Albuns

After a year of work, there is nothing more gratifying than reaping the fruits of our efforts, dedication, care, and deep love that is lived every day on the farm. Moments of heartfelt gratitude, satisfaction, and happiness, when we get to see the wonders that the new harvest will reveal. Ripening is slowly taking place, moments of selective harvestings, and monitoring of the quality potential of the year. Implementation of pre-cupping is fundamental for tracing the sensorial profiles of the coffees of the year, which contributes a lot to the better and more efficient logistical planning of the harvesting. We begin the 2020 harvesting in a moment of numerous uncertainties in the world, yet with our hearts filled with hope that everyone's lives will go on, full of possibilities and new opportunities of creating innovative ways, just like the harvests of each year: never the same, but always presenting us with many chances of always doing better things.

‘Nothing is in vain...' When you live in nature, this argument makes itself present in every movement. The world comes together, now, not focused on the 'outside', but to open the door to inside. A repositioning, a different state of being - reviewing concepts, forming new attitudes and ways of existing in a completely connected world. Certainly, all of us are living through distinct moments that command us to positionings and behaviors that are, also, distinct. All over the Planet, we are all living days that are disparate from our day-to-day life and routine. A singular learning moment, equipped with something vital: essential care. How to take care of yourself, to take care of others, becomes a part of the daily routine in all continents, in every corner of the world - and it was no different at the coffee production farms in Brazil. However, if this pathway carries on in the daily actions of humankind, it will have been worth it witnessing this disquiet in all the worldly nations. Here, at the Caxambu and Aracaçu Farms, we hope and trust that this occurrence will leave us with a positive legacy, in the sense that we become a more solidary, integrated, legitimate, and humane team.

The projects, courses, professional qualifications, and attention to the development and quality of life of people have always been, in all moments, fundamental topics in the Caxambu and Aracaçu Farms. With this focus, during all of the agricultural year, several movements and projects are developed. These are essential cares that ensure the vocation and the passion of this team in producing coffees with such particular, distinguished, and unique identity.

In keeping with the movements and ideals of present society, the Caxambu and Aracaçu farms have installed their renewable plants to generate their energy and produce their organic compost. SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM: The sun is a free, inexhaustible, constant, and consistent source of energy – without generating impacts on the environment and, also, abundant in our country. Due to the several economic and environmental advantages offered by solar energy, this renewable resource was implanted at the production units of the Farms. A clean energy source that supplies the demands of the Farms, making them more self-sustainable. ORGANIC WASTE COMPOSTING PLANT: Upholding their commitment to generating their sustainable resources and recycling all of the residues produced in their production system, the Caxambu and Aracaçu Farms manufacture, today, their own organic compost - which provides most of the nutritional package for the coffee plantations and procedures for restructuring soil life. A production of agricultural inputs that strengthens the commitment of the Farms in the production of an agro-ecological, virtuous, regenerative, and healthy coffee farming.

Reinforcing their commitment to excellence in every process, Caxambu and Aracaçu Farms also offer a charming and bucolic space that is a true invitation to experiencing authentic experiences and unforgettable sensations. At Paiol Café, a small boutique which preserves the origin of the century-old farm, you can find rare coffees: legitimate and unique, of different varieties and kinds of processing, found only at this place of origin - a place with the vocation to produce rare coffees with a very particular identity. All of the products from Paiol Café are of exclusive rural origin to value the important countryside food heritage of Brazil. An initiative that strives to strengthen the agricultural chain committed to sustainable methods that value virtuous agriculture and with a deep connection to mechanisms of healthy production. A value statement that the Farms offer to the consumer - delivering goods that are beneficial to health; that are regenerative, of exceptional flavor, sustainable and produced with deep reverence to the environment, within a holistic, systemic, and integrated production model. There you can find a varied coffee list in the daily options displayed on the board and at the emporium, in different preparation methods, which can be harmonized with delicious homemade cheese bread (pão de queijo); special recipe cakes; artisanal cheese aged from raw milk, of handmade production from Serra da Mantiqueira and Canastra; special jams made with seasonal fruit, and other specialties - like the delicious Cold brew, the Cascara manually produced on the farm from selective manual harvest; the delicate and elegant coffee flower tea; the very special WineCoffee with its remarkable traits of the noble wines and of unique terroir varieties, and also the cold kombucha coffee with live and probiotic bacilli. Tradition, excellence in all the processes and passion for what they do, reflect the vocation of the Caxambu and Aracaçu Farms on their commitment to the sustainability of a virtuous family coffee farming.

With more than 100 years producing coffees that have shaped the lives of people from all four corners of the world, the Caxambu Farms are committed to preserving their heritage, which has been recording the personal history of so many generations. These are pages that tell and record the biography of a prosperous and happy past, revitalized by narratives of modernity and a contemporary context. At the farm each site, each nook, every structure, every detail is valued, restored and renovated so that the life story of those who proceed the present moment is preserved. A place that welcomes and captivates the many families who live there and reap the fruits of their labor.