Origin: Cerrado Mineiro, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Roast: Espresso - medium light roast
Flavour Profile: Sticky date pudding, dark cherry, cocoa, rum. Sweet and round.
Grower: Danilo Barbosa
Process: Natural
Variety: Topázio
Altitude: 1,100 - 1,250 metres above sea level
Importer: Southland Merchants
Sucuri Farm represents a remarkable journey of generational resilience and calculated growth, beginning with Danilo Barbosa's parents, who worked as petrol station attendants while saving to invest in agriculture. Rather than inheriting a legacy, the family built it from the ground up, planting their very first coffee trees by hand in 1980.
Today, Danilo manages a thriving operation that balances impressive scale with a deep commitment to environmental stewardship. While a large portion of the expansive property is dedicated to structured coffee production, hundreds of hectares are carefully preserved to protect the natural landscape. Through decades of hard work and reinvestment, the Barbosa family has transformed modest beginnings into a model of sustainable farming.
Whole beans or pre-ground?
Coffee deteriorates much faster once it is ground, making whole beans the ideal way to purchase coffee. If you don't have a grinder though, all good!
Grind Guide
Whole Beans - not ground, you have your own grinder
Commercial Espresso - very fine for a commercial espresso machine
Home Espresso - quite fine for a domestic espresso machine
Stovetop - fine for percolator / moka pot
Aeropress - medium for Aeropress
Pour Over - medium for pour over
Plunger - coarse for plunger / french press
Batch Brewer - very coarse for Moccamaster and other batch brewers
Making coffee at home
Follow this guide to ensure you're using the same ratios and standards as we do at Patricia