The Brew Blog

Mantiqueira de Minas is Brazil's mountain specialty heartland — a GI-designated range where Yellow Bourbon at altitude produces the country's most complex cups.

Sul de Minas is Brazil's largest coffee-producing region — the source of most Brazilian specialty in international markets and the benchmark for the country's cup identity.

Kirinyaga coffee grows on Mount Kenya's southern slopes, producing structured washed cups with SL28 character and rounder acidity than Nyeri.

Kigezi coffee grows in Uganda's southwestern highlands near the Rwanda border at 1,500-2,200m - an emerging specialty zone with distinctive high-altitude arabica.

Murang'a coffee bridges Kenya's central highlands to the specialty market — double-washed SL28 and SL34 on Mount Kenya's southern approaches.

Embu coffee grows on Mount Kenya's eastern slopes — bimodal harvests, SL28 and SL34, and Kenya's double-wash producing clean, precise specialty lots.