Brazil Donas do Cafe Natural

Donas do Cafe or the women of coffee is a program coordinated by SMC Specialty Coffee of Brazil.to promote female leadership in Brazilian coffee culture.  It is an initiative that aims to bring information and training to cooperative members by adding to the professional growth of its members and bringing more and more knowledge about the specialty coffee market.  Primarily, four significant female producers began this project:  Maria Dirceia Mendes, Fabiana Carvalho, Evelyse Silva and Carmen Lucia Chaves de Britto. 

Program Developers:

Carmen Lucia Chaves de Britto owns The Caxambu Farm and was once president of BSCA - Brazilian Association of Specialty Coffees. Fabiana Carvalho is the creator of The Coffee Sensorium and is Neuroscientist at Unicamp.  Maria Dirceia Mendes and Evelyse Silva are managers of the two companies behnind this initiative.  The project assists female producers by expanding their knowledge through education, marketing and negotiation.

Producers:

This first Donas do Cafe lot that we are offering is also the first arrival of the 2023 season.  It combines coffees produced by several female farms including Fazenda Piedade in Campestre - South of Minas at 1,220 meters run by Olga Maria.  Also from Campestre Bianca Correa and her farm Sitio Coqueiral at 1,250 meters, a fifth generation coffee property. Andrea Rangel operates Fazenda Trapia, a 1,440 meter farm in Baependi from the Matiqueira de Minas region. Lastly, Ciomara de Carvalho's Sitio Mae da Providencia at 1,280 meters in Santana de Caldas, also from South of Minas.

Andrea Rangel - Fazenda Trapia

Ciomara Carvalho - Sitio Mae de Providencia