation tank for the water used in the washing and pulping process.
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 Drying terrace and processing structure |
 Coffee processing equipment |
 Coffee processing equipment |
| Armando Santos runs the São Domingos Farm coffee production together with his wife and six sons and daughters - who work in an integrated and harmonious way. Armando Santos has been a coffee producer for the last 40 years, following a family tradition of many decades. |
 Reservoir |
The producer is committed to factors that form the sustainability of the economic activity, quality of the produced coffee, social responsibility, and respect for the environment.
Thus, one of the main objectives is to fairly remunerate his employees (an average of US$118 a month), giving them production prizes, and complying with all labor laws and regulations. |
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Coffee processing system: The lot that won the award was submitted to the following phases described below. On the same day it was picked up, it was washed, separating the dry beans from other beans. The latter coffee was processed in the depulper, which separated the green from the cherry beans. The cherry beans were transferred to a terrace to dry during one sunny day. The coffee was then placed in the pre-dryer, at a temperature of 35 - 40 degrees Celsius where it remained until reaching 11.50% of humidity. Finally, after resting for one week, it was processed. |
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Quality concerns: With many years of coffee experience, Armando Santos maintains his objective of producing coffees with continuous and increasing quality improvement. In 2000, the producer learned about the rules of the Quality Contest, and obtained additional information on coffee processing during the BSCA certification seminar, held at Fazenda Monte Alegre. |