Brazil Fazendas Dutra “Direct Trade”

The green coffee for this specialty is sourced directly from Fazenda Dutra in Brazil. This gives us complete transparency about where our coffee comes from and who grows, picks, and prepares it for export. Like Machwitz Kaffee, Fazenda Dutra coffee farm is a family business. It is run by brothers Ednilson and Waltim, the second generation to lead the company. Dutra Farm is located inland from Brazil’s east coast, in the beautiful region of Minas Gerais, in Sao Joao do Manhuacu. The coffee is produced using entirely artisanal processes that make a significant difference to the final product.

Our Dutra Arabica Catuai is harvested exclusively for us, depulped, and then dried in the sun. This process is called “Pulped Natural,” which gives the coffee a sweetness and a light fruitiness.

For each order, 340 custom-printed coffee sacks are loaded into a 20” container and transported by truck to the port of Santos.

From there, we arrange shipping through Hapag Llyod. The sea voyage takes about 24 days, with stops in Salvador, Tanger Med (Morocco), Rotterdam, and London before arriving in Hamburg. There, the container is unloaded and cleared through customs, then transported by truck to our roastery at Marstall. The 340 sacks (20.4 tons) are then unloaded by hand.