Brazil — Florentino Meneguetti

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Brazil — Florentino Meneguetti Grown at less than 1000 metres above sea level (MASL), this is another Brazilian specialty coffee that challenges long-held assumptions about elevation driving quality in the cup. Heralded as the key variable, high elevation equals lower air temperature which in turn equals a longer maturation phase for coffee cherries. A longer maturation phase can produce more complexity, more sweetness and a more rounded flavour profile. But there is growing evidence that these qualities aren’t developed due to elevation. Rather, the biodiversity and health of the surrounding ecosystem - specifically that of the soil microbiome - is the critical variable. This means coffees grown at 1000 MASL could offer higher quality cups than a coffee grown at twice the elevation. And this specific lot is proof of that supposition. Expect a flavour profile round, juicy and rich.