Origin note: Sitio Sao Benedito, Brazil
A family-run natural Brazil from Campestre, Sul de Minas, grown at around 1,200m by Lessandro Franco and Tatiane Helena.
Sitio Sao Benedito is a Brazil origin that fits the Easy Drinking lane: rounded, sweet, familiar and forgiving. It is the type of coffee that can make specialty feel approachable without losing transparency.
Farm and family
The supplier document identifies the producers as Lessandro Franco and Tatiane Helena in Campestre, Regiao Vulcanica, Sul de Minas. They work together in family farming and have built the farm around coffee after returning to Brazil and continuing the family production tradition.
The farm has around 15 hectares in coffee and an annual production listed at roughly 300 bags. The document lists varieties including Acaia, red and yellow Catuai, yellow Catucai and Icatu.
Technical details
- Origin: Brazil
- Region: Campestre, Regiao Vulcanica, Sul de Minas
- Altitude: around 1,200m
- Process: Natural
- Harvest: June to August
Why it matters for the range
This coffee gives us a strong daily-drinking foundation. Brazil naturals often bring sweetness, body and familiar flavour references like chocolate, caramel, nuts and soft fruit. That makes them useful for automatic machines, espresso milk drinks and customers moving from supermarket coffee into specialty.
Source note
Built from the supplier origin presentation: Sitio-Sao-Benedito-SMC-Specialty-Coffees.pdf, stored in the Out of Coffee origin document folder.