Visiting a Coffee Plantation

Castelinho38 was part of a very well organized excursion recently that took us in south of Minas Gerais State. We went to discover a beautiful área called Zona da Mata together with a group of “baristas”, all graduated with Mestre Emilio Rodrigues at his prestigious “ Casa do Barista”



Our head quarter in Araponga hás been Pousada Serra d Água, a charming and simple structure located at the feet of Parque Estadual Serra do Brigadeiro, recentely open State park at 1300 mts. of altitude.



Ronaldo and his little daughter Paloma were the perfect hosts and the local specilities from the kitchen have been seriously responsible for our extra Kilos at the end of the week end.



The Mattos family at Fazenda Brauna in Ervalia district, have won the last Illy Award for the Best Coffee in Brazil. Their property hás more than 100 years of tradition in the coffee sector and João explained to us the all process from the planting to the roasting of the “green gold”, as the coffee is known.



José Antonio Bittencourt Soares, hás been our guide in the Park the next day, while we all were riding his horses, from a Cabana Aldeia da Vida and discovered the beautiful trails and waterfalls of Brigadeiro Park.



Zé Antonio had a special cachaça and fantastic stories to share with us during the horse ride, even if it didn t help our “bump” from hurting.



Thanks to all the partners for the great time we all had in Minas Gerais, a very authentic and original destination we are going to recommand to all our guests.