Subregion Cerrado Mineiro
Monte Carmelo Single Estate
Variety Catuai, Mundo Novo
Processing Natural/Dry Processed
Growing Altitude 800m - 1200m
Tasting Notes - Chocolate, hazelnut, dried fruits
This lot was sourced as part of the Café Delas Program. Café Delas was created to help women farmers access the resources, knowledge and voice they need to grow their operations to the fullest potential. Every Café Delas coffee is sourced 100% from women farmers and for every sale, a portion of the profit is reinvested in programs that promote gender equality and empower women in the field.
Why the 'River Dolphin'
Also known as the boto, the pink Amazon river dolphin is widely distributed throughout much of the Amazon and Orinoco river basins stretching through Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Guyana. The boto is pale pink in colour and between 2 to 2.5 m long and up to 100kg in weight. It feeds on fish and other aquatic organisms such as turtles and crabs.
The species is listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as endangered, with a declining population.
One of the biggest threats that the Amazon river dolphin faces comes from development projects. Big infrastructure projects can alter river flows, which in turn has huge ecological impacts including changing the species composition, disrupting sediment transport and deposition patterns, fragmenting habitat and preventing connectivity – all impacting the dolphin’s ability to breed and to survive.
