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About Boa Vista
Anderson Monteiro de Andrade is a second-generation coffee farmer that lives in the village of Ibiraci right in the middle of Minas Gerais, one of the most well-known coffee-growing areas in Brazil.
Together with his 3 siblings, Anderson inherited land from their father and began building up Boa Vista. The complete farm is huge — over 2,000 acres, but under 200 of them are used for growing coffee (still a pretty large area compared to other countries!) The family values sustainable practices; they compost and use biological products as fertilizers, promoting soil health and biodiversity. Anderson says simply, “Coffee is our daily motivation” and he hopes to pass on this passion to the next generation and continue exploring regenerative agriculture.
This naturally-processed lot from Boa Vista starts by floating the picked cherries and then leaving them to dry ferment in sealed tanks for up to 36 hours. Then, the cherries are dried on huge open air patios for 12-15 days. The final cup of coffee is deeply sweet with summery notes of watermelon and lime. It’s a great everyday drinker, sip on cup after cup of this beauty from Brazil.
REGION: Alta Mogiana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
FARM: Boa Vista
VARIETAL: Yellow Catucai
ALTITUDE: 1,100 meters
PRODUCER: Anderson Monteiro de Andrade
PROCESS: Natural
Sourced through our partners at Coffee Quest.
Tastes like
Watermelon, Lime, Caramel
Brewing Recommendation
While we strive to roast our coffees to be enjoyable using any brewing method, try this coffee on Drip or Kalita.
Drip Brewing Ratio - 1:16 [i.e. 25g coffee and 400g water]
Kalita Brewing Ratio - 1:16 [i.e. 25g coffee and 400g water]
We ship almost all orders same or next day, Monday-Friday. We ship via USPS and typically orders take 2-5 days arrive. (But, as you may know, once we drop your package off, shipping times are out of our control.)
The coffee is usually roasted within one business day (Monday-Friday) of shipment. We recommend waiting at least 3-4 days after the roasting date before brewing. (And we think the sweet spot is around 2 weeks!)
All our coffees will be somewhere in the vicinity of a light to medium roast.
The way we approach roasting coffees is called 'profile roasting' meaning that we create a unique roasting profile for each coffee based on the characteristics of each bean (density, size, moisture level within the bean, etc) and how it reacts while roasting so that we can get what we believe to be the best expression possible for each of our coffees!
Lucky for you, any of our coffees can be brewed as espresso!
We aim to roast our coffee so that it tastes great in a variety of brew methods. (Fun fact: espresso is a brew method, not a type of coffee bean!)
If one of our offerings sounds good to you, we bet you’ll like it on espresso too! But, we always like to suggest Tres Banderas as a starting point for espresso.
No, most of our coffees aren’t ‘certified’ organic. But!! That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re not grown using organic processes. For many of the farms/mills that we purchase coffee from, the cost of the certification could put them out of business — new and separate equipment, cost of application process, the time spent going through certification (multiple years), etc. You can read more on the topic in our blog post here.
We are not officially fair trade certified and typically do not purchase Fair Trade certified coffees. We believe the system is a good one, and has helped many farmers and families earn a better living, however, one thing it does not address well is quality of product, and we typically pay much higher prices for higher quality.
Fair trade usually offers farmers a small premium (about $.40) on top of whatever the current market price for coffee is. We either work directly with producers or importers that already pay well above Fair Trade prices for high quality coffees. We pay top prices for great coffees regardless of any certification. Please feel free toreach out to us if you have any other questions regarding our buying practices.
Your enthusiastic satisfaction with your order is our top priority! If you are dissatisfied with your purchase, please contact us to discuss available options.
You have 30 calendar days to return an item from the date the order was placed. To be eligible for a return, your item must be unused and in the same condition that you received it in and must be in the original packaging.
Please note that we cannot accept returns on coffee because it is a perishable item. If we made an error in fulfilling your coffee order, we will, of course, make it right! Just contact us and we’ll get everything sorted.
Visit our full FAQ page or send us a note at hello@crema-coffee.com.