Family Tradition - Brazilian Coffee, Seibt Family Farm, Cerrado Mineiro Region

About Seibt Family Farm's Coffee Roast level: Medium-Dark Origin: Seibt Family Farm, Cerrado Mineiro Region, Brazil Elevation: 900 masl / 3000 ft Sourcing partner: Gaúcha Specialty Coffee, West Des Moines, Iowa Caroline Seibt grew up a second-generation farmer in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. In addition to corn, soybeans, dairy, and beef, Caroline's father Rogério started growing coffee. Matthew Kruse grew up an Iowa farm boy whose father got into international ag commodities trading during the US farm crisis in the 1980s, which got his family involved in business in Brazil. Years later, Caroline's & Matthew's paths crossed and they started a life together, eventually splitting time between their respective homes and family business interests in Brazil & Iowa. Caroline had a dream to bring her family's coffee directly to the United States market, and Gaúcha Specialty Coffee was born. Since they live part-time in Iowa and Iowa is a small place, it wasn't long before Matt