Brazil
Serra da Canastra
Serra da Canastra
This natural Arara, grown by Erly Silva in Sul de Minas, showcases ripe strawberry and dark chocolate notes.
About
Coffee Expression The Arara varietal produces excellent quality cups, with high sweetness and pronounced fruit character, here reminiscent of ripe strawberry atop the traditional dark chocolate character of Minas.
Producer Serra da Canastra is relatively small by Brazilian standards, especially in the highly productive region of Southern Minas.
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.
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. Learn more about different brewing techniques and specific brew guides here.
Technical Data
Producer Erly Silva
Region Sul de Minas
Altitude 1000 masl
Varietal Arara
Process Natural
Harvest September 2023
Shipping & Delivery
· Free shipping available
· Ships within 1-3 days from Denmark
· Coffee is roasted to order

The Silva Family
Erly Silva is a second generation coffee producer, continuing his father’s legacy through his work on his farm, Café Serra da Canastra. Erly’s father, Antônio, brought coffee seeds with him as he moved from from Parana to the Canastra region of Southern Minas, where he committed himself to low impact farming, and environmental preservation.
Today, Erly and his own children have dedicated themselves to producing high quality specialty coffees. Café Serra da Canastra spans 198 hectares, but coffee is only planted on 23 hectares, delivering an average annual production of 350 bags. This is relatively small by Brazilian standards, especially in the highly productive region of Southern Minas.
This lot was naturally processed, from a plot of the Arara varietal at Serra da Canastra. Arara is a relatively new varietal, a natural crossing between Obata and Catuai that was discovered in 1988, but not stabilised and released for farmers until 2012. Arara is one of the most popular varietals across the growing regions of Minas Gerais, with many young plantations coming into full production over the past few seasons.
Arara is resistant to leaf rust and to drought, so is well suited to the dry and hot conditions here. It also produces excellent quality cups, with high sweetness and pronounced fruit character, here reminiscent of ripe strawberry atop the traditional dark chocolate character of Minas.
Sul de Minas
Sul de Minas is one of Brazil’s most productive coffee producing areas. Arabica coffee has been grown here since the 1850’s, and is characterised by high altitude rolling hills and a mild and consistent climate, leading to excellent conditions for both growing and processing coffee. While some of the largest coffee farms in Brazil are located in Sul de Minas, more than half of the region's producers are small to medium-sized farms, just like Erly and the Silva family. On average, Sul de Minas accounts for 30% of Brazil’s total coffee production.
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