BRAZIL | Bob-O-Link Yellow - Specialty Coffee (250g)

First, this funny name is the name of an endangered migratory bird endemic to Brazil. It migrates every year between the USA and Brazil but unfortunately no longer finds the food resources necessary for its migration period due to intensive monoculture. This bird is above all a symbol. The Mococa terroir was the breeding ground for the Bob O Link project, as it was here, in the heart of their farm, that Marcos Croce and Silvia Barretto initiated the ambitious Bob-O-Link project. Returning from the USA to take over the reins of the family farm, which was initially run as an intensive monoculture, the couple made the courageous choice to start from scratch with this farm when they symbolically renamed it Fazenda Ambiental Fortaleza. With their goal being to achieve much more than a specialty coffee, Sylvia and Marcos put all their energy into learning how to grow coffee and bringing their neighbors together around their project to achieve integral quality for all. Their wish was indeed to produce coffee that was economically, ecologically and socially sustainable. A very difficult challenge to take up in this large coffee-producing country that is Brazil. What started as a farm project is now the way of life for 50 neighboring coffee farmers involved in the production of Bob-o-link coffee. Using as model F.HAS.F, the farms follow and adopt a quality charter which aims to move towards sustainable production through environmentally friendly practices while ensuring the profitability of the farms and offering excellent quality coffee. All member farms commit to not using any chemicals, to planting shade trees for the coffee trees and for the farm, to creating irrigation canals to conserve water, to installing African beds and sorting machines on the farms, to selectively harvest by hand, but also to learning how to taste their coffees in order to actively participate in improving quality. Alternative production methods must also be implemented on each partner farm to avoid becoming dependent on a single source of production (honey, milk, fruits and vegetables, etc.). The quality of water, soil, biodiversity, health and education of workers are monitored, as well as the economic health of farms, transparency of operations and the quality of coffees. Species: Arabica Roasting Profile: Medium Light SCA Score: 86 Aromas: Light Caramel / Fresh Walnut / Grapefruit Process: Natural Altitude: 1100 meters Harvest: September Method: Espresso and filter Eco-friendly mode of transport by sail