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Santa Joana

Santa Joana

Sítio Alto Santa Joana is owned by Arlindo and Marlene Kuster, a small farm in the mountainous region of Espírito Santo
Kr. 123,00 DKK
Kr. 123,00 DKK
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About

Coffee Expression Alongside the typically sweet Brazilian notes of milk chocolate and caramel, pulped natural processing leads to a more fruit-forward profile with a malic acidity and notes of stone fruit.

Producer Sítio Alto Santa Joana is owned by Arlindo and Marlene Kuster, a small farm in the Alto Santa Joana community of Espírito Santo.

Whole Bean Coffee / Both for filter and espresso

Brewing Advise

Water is one of the most critical components of an excellent coffee experience. We recommend using mineral water of a soft Total Dissolved Solids count, ideally below 150 ppm. Learn more about water and the effect it has on taste here.

Rested coffee During the resting process, harsh and astringent flavors, which can even be perceived as a ‘roast’ character, soften out, allowing a clearer and brighter expression of the coffee’s character to shine.  

We recommend resting our coffees for at least 10 days after the roast date, and we often find excellent results, especially for particularly dense coffees, beyond 6 weeks.

Brewing Our straightforward approach to coffee carries over into brewing. We recommend our roasted coffee for all brew methods, regardless of whether it is immersion, percolation or espresso. We believe that there is one correct way to roast a single coffee, roasting lightly, in such a way as to release its innate qualities and showcase its quality.

Technical Data

Producer Arlindo Kuster

Region Espírito Santo

Altitude 1000 masl

Varietal Catucai

Process Pulped Natural

Harvest October 2022

Shipping & Delivery

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· Ships within 1-3 days from Denmark

· Coffee is roasted to order

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Sítio Alto Santa Joana

Sítio Alto Santa Joana is owned by Arlindo Kuster, a small farm in the Alto Santa Joana community of Espírito Santo. Coffee was first cultivated here by Arlindo’s father, Paulo Kuster, who grew a small amount of coffee as a cash crop, intercropped with food crops. Arlindo was the youngest son in the family, and grew up learning to care for each of the crops and for the farm itself, alongside his father.

Arlindo began making improvements to the farm and his processes, aiming to produce high quality from his 15 hectares of coffee plants, mainly Catucai 785 and Catucai 2SL. In 2020, he purchased a de-pulper and built a covered drying terrace, allowing him to produce pulped natural coffees for the first time. He has been producing quality results ever since. Arlindo works each day alongside his wife Marlene, both are committed to taking care of their farm and finding new ways to produce even higher quality.

Producer: Arlindo Kuster

Pulped Natural Catucai

This lot of Catucai underwent pulped natural processing. Alongside the typically sweet Brazilian notes of milk chocolate and caramel, this leads to a more fruit-forward profile with a malic acidity and notes of stone fruit.

Montanhas do Espírito Santo

The Montanhas do Espírito Santo coffee growing region lies in the western highlands of the state of Espírito Santo. Coffee farms here are distinct from those in the rest of Brazil in several ways. Production here more closely resembles that in other countries in South America, with small family-owned farms perched on steep mountainsides. The climate is rather cool due to the influence of the nearby Atlantic ocean, and the mountainous terrain creates many distinct microclimates, leading to perfect conditions for growing slow-maturing high quality Arabica coffees. Due to the steep terrain, most producers in Espírito Santo pick by hand, unlike much of Brazil. These conditions, alongside the varying techniques of many small scale farmers, result in distinct and characterful coffees, most of which are harvested 1-2 months later than the rest of the country. Coffees from Espirito Santo tend to have higher acidity and more distinct fresh fruit notes than many other Brazilian coffees.