Brazil Luzia Collective #4 Peaberries

Farmers: Luzia Collective, Lot # 4

Location: Sul de Minas, Cabo Verde, Brazil

Altitude: 1150-1250 m

Type of processing: Natural

Flavours:

Sweet yellow fruit leads the flavour profile, bringing notes of ripe peach and apricot. A gentle toffee-like sweetness adds warmth and depth, while soft chamomile florals give the cup a light, aromatic lift. The coffee shows a subtle wine-like fruit character balanced by a clean acidity. The finish is long and coating, leaving a smooth and lingering impression on the palate.

Impact:

The Luzia Collective is about creating sustainable, inclusive growth for female farmers in a traditionally male-dominated sector. These are female producers who are hands-on with the product, managing key aspects of production and creating great coffee. The project not only ensures profitable conditions and fair payment, but also creates a space for these women to collaborate with each other and share their experiences and to access knowledge from professionals and industry leaders in a space that allows them to engage.

While the project continues to grow, in 2024, negotiations increased 20%, with over 70 producers receiving quality premiums totalling more than USD 30,000. These bonuses fund farm improvements such as better equipment, infrastructure, and training. Contributing producers also have exclusive access to more workshops on regenerative agriculture, biological control, and cupping, bridging the gap between farm-level practices and the specialty coffee market’s demands.

Background story:

This collaborative coffee is the result of women who actively seek to showcase the vital role they play in coffee production. It has been created by a group of female producers, each contributing to this value-added communal blend with their cherries.

The collective of women are members of the Cooxupé Cooperative, and partners of SMC, the organisation this coffee has been sourced through. The producers are committed to enhancing the quality of their coffee, receiving support from the cooperative, through the guidance of an agronomist and online forums for shared learning and connection. They receive support in their pursuit of producing top-quality coffees through engaging activities like lectures, workshops, courses, and discussions on pertinent subjects.

Each year, contributions from two medium farms and two small farms are carefully combined; this construction allows us sufficient volume while maintaining a reliable, traceable relationship with this group of female producers, and a repeatable, stable flavour profile that we love.

Enjoy:

Discover our Luzia Collective Peaberries, a distinctive Brazilian coffee sourced through a women led initiative that highlights the dedication of female producers.

This versatile coffee works beautifully as filter, in fully automatic machines, and also as espresso, where its sweetness and body stand out.