Brazil Guaxupé Semi-Washed NY 2/3 SCR 14/16 SSFC 2025

Coffee from Guaxupé Sul de Minas

At around 30 million 60-kg bags per year, the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais produces more coffee as a region than any other country in the world. The region accounts for nearly half of Brazil’s total production.

Minas Gerais is often broken up into sub-regions, with some of the most renowned including Cerrado de Minas, Chapada de Minas, Mata de Minas, and Sul de Minas where this coffee comes from. In Sul de Minas, particularly in Guaxupé, the average temperature is cooler than the rest of the region at around 68ºF.

The Cooxupé cooperative, founded in 1937, is one of the biggest in the world, connecting over 16,000 members throughout over 200 municipalities. Most of them are smallholders and the cooperative offers them an array of services and facilities to support agribusinesses, such as soil analysis laboratories, geographic data geoprocessing, and more.

How is Brazil green coffee graded?

Brazil was the first country to implement a formal grading system for classifying coffee beans. In 2002, the Brazilian Official Classification (Classificação Oficial Brasileira, or COB) was standardized by the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA), and they outlined precise protocols for cupping and grading green coffee.

Unpacking the quality of this coffee: the “14/16” means that the coffee beans are between these two screen sizes. SSFC refers to, Strictly Soft Fine Cup, which indicates that the coffee is free from “hard” flavors.

About Brazilian Coffee

Brazil’s coffee story kicked off in 1727 with Arabica seeds smuggled from French Guiana, and within a century, it became the world’s leading coffee producer. Coffee fueled Brazil’s economy, dominated by agrarian oligarchs who drove production and exports, especially from São Paulo.

The abolition of slavery in 1888 brought waves of immigrants to coffee-growing regions, propelling Brazil’s coffee output to 80% of global supply by the 1920s. Though other countries have since increased their exports, Brazil still provides over 33% of the world’s coffee and consumes 20 million bags domestically, with a supply chain that generates more than 8 million jobs – proof of just how important coffee is to life in Brazil and how important Brazil is to coffee drinkers around the world. Read more in our Brazilian Coffee Origin Report