About this Coffee
Our export partners – FAF – have come up with a ‘Reserve Concept’ to distinguish farmers who are producing the highest quality coffees. These coffees are created from the top selection of their partner farms and cultivated by single families, these coffees are carefully handcrafted and represent the very top tier of speciality coffee.
Fernando Heringer and his 100% Catucai lot have made it into this special class of coffee. Fernando’s farm is in Alto Caparaó, adjacent to the Caparaó National Park, this community of coffee producers share a very special microclimate, highly influenced by the National Park.
Nicknamed ‘the rockstar farmer’ for his long blond hair and guitar skills, Fernando Heringer was one of FAF’s first partners in this region. They worked together to improve his harvesting, drying and post-harvest processing methods.
Today Fernando is a model farmer, sharing these new concepts with his neighbours and adding value to their coffees and the reputation of this special region.