Discourse & Dissent: Contrasting Coffees Box Set
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Discourse & Dissent is a box set series of two rotating coffees from different areas of the tasting spectrum. This is our 6th set of the series and this time we are featuring three different coffees from Minas Gerais from producers who are a part of the Black Producers Program. We have three different varietals and three different roast levels. We will get to taste a Catigua MG 2 as a lighter roast from the Aparecida family at Sítio Pico do Boné, a Mundo Novo as a medium roast from Lauriel Peixoto from Sítio Santo Ant
ônio, and a Paraiso from Lauriel's father, Roberto Peixoto from the same farm.
These coffees are a beautiful example of our approach to sourcing as they embody Quality, Relationship, and Impact.
Sítio Pico do Boné: Natural Catigua MG 2
Coffee runs in the Aparecida family's blood, four generations deep, but Cristiene's father, Abraão da Silva and her mother, Aparecida Martins were the first generation to move from sharecropping to land ownership. “It took many years of sacrifice to become landowners, but my family was determined.” Says Cristiene. Abraão da Sliva loaded his ox cart and traveled for 2 hours round trip to the family’s coffee farm, able to carry about 100 plants per trip. His wife Doña Aparecida recalls he would make up to 5 trips in one day to plant the coffee farm. He and his family planted 12,000 coffee trees in this way. Currently they are up to 40,000 trees on the farm. You can feel the passion, love, sweat, blood and tears that are imbued on their farm. The coffee plants thrive from it.
Sítio Pico do Boné: Natural Catigua MG 2
Coffee runs in the Aparecida family's blood, four generations deep, but Cristiene's father, Abraão da Silva and her mother, Aparecida Martins were the first generation to move from sharecropping to land ownership. “It took many years of sacrifice to become landowners, but my family was determined.” Says Cristiene. Abraão da Sliva loaded his ox cart and traveled for 2 hours round trip to the family’s coffee farm, able to carry about 100 plants per trip. His wife Doña Aparecida recalls he would make up to 5 trips in one day to plant the coffee farm. He and his family planted 12,000 coffee trees in this way. Currently they are up to 40,000 trees on the farm. You can feel the passion, love, sweat, blood and tears that are imbued on their farm. The coffee plants thrive from it.
Abraão da Silva passed away in 2016 but his legacy lives on with his daughters, Kátia and Cristiene. They decided to pursue specialty coffee and are in pursuit of exporting their coffee for higher premiums. This coffee is a result of their skills, knowledge and hard work.
Flavor-wise, you can expect a juicy cup with tropical flavors of pomelo, cherry and a caramel sweetness.
Lauriel Peixoto of Sítio Santo Antônio: Natural Mundo Novo
Lauriel is the next generation of the Peixoto family. They have been in the coffee industry, mostly as sharecroppers, for generations. They are among the very few Black Brazilians who own land in the Campo das Vertentes region in the south of Minas Gerais. By banding together, the Peixoto family (who are well-known and admired in their community for their strong bond) were able to purchase 44 hectares of land and plant 27,000 coffee trees. Now, that land includes a drying patio, farmhouse, and storage facility, and over 74,000 coffee trees grow on the property. Lauriel’s interest in coffee piqued in 2017, while participating in a course on field succession. Following this, she witnessed her family’s involvement with the Black Brazilian Producer's Project, and her mother as a key figure, causing her to view the business from a different perspective. From that point, she has become increasingly involved, as Neide and Roberto make a point of sharing information and decisions about coffee production with her. Lauriel has taken courses in coffee quality and roasting; she supports her father with document organization and cost management; for the past three years, she has been responsible for post-harvesting. It is also due to the Project that she began pursuing a new language, English, in 2021. The whole process of recognition and appreciation for the business ensures that Lauriel is a young member of the Peixoto family with a promising future. Lauriel says, “I was really getting inserted and I don’t see my life outside of there! I already want to be there, to continue (my parents’) work!”
Flavor-wise, you can expect a juicy cup with tropical flavors of pomelo, cherry and a caramel sweetness.
