Santo Antonio

This Brazilian, produced by our friends and coffee growers Pedro Gabarra and Joao Newton Teixeira, is a bit of a crowd-pleaser . Super smooth in the cup with comforting notes of dark chocolate and nuts . Its

We love everything this coffee stands for—the incredible humans behind it, its outstanding quality, and the farm's transition to carbon neutrality.

We apply a gentle roasting approach to this Brazilian to achieve a balanced medium roast level, bringing out the coffee's impressive sweet chocolate notes.

The extraction time tells you if the water has enough time to extract all the tasty goodness in the coffee. Adjusting your grind size will help you to achieve the suggested time in our recipe. You want to grind finer if you extract a yield in a shorter time. And grind coarser if you achieve the yield in a longer time than suggested.

Want to learn more about how to extract a tasty espresso? Join us for a fun and hands-on training course at our roastery .

Joao Newton Teixeira and Pedro Gabarra are the dynamic father-son duo of fourth and fifth-generation coffee farmers in Brazil's southern Minas Gerais region. Today, they produce some of Brazil's best coffees on their Santo Antonio, Fazenda Pinhal, Vertentes, and Miranda coffee farms.

Passion, dedication, and a relentless pursuit of excellence are the hallmarks of Pedro and Joao. The family's unwavering commitment to producing high-quality specialty coffees for generations is a testament to their dedication and expertise.

Today, many arabica varieties are cultivated on the farm, such as Acaia, Arara, Bourbon, Catigua, red Catuai, Yellow Catucai, Red Catucai, Yellow Icatu, Red Icatu, Red Mundo Novo, and Yellow Topaz, in their own nursery. We've been huge fans of the farm's natural processed coffees for years.

“What is essential to us is the human relationship, mutual respect, and also respect for the nature, and most of all, our passion for coffee. For me and for my family, coffee was never only coffee. For me coffee is the same as passion. Coffee is life. Coffee is movement.” – says Pedro.

Pedro and Joao have successfully implemented measures to mitigate the environmental impact of coffee farming and can proudly claim their coffee farms to be c arbon-neutral . Brazilian legislation only legally requires the preservation of 20% of the land, but Fazenda Pinhal and Santo Antonio farms preserve more than 40% of their land. Since 2018, the farm has created an aviary on site for exotic birds rescued by Brazil’s border force, where they are rehabilitated and returned to their natural habitat on the farm’s nature reserve.

With the support of the Brazilian State Forest Institute and the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Resources, Pedro and his family have initiated the project ASAS ‘Área de Soltura de Animais Silvestres’ or project ‘Wings’. Under Project Wings, an aviary has been built to house and rehabilitate birds seized from bird smugglers before being released back to nature.

The project is led by Milu Gabarra, a passionate advocate for protecting wildlife and nature.

We applaud the family's progressive and sustainable approach to coffee farming, the environment and wildlife. And they also produce one of the best Brazilian coffee beans.