Brasil Furnas | Origem Única

Rinaldo de Castro Junqueria (também conhecido como Pipoca) é o dono da Fazenda Furnas de 280 hectares, onde 200 hectares estão plantados com café.

Há café da varietal Bourbon Amarelo, Catuai Amarelo e Catuai Vermelho plantados na fazenda, que também cultiva bananas.

Rinaldo inicialmente seguiu a carreira de engenheiro antes de assumir o negócio de café da família e está envolvido na cafeicultura desde o início dos anos 90.

No inicio Rinaldo não estava interessado em seguir os passos da família querendo trilhar um caminho diferente. Quando o seu pai o chamou para trabalhar na fazenda devido a problemas de saúde, Rinaldo surpreendeu-se com a rapidez com que se apaixonou pelo café e sua paixão fez com que ganhasse uma grande reputação e reconhecimento.

Ele foi eleito presidente da associação cooperativa de cafeicultores locais, COCARIVE, e foi finalista em várias competições do Cup of Excellence.

A Fazenda Furnas também foi uma das primeiras instalações a experimentar o processamento "Natural Pulped".

Tipo: Torrado em grão ou moído

Rinaldo de Castro Junqueria (aka Pipoca) is the owner of the 280-hectare Fazenda Furnas, on which 200 hectares are planted in coffee. There are Yellow Bourbon, Yellow Catucai, and Red Catuai planted on the farm, which also grows some bananas. Rinaldo's great-grandfather was a laborer on a coffee farm, and his grandfather was the first in the family to own a coffee farm, which was inherited in segments to the family.

Rinaldo's father took over a piece of his father's land, and after several years of cultivating standard-quality Brazilian coffee, he turned his attention to specialty lots. It was this decision that inspired Rinaldo and his father to sell the original farm and invest in a new piece, Fazenda Furnas, which was a 100-year-old plot with better potential for producing. Rinaldo initially pursued a career in engineering before making his way back to the family coffee business, and he has been involved in growing coffee since the early 1990s. Initially, he wasn't interested in following in the family's footsteps, carving himself out a different path. When his father called him back to work on the farm during a long illness, Rinaldo was surprised at how quickly he fell in love with coffee, and his passion caused him to gain a strong reputation and recognition. He was elected president of the local coffee-growers cooperative association, COCARIVE, and was a finalist in several Cup of Excellence competitions. Fazenda Furnas was also one of the first facilities to experiment with Pulped Natural processing.

Type: Roasted beans or ground