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Adélia Vívian de Abreu inspecting a coffee tree on the farm's hillside, with the Matas de Minas mountains behind her
Matas de Minas

Specialty coffee from the hands that grow it.

From our coffee fields straight to your cup, with no middlemen.

Explore our lots
Matas de Minas region
Straight from the farmNo middlemen
Agroecological farmingNo pesticides
Certified coffeeCertifica Minas
Certifica Minas Coffee seal
Flavors of the terroirFruit, honey and chocolate in the cup
Our lots

Every plot, a different flavor

Tap a flavor to see which lots carry it. 250 g bags, whole bean or ground, shipped anywhere in Brazil.

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250 g bag of AVA Cedro Lot coffee on the grass, with the coffee field behind it
Natural · 900 m87.5 pts

Cedro

Purple fruits, cherry, grape, liqueur, honey and caramel

CherryGrapeLiqueurHoneyCaramel
Lot details

Our "grape coffee" grows in the shade of a great cedar tree, which gives the plot its name.

Variety
IBC 12
Aroma
Fruity
Acidity
Malic
Body
Velvety
Finish
Long and sweet
1
250 g bag of AVA Nascente Lot coffee on the grass, with the coffee field behind it
Natural · 900 m86.25 pts

Nascente

Yellow fruits, honey, peach, caramel and pear

PeachPearHoneyCaramel
Lot details

On Sítio Sossego, just below a natural spring that keeps the coffee field moist.

Variety
Catucaí 20/15
Aroma
Fruity and honeyed
Acidity
Bright
Body
Creamy
Finish
Long, fruity and lingering
1
250 g bag of AVA Vista Linda Lot coffee on the grass, with the coffee field behind it
Natural · 950 m85 pts

Vista Linda

Purple fruits, grape, chocolate, caramel and honey

GrapeChocolateCaramelHoney
Lot details

From the farm's highest plot, with a view over the whole mountain range. Catucaí Amarelo with an even ripening.

Variety
Catucaí Amarelo
Aroma
Fruity
Acidity
Malic
Body
Liqueur-like
Finish
Long and sweet
1
250 g bag of AVA Beira Rio Lot coffee on the grass, with the coffee field behind it
Natural · 850 m84.5 pts

Beira Rio

Caramel custard, milk chocolate and honey

Caramel custardMilk chocolateHoney
Lot details

By the stream, it ripens slowly and is the last plot to be harvested.

Variety
Catucaí Amarelo + Arara
Aroma
Chocolate and caramel
Acidity
Citric
Body
Creamy
Finish
Pleasant and short
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Green coffee · unroasted

The same lot, before roasting.

For roasters, coffee shops and home roasters. Hulled green beans sold by the kilo, with a minimum order of 1 kg per lot and free shipping anywhere in Brazil.

Free shipping anywhere in Brazil on green coffee. We ship in 1 kg bags; for more than 30 kg, ask about full-sack terms on WhatsApp.

Our plots

Every lot has its place.

On the farm, each plot has its own landscape, water and shade. That is what gives each lot its character in the cup.

Leafy cedar tree over the coffee field of the Cedro Lot
IBC 12 · grape coffee

Cedro

Shaded by a cedar

Our grape lot grows in the cedar plot, where a leafy tree shades the coffee plants. Does its remarkable flavor come from its bond with that tree, from the cultivar, from the soil rich in organic matter, from farming without pesticides or from the careful post-harvest? Surely it is all of that, plus the love we put into our work.

Vista Linda Lot coffee field with the Atlantic Forest behind it
Catucaí Amarelo

Vista Linda

A view over the whole farm

Vista Linda ("beautiful view") is our highest plot. From there you can see the whole coffee field, the lush Atlantic Forest across the stream and a horizon of coffee farms. Year after year it delivers excellent coffee, with even ripening and a good yield.

Spring welling up among roots, rocks and ferns above the Nascente Lot Nascente Lot coffee planted along contour lines, with the forest and the mountain rock behind it
Catucaí 20/15

Nascente

Natural irrigation

The spring on Sítio Sossego is a work of art by nature. The water emerges between roots and rocks on a forested slope, runs along the side of the road and drops into a catch pit, where it soaks back into the ground. The plot sits just below and receives that moisture as natural irrigation for the plants.

Clear stream running between rocks in the forest by the Beira Rio Lot Beira Rio Lot coffee field with the mountains behind it
Arara

Beira Rio

The last to be harvested

A plot with a cool breeze and the sound of water running over the rocks. The coffee rows wind along a clear, cold stream inside the forest. The late, extremely slow ripening gives the beans time to grow larger than any other coffee on the farm. Their yellow-orange color stands out, along with the intense sweetness of the fruit.

Matas de Minas region

Between 850 and 950 meters, every slope changes the flavor

Simonésia lies in a mountainous region of Minas Gerais, Brazil, with altitudes and microclimates that favor outstanding coffee. On the highest plots the cherries ripen slowly and build up sweetness and fruit.

Since 2022 we have also farmed Sítio Sossego, next to the Mata do Sossego private nature reserve, a refuge for the muriquis, the largest primates in the Americas. A high, preserved area farmed with agroecological practices.

