Fazenda Pinhal sits in the rolling hills near Santo Antônio do Amparo, in Sul de Minas - Brazil's most storied coffee region. The Gabarra Teixeira family have run it since 1994, and today it's led by sixth-generation farmer Pedro Gabarra and his sister Mariana. Only around a third of the farm's 914 hectares is planted with coffee. The rest is native forest, reforestation projects and even a sanctuary for injured birds. In 2019 Pinhal was named Brazil's most sustainable coffee farm, and that same year they installed solar panels that now cover 100% of the farm's energy use. Which makes it a very natural fit for us. Solar-powered on the farm, roasted on our all-electric Bellwether in York when the grid is greenest - renewable energy from cherry to cup! Expect plum, almond, caramel and dark chocolate, with a smooth, rounded body. It's a pulped natural - the cherries are pulped and then dried on patios for 7-10 days - which keeps it sweet and clean. Great as espresso, in milk or through a cafetiere.
See where your money goes
Producer share
Producer price not disclosed by importer
- Shipping and import
- 30%
- Roasting and delivery
- 45%
- Service and support
- 25%
Bands are shares of the price, rounded to the nearest 5%.
What we know
Certifications
Documented practice
Certifications: 100% solar powered.
Source: FSC-9035
Cup score
Measured
Cupped at 83 points (SCA).
Source: FSC-9035
Freight
Documented practice
Shipped to the UK by sea, not air.
Source: kWh sourcing policy: green coffee arrives by sea, never air
What we do not know
Farm emissions
Not known
Farm-level emissions for this lot are not measured by the producer or importer.
Source: kWh emissions boundary: measured from UK port to cup
Price to producer
Not known
Producer price not disclosed by importer.
Source: FSC-9035
Why we measure from the UK port
We measure emissions from the UK port to your cup. Before the port, we say what we know and what we do not. Farm and processing are usually the largest part of a coffee’s footprint, and most producers and importers do not measure them, so we show that gap rather than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind.