Trainings

Discover the world of coffee from the bushes to the cup with our intensive 4-day workshop at the family-owned farm “Fazenda Santo Antônio”, the main supplier of our specialty coffees.

Workshop “4-day visit to the Fazenda Santo Antônio”
The workshop includes the following program (for reference; subject to change and availability):

Accommodation and transportation
– Transfer to the farm (outward and return journey): Guests will be transferred from São Paulo airport to the farm “Fazenda Santo Antônio” and driven back to São Paulo airport after their stay.
– Stay: During the visit, guests can be accommodated in a guest house (living room/double room/bathroom) on the farm. Breakfast and meals can be booked.
Depending on the number of guests, there is also the possibility to be accommodated in another farm or in a hotel in a nearby town, for which we can make recommendations.
Guests have time to explore the farm and enjoy the surroundings.

Basic coffee workshop, four modules

Module I – Coffee plantation and harvest
– Theory.
– Visit to the farm's coffee plantation.
– During the harvest time (May-July) participation in the harvesting process on the farm.

Module II – Coffee drying process
– Theory on the drying methods: natural, honey, pulped natural, washed.

Module III – Coffee grading
– Theory.
– Classification, hulling of green coffee.
– Physical evaluation of the green coffee, detection of defects.
– Preparation of coffee for export.

Module IV – Sample roasting and sensory analysis
– Roasting of the classified coffee.
– Sensory theory, Le Nez du Café, aroma wheel.
– Evaluation of the sample roast using the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) form.
– Commercial roasting of a specialty coffee.

Additional visits
– Various coffee farms in the area.
– Coffee baron architecture in Mococa, Brazil.
– Mirante de Caconde and surroundings.
– Visit to a coffee warehouse (e.g. Cooxupé Cooperative or other milling station).
– Preparation of coffee for the world market.