Female northern muriqui with her baby clinging to her chest, among the branches and leaves of the forest
Northern muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus), mother and baby. Photo: Pablo Fernicola, RPPN Feliciano Miguel Abdala (Caratinga, MG) · CC BY 2.0
Dirt road between coffee fields and native forest, with the mountains behind
Coffee fields and forest in the Simonésia mountains
Clusters of ripe yellow Catucaí Amarelo coffee cherries on the tree
Ripe Catucaí Amarelo
Cupped hands holding roasted coffee beans close to the face, smelling the aroma
Before the first sip

Smell the aroma before you taste

Open the bag, bring it close and breathe in. In our lots you will find:

cherrygrapeliqueurpeachpearhoneycaramel custardmilk chocolate
How to brew

Four ways to get the best out of the bean

Use water just off the boil and freshly ground coffee whenever you can. The measurements are a starting point: adjust them to your taste.

Pour-over

Ratio
15 g to 225 ml
Grind
Medium
Water
92–94 °C
Time
3 to 4 min

Brings out the fruit in Cedro and Nascente.

French press

Ratio
30 g to 450 ml
Grind
Coarse
Water
93 °C
Time
4 min

Full body, with the chocolate of Vista Linda up front.

Espresso

Dose
18 g → 36 g in the cup
Grind
Fine
Water
92 °C
Time
25 to 30 s

The caramel custard and chocolate of Beira Rio.

Moka pot

Basket
Full, not tamped
Grind
Medium-fine
Water
Hot, in the base
Heat
Low

Creamy body and the sweetness of Nascente.

Our story

A woman leading the farm, a whole family in every cup.

Maria Clara, Cassiano and Adélia in AVA T-shirts, smiling on the farm's lawn with the forest behind them
Maria Clara, Cassiano and Adélia on the farm
Cassiano in the foreground on the back of the pickup truck, with Adélia and Maria Clara sitting on bags of freshly picked coffee, showing the cherries in their hands, with the coffee fields and mountains behind
Cassiano, Adélia and Maria Clara bringing in the day's harvest
Adélia Vívian de Abreu, in a yellow cap, harvesting ripe red coffee cherries into a sieve on the hillside coffee field
Adélia in the coffee field, harvesting ripe coffee cherries with a sieve
Family farmingWoman-led productionZero pesticides

Coffee has always been a family affair for Adélia Vívian de Abreu. She grew up in Simonésia, in the Matas de Minas, watching her father, Manoel de Abreu, known as Manoel Isidoro, tend the coffee fields the way he learned from her grandfather, Sebastião Henrique de Abreu.

Life took her down another path, and Adélia built a career in healthcare. But the dream of having her own piece of land never went away. She left her profession to follow it and, in 2016, bought a small coffee farm near town, which she named Sítio Recanto da Mata. In 2019 a larger area followed.

Today she runs production, from tending the coffee plants to harvesting, drying and sorting the beans. AVA are her initials, and every lot carries her signature.

AVA is family farming in the most literal sense: the same family plants, picks and roasts. Cassiano, Adélia's husband, takes part in the many tasks of every stage of production. Their daughter, Maria Clara, is in charge of roasting: she turns the beans harvested on the farm into the flavor that reaches your cup. Four generations of coffee, passed from hand to hand.

From day one, the choice was to work with nature, not against it. No pesticides are used on the coffee, the soil is cared for with agroecological practices and the forest that is part of the farm is preserved. Today production is certified by Emater-MG with the Certifica Minas seal.

Neighbors of the muriquis: Sítio Sossego and the forest it protects.

In 2022 the family arrived at Sítio Sossego, a high, preserved area bordering the Mata do Sossego private nature reserve (RPPN). Created in 1998 and managed by the Biodiversitas Foundation, the reserve protects the largest continuous stretch of Atlantic Forest in the region, between Simonésia and Manhuaçu.

It is home to one of the few remaining groups of the northern muriqui, the largest primate in the Americas, found only in Brazil and critically endangered. Known as the "gardener of the forest", it eats fruit and spreads the seeds through the woods, helping the forest renew itself. The same forest shelters the puma, the masked titi monkey and rare trees such as the jequitibá-rosa.

In the region, the spread of crops and pasture is the main threat to this forest. So for us, growing coffee right beside it without pesticides, with the surroundings preserved, is part of the job: proving that you can produce excellent coffee and, at the same time, help keep the muriquis' home standing.

  • 1998year the Mata do Sossego reserve was created
  • 134 haof protected Atlantic Forest in the reserve, with about 800 ha of forest around it
  • ~1,000northern muriquis live in the wild today, in forests of Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro and Bahia
  • Sources: Fundação Biodiversitas, ICMBio and Projeto Preserva

"Our goal is to bring quality of life through our specialty coffee, to express the flavors of the terroir of our forests and to contribute to a healthier world. We want to pass on the care and affection we feel while doing such careful work on our coffees."

Adélia Vívian de Abreu · grower
  1. RootsFour generations

    A tradition across generations

    From her grandfather Sebastião to her father, Manoel Isidoro, the craft of coffee was handed down through the generations to Adélia and, today, to her daughter Maria Clara.

  2. 2016

    Sítio Recanto da Mata

    Adélia leaves healthcare and buys her first farm, farmed from the start without pesticides and with its forest preserved.

  3. 2019

    A larger area

    The coffee fields grow, with the same integrated farming that pays close attention to nature.

  4. 2022

    Sítio Sossego

    A high, preserved area on the border of the Mata do Sossego reserve, home of the northern muriquis.

  5. Today

    Certifica Minas

    Production certified by Emater-MG, led by Adélia alongside her husband and daughter.

For business

Coffee shops, stores and offices.

Recurring supply at farm-gate prices, with no steps in between, and sales materials for trade representatives. We also serve buyers from abroad.

  • Green, roasted or groundFormats
  • Supply contractRecurring
  • Spec and cupping sheetsPer lot
  • Materials for supermarketsResale
  • Samples and export lotsAbroad
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