• FAZENDA CALIFORNIA / L.A.G / ARARA - 200g

Regular price £25.00 GBP
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Origin
Brazil
Producer
Luiz & Flavia Saldanha
Importer
Langdon
Farm
Fazenda California
Varietal
Arara
Process
L.A.G Process
Elevation
800 masl
Bag size
200g
Flavour notes
Pineapple, Passionfruit, Winey
Context
This lot comes from Fazenda California in Paraná, produced by Luiz and Flavia Saldanha. Alongside building a consistent, quality focused farm, they’ve spent the last few years putting a lot of time into research and post-harvest processing, using their background in agronomy to better understand how their environment shapes flavour.

The farm sits in a subtropical region with cooler, wetter harvest conditions than most of Brazil, which has pushed them to experiment with processing as a way of building structure and complexity. Over time, they’ve isolated and worked with native microorganisms from the farm, developing fermentation approaches that are specific to their own conditions.

This lot is part of their LAG project. In microbiology, the lag phase is the point where microorganisms adapt before growth begins, but here it also reflects the people behind the work: Luiz, Dr. Alexander, and Gilmar, whose combined experience across farming, science, and processing has shaped this approach. It’s the result of years of learning, testing, and refining how they work with fermentation.

PROCESSING

This lot uses co-inoculation of native lactic acid bacteria and non-saccharomyces yeast, both isolated from the farm. Cherries are fermented for 72 hours in stainless steel tanks before being dried on raised beds, starting under shade and finishing in open conditions. The coffee is rested before final drying to stabilise moisture and structure, resulting in a complex and well-defined cup.