SL 0148 - Fazenda Santa Clara - Natural aerobic fermentation

After a long and successful journey as an engineer in Belo Horizonte, Paulo Afonso decided to fulfill another personal desire and reconnect with his family's history and his origins in the countryside. Thus, in 1993, he purchased Fazenda Santa Clara, located in Oliveira, Minas Gerais, where he started a new chapter as a coffee grower.

He started planting his first plots, but without much prior knowledge in agriculture, the support of experts, agronomists and his coworkers at the farm were essential for his development in this new business. Thanks to his persistence and this valuable assistance, Paulo Afonso could organize a long term plan for the farm over the years and nowadays Fazenda Santa Clara is recognized in the region by the quality of the coffees produced.