Brazil - Fazenda Dutra

*Due to current world events, this is the last of our Brazil for the foreseeable future. Stock up now while supplies last* Ah yes, Brazil. Land of Mardi Gras, samba, bossa nova, and coffee. Lots and lots of coffee. Brazil is the world’s largest coffee producer. Most of that coffee comes from huge plantations, grown in full sun demanding lots of chemical fertilizers and harvested using machines that eliminate jobs.  Small organic farmers find competing hard, even though they offer better-tasting and sustainable coffee. So naturally, we went looking for the little guy to buy the coffee from.   We are proud to support one such farm, or Fazenda as they’re known in Brazil. The Dutra family started planting coffee over 50 years ago and have grown their estate to nearly 2,500 acres and the coffee is harvested by hand by more than 600 seasonal workers. While this estate seems big, it is relatively small by Brazilian standards. This has allowed the Dutra family to focus on specialty-grade coffe