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PRODUCER

COCAPIL is a 100% family-owned coffee cooperative in the famous coffee-growing region of Mogiana in Brazil with about 1300 award-winning producing members with farms scattered throughout the beautiful microregions of São Paulo and Minas Gerais. It was founded in 2001 by Laerce França Faleiros and twelve other regional producers to allow small and medium farmers to place Brazil’s best coffee on the international market. With a long history in family coffee production focused on the internal market in Brazil, COPACIL and the contributing members have pivoted focus from quantity and started looking for higher quality to add value to farmers

Variety

A cross between highly productive Mundo Novo and compact Caturra, made by the Instituto Agronomico (IAC) of Sao Paulo State in Campinas, Brazil. The plant is highly productive compared to Bourbon, in part because of its small size, which allows plants to be closely spaced; it can be planted at nearly double the density. The plant’s shape makes it relatively easy apply pest and disease treatments. It is mainly characterized by great vigor and its low height; it is less compact than Caturra. It is highly susceptible to coffee leaf rust. There are yellow-fruited and red-fruited types, and have since been many selections in different countries. The cultivar was created in 1949 from a crossing of yellow Caturra and Mundo Novo, and initially called H-2077. The variety was released in Brazil 1972 after pedigree selection (selection of individual plants through successive generations) and is in wide cultivation there. In Brazil, there are multiple lines of Catuai available; some are notable for their high productivity