Lauriel Peixoto of Sítio Santo Antônio: Natural Mundo Novo
Lauriel is the next generation of the Peixoto family. They have been in the coffee industry, mostly as sharecroppers, for generations. They are among the very few Black Brazilians who own land in the Campo das Vertentes region in the south of Minas Gerais. By banding together, the Peixoto family (who are well-known and admired in their community for their strong bond) were able to purchase 44 hectares of land and plant 27,000 coffee trees. Now, that land includes a drying patio, farmhouse, and storage facility, and over 74,000 coffee trees grow on the property. Lauriel’s interest in coffee piqued in 2017, while participating in a course on field succession. Following this, she witnessed her family’s involvement with the Black Brazilian Producer's Project, and her mother as a key figure, causing her to view the business from a different perspective. From that point, she has become increasingly involved, as Neide and Roberto make a point of sharing information and decisions about coffee production with her. Lauriel has taken courses in coffee quality and roasting; she supports her father with document organization and cost management; for the past three years, she has been responsible for post-harvesting. It is also due to the Project that she began pursuing a new language, English, in 2021. The whole process of recognition and appreciation for the business ensures that Lauriel is a young member of the Peixoto family with a promising future. Lauriel says, “I was really getting inserted and I don’t see my life outside of there! I already want to be there, to continue (my parents’) work!”
Flavor-wise you should expect sweet prune notes peeking out from behind dulce de leche flavors and a honey graham aftertaste.
Roberto Peixoto of Sítio Santo
Antônio: Natural Paraiso
Roberto Peixoto is one of the founders of Sítio Santo Antônio alongside his six brothers who grew up watching their parents work on the coffee plantations of Santo Antônio do Amparo. As adults, their involvement in coffee piqued an interest in having their own land and businesses. In 2000, the brothers would go on to purchase land where the Santo Antônio Farm stands today, and thus, the Peixoto Community was born. In Roberto’s words, buying the land was the conquest of a dream. “It represented a dream come true that we had been dreaming for many years,” he recalls. “Because before, we worked like this privately for other farmers. Acquiring our own land was a great satisfaction.” Each brother manages his own piece of land, with an average of 3-4 hectares of coffee. The remaining preserved area is maintained by the five surviving brothers, who work together to oversee the property with union and cooperation. The unity of working with family has inspired the younger generation of successors to the business. The Black Producers Project has been a stimulus as well. In total, 15 members of the Peixoto Family are involved in the whole coffee production process, from harvest, post-harvest, quality and certification. Family work strengthens the Peixoto Community. Their farming practices and Sítio Santo Antônio’s altitude, climate, and soil have contributed to the big sweetness and full body of their coffees. The Peixoto family has competed in and won several local quality contests.
This coffee was developed more to give you three roast profiles and in this one you will taste sweet cinnamon, molasses, dark chocolate in a full-bodied cup.
Roberto Peixoto is one of the founders of Sítio Santo Antônio alongside his six brothers who grew up watching their parents work on the coffee plantations of Santo Antônio do Amparo. As adults, their involvement in coffee piqued an interest in having their own land and businesses. In 2000, the brothers would go on to purchase land where the Santo Antônio Farm stands today, and thus, the Peixoto Community was born. In Roberto’s words, buying the land was the conquest of a dream. “It represented a dream come true that we had been dreaming for many years,” he recalls. “Because before, we worked like this privately for other farmers. Acquiring our own land was a great satisfaction.” Each brother manages his own piece of land, with an average of 3-4 hectares of coffee. The remaining preserved area is maintained by the five surviving brothers, who work together to oversee the property with union and cooperation. The unity of working with family has inspired the younger generation of successors to the business. The Black Producers Project has been a stimulus as well. In total, 15 members of the Peixoto Family are involved in the whole coffee production process, from harvest, post-harvest, quality and certification. Family work strengthens the Peixoto Community. Their farming practices and Sítio Santo Antônio’s altitude, climate, and soil have contributed to the big sweetness and full body of their coffees. The Peixoto family has competed in and won several local quality contests.
This coffee was developed more to give you three roast profiles and in this one you will taste sweet cinnamon, molasses, dark chocolate in a full-bodied cup.
We are honored to share these coffees with you and invite you to sip on these coffees while you take time to ponder on the ideals our nation was founded on and figuring out your role in making those ideals true for everyone.
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More about this box set series:
We launched the Discourse & Dissent box as an opportunity for us all to consider freedom, freedom to and freedom from. We live in a time when the basic freedoms that are supposed to be guaranteed to all are being tested, called out for their deep, historical, and present-day shortcomings, false uses, and manipulations. At the same time, many in our society are using the freedoms that we do have to push and drive our representatives and society as a whole to become more equal. We are proud of freedoms that we do have, yet know how flawed they are and that it is our duty to create and insist upon the opportunity for freedom for every single person in our society.
Discourse and dissent have played key roles in building the better parts of our society since our inception. Discourse and dissent drive us forward, closer to freedom, practices that our nation is founded upon, and that we need to cultivate as norms in our society, knowing they are basic elements of patriotism.