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// Giu, Marcio, Marcinho, Eveline, Rosalinda, Louis-Carlos // Hands & women, faces & men, passionate farmers who work delicately with these coffees every day. THANK YOU!

Cooperative: COOPFAM
Region: Minas Gerais
Farm altitude: 900 to 1,200 m
Coffee varieties: Catuaí, Mundo Novo, Catucaí, Paraiso, Arara
Process: natural
Harvest : June to August
Cooperative founded: 1983 as an association, converted into a cooperative in 2003
Website: Coopfam
Cup profile: cocoa, nuts & pepper

COOPFAM is a cooperative located in Poço Fundo, a small town in the state of Minas Gerais in eastern Brazil (inland). In 1998, it became the first cooperative in the country to receive fair-trade certification. In 2007, it acquired a modern coffee processing facility: fermentation, washing, drying, storage—it has everything! Today, 25% of its production is certified organic (4,000 of the 16,000 bags produced in 2024). This is a significant increase compared with previous years! With Roasters United, we buy only these certified coffees, thereby seeking to encourage more farms to convert to organic agriculture! COOPFAM members feel a strong sense of belonging to the cooperative, which has developed specific programs to support local residents. For example, COOPFAM provides dedicated support to women coffee producers through its “MOBI” project.

Roasters United roasters visit COOPFAM every year; the most recent trip took place in July 2024.

This coffee is purchased directly from the producer @Roasters United 

Enjoy!