Day: August 13, 2025

Image: Nelson Hernández che/stock.adobe.comScientists working in the Brazilian coffee producing region of Minas Gerais may have uncovered a new way to increase the quality of immature beans to the level of specialty coffee. Researchers from the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU) in Patos de Minas conducted a series of fermentations with both ripe and unripe Arara cultivar cherries.
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Image: ExpocacerThe Cerrado Coffee Growers Cooperative (Expocacer) reports the coffee harvest in the Cerrado Mineiro region is “progressing well and in line with expectations”, with 81 per cent of the co-op’s crop harvested as of early August. More widely in Brazil, consultancy Safras & Mercado reports 91 per cent of the Arabica 2024/25 crop is complete.
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