A Tale of Two Coffees, featuring two limited-edition Brazilian coffees from standout producers — Fazenda do Cruzeiro and Fazenda Samambaia. Grown just 65km apart, these lots share varietal, elevation and processing, but deliver markedly different profiles in the cup. This set is an invitation to taste how individual farming philosophies shape flavour, even when the landscape looks the same on paper.
SUITABLE FOR:
Filter
Aeropress
Plunger
Cold Brew
Stovetop
Espresso
Plunger
Aeropress
At Fazenda do Cruzeiro, Ivan Junqueira Ribeiro and his team manage a 1,021-hectare property with 381 hectares planted with coffee. Their microlot production focuses on meticulous hand-picking of ripe Yellow Catucaí cherries, followed by traditional patio drying to enhance sweetness and balance. Located in Brazil’s Campo das Vertentes region, the farm blends heritage and innovation — and this lot offers a profile bursting with peach, milk chocolate, rose, and orange.
Just down the road, Fazenda Samambaia tells a different story. The Cambraia family has been growing coffee here since 1896, and today, under Henrique Dias Cambraia’s leadership, the farm has earned multiple Cup of Excellence accolades. With 619 hectares under coffee and 51 full-time staff, Samambaia is a model of scale, sustainability and craft. Grown between two river basins, their Yellow Catucaí is known for its smooth, structured cup. Expect notes of chamomile, caramel, apple and peanut.
Together, these coffees highlight the role of thoughtful production — from harvest to drying — in shaping Brazil’s diverse and expressive flavour landscape.
FAZENDA DO CRUZEIRO
Producer: Ivan Junqueira Ribeiro
Region: Campo das Vertentes, Minas Gerais
Farm: Fazenda do Cruzeiro
Variety: Yellow Catucaí
Process: Natural
Elevation: 1100 MASL
FAZENDA SAMAMBAIA
Producer: Henrique Dias Cambraia
Region: Santo Antônio do Amparo, Minas Gerais
Farm: Fazenda Samambaia
Variety: Yellow Catucaí
Process: Natural
Elevation: 1100 MASL
FAZENDA DO CRUZEIRO: PEACH, MILK CHOCOLATE, ROSE, ORANGE
FAZENDA SAMAMBAIA: CHAMOMILE, CARAMEL, APPLE, PEANUT
We’ve created our filter recipes as a guide to help you achieve the same great flavours we experience in our coffees. If you are unable to reproduce the exact result on your manual brewing gear, don’t panic — use the ratio as a starting point and adjust it to your setup.
Filter
Espresso
1 – 2 cups daily
250g per fortnight
2 – 4 cups daily
500g per fortnight
6 – 8 cups daily
1kg per fortnight
Note: These guidelines use an estimate of 12–24 grams of coffee to allow for differences in dose size.
If you need help with any of our coffees, please email hello@padrecoffee.com.au, and we’ll guide you through the coffee journey.
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We pay our respect to Elders past, present and future, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
