Description
Fazenda São João, in Alta Mogiana
Fazenda São João is located in the municipality of Franca, within the area of Alta Mogiana, in the north of the state of São Paulo. The farm devotes 16 hectares to coffee and sits at an average altitude of 1,140 m a.s.l., above the usual range of the surrounding plateau. It is run by João Ricardo Faleiros and Alex Ponce Faleiros.
Alta Mogiana brings together fifteen municipalities and has been tied to coffee growing for more than a century. The terrain is plateau with gentle hills and the climate is stable, with averages of 21 ºC in summer and 17 ºC in winter and rainfall of around 1,600 mm a year, mostly between October and April. This combination lets the cherry ripen slowly and evenly.
The lot
This is arabica coffee of the varieties Catuaí Rojo 99, Catuaí Amarillo 62 and 24/137, from the harvest of 2025/2026, processed as a natural. In the region, it is common practice to combine selective picking with sun drying in thin layers and the support of temperature-controlled mechanical dryers, an approach aimed at consistent results.
In the cup, the importer's sheet points to a base of chocolate, with cocoa, red berries and nuts, a sweet profile, medium body and medium acidity. The recorded SCA score is 84,75.
Tasting
In our tasting, the Fazenda São João coffee scores 8 for flavour, acidity and overall rating, 7.75 for fragrance, aftertaste and body, and 7.5 for balance. The full lot sheet is published in Catastro. You can see the rest of our specialty coffees in the shop.
