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Overview

The coffee production on the Cachoeirinha Farm, located in the city of Cristina, has been practiced for a long time, and the current owner is Mr. Luiz Delfino de Paiva – “Luizinho”, who inherited the land from his father, who was also a coffee producer. The property has a coffee production on the mountains, with a mild climate and is located at an altitude of 3937 feet, where the owner “Luizinho” works with the coffee crops, with the help of his family. He always follows strictly the orientation of the technical department of COCARIVE Cooperative. His attention and care include since the handling with the crops (planting, fertilizing, harvest, drying, processing) until the well being of his family (his wife and eight children – three out of eight work in the property). He also worries about the soil conservation, working with the erosion control and the soil fertility. The protection to water springs is done through the plantation of trees around all the area. Processing system of the coffee beans The harvest is done by hand, branch to branch, selecting only the coffee berries and they are harvested and taken by carts or with he help of animals to the washing machine on the same day. After that, it is pulped in a small Pulped machine and spread in slim layers on the cemented patio. During a period between 10 and 15 days the coffee is raked at least each half hour during the day and covered every afternoon until the next day morning. After this period, the coffee is stored in wood storehouses, where it rests for sixty days. And then, the coffee goes back to the patio to reach the ideal level of humidity and only after this, it can be processed en delivered to the Cooperative to be stored and prepared for sale. Concern on the quality Mr. Luizinho always attends technical congresses provided by the Cooperative (COCARIVE), where they discuss about the best way to preserve the quality of the coffee produced. Convinced that the quality is obtained by the proper climate, altitude and nature, his task is only to preserve these characteristics of his coffee. For that intent, all effort is taken into consideration. The search for improvement is constant, always according to the current economical reality, trying to modernize the infrastructure. Nowadays, he is enrolled on the program of Minas Government – “CertificaMinas”.