SanCoffee

SanCoffee is comprised of over 20 fazendas (estates), many of whom are well known in their own right; often placing in the Brazil Cup of Excellence. We’re proud to have a long history with this co-operative, stretching back to 2012! Coffee from their member estates supplies the backbone of some well-loved house blends, as well as some bangin’ lots both as single varietals and experimental processing types.

Santo Antonio Estates

This is a collection of member’s coffee created each year to hit a specific flavour profile from SanCoffee’s base of producers. Ultra reliable and consistent, it’s a great example of how we can maintain flavour targets year-round — similar to how house blends are crafted, regardless of the changing mix of origins.

Fazenda Samambaia

Both gorgeously kept and historic, Henrique Cambraia is the family owner operator of this estate. Heneique is certainly a busy man as he is also the president of the SanCoffee group! As Samambaia processes all their own lots, it is the central hub from which many experimental lots are produced including many of the lots we have featured both as Limited Release and at MICE events.

Bom Jardim Estate

Owner Josué Pereira Figueiredo graduated as an agronomist at just 25 years old back in the early 70’s! Being closely involved as a researcher with Brazilian institutes to evaluate the performance of coffee varieties on-farm, he establish Bom Jardim and put that academic knowledge to work in practice, planting out his estate with a wide array of coffee trees. Josué’s son, Lucas Pereira Figueiredo, now joins his father in managing the 230ha of coffee farming, the preservation of 154ha surrounding the farm, and supporting the 30+ farmers who work on this estate.

Beyond the Brew: SanCoffee

MAY 2024

A relationship that turns out to be solid, year after year, especially when it spans the globe is something special. We’ve been buying from SanCoffee in Brazil since 2012, and we’re looking forward to continued involvement—so let’s get to know this steady relationship better!

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Best SanCup Auction

NOVEMBER 2023

We proudly participated in SanCoffee’s very first member-based auction called Best SanCup. The top 10 were then blindly ranked by an international jury (including our very own DOC Matt Slater) before being put up for an online auction. We won a few lots that will hit the line-up in mid-2024!

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Adventure to Guariroba

NOVEMBER 2019

Matt Slater visited SanCoffee and brought CJ and Matt Smithies along. Once again, we’re amazed and excited at the innovation and goals of the collective, we're talking anaerobic fermentations and bustling nurseries filled with new varietals!

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SanCoffee comes to MICE

FEBRUARY 2019

Henrique Cambria (SanCoffee president & owner of Fazenda Samambaia) joins our MICE stand where he proudly presents three experimental processing lots.

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Part III - Mechanical Harvesting

APRIL 2014

The third and final instalment of our 3-part looks at the increasing use of technology on Brazil coffee farms and why farmers are needing to find the balance between cup quality and cost of production for sustainability.

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Part II - One Country, Many Flavours

FEBRUARY 2014

The second instalment of our 3-part series looks at Brazil's coffees as a whole and highlights how this vast country can produce so many diverse flavours.

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Part I - The History of Brazilian Coffees

DECEMBER 2013

The first of a detailed 3-part series on coffee production in Brazil, featuring some of the SanCoffee estates.

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Santo Antônio: Established & Looking Forward

SEPTEMBER 2013

Another visit to the collective and we’re again impressed with their continual improvement. We helped them judge an internal competition among the farms and featured the winning coffee as a small lot in our line-up.

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Celebrating Coffee and Life in Santo Antônio

AUGUST 2012

Five Senses’ first origin trip to Santo Antônio Estates. While Fazenda São Paulo is technically a farm, a “small city” is probably a little more accurate with a church, soccer pitch, school and medical clinic. It was clear this was a well-run operation!

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Delicious coffees with positive impact.

Santo Antonio, Natural

A collection of estates around Santo Antônio do Amparo join forces for sophisticated Brazilian coffee farming. With their own lab, warehouse and dry mill, the partnership of these estates is all set to deliver quality at scale! Around the small town of Santo Antônio do Amparo in Brazil’s southeast, the rolling hills and plateaus are home to a collection of beautifully organised estates. They’ve gathered together under the banner of B Corp-certified, SanCoffee Co-operative to release coffees that benefit from the collective experience of the already sophisticated Brazilian coffee industry. Their central lab, staffed by Q Graders, ensures the quality and volume of their naturally processed coffee for all of their fans. Rich and satisfying, this coffee is a cornerstone for some great espresso!

Samambaia, Natural

From one of our longest-standing relationships comes this beautifully satisfying Brazilian coffee from the Cambraia family. Managing the family estate, established in the 19th century, Henrique Dias Cambraia is passionate about his specialty coffee. Five Senses has a long history with Fazenda Samambaia in the gentle hills of Sul de Minas, Brazil. The estate is overseen by Henrique Cambraia who is focused on quality along with socially responsible and environmentally sustainable farming. The Yellow Topázio is a cross between Mundo Nuvo and Red Catuaí, is not commonly seen in Australia and has been naturally processed on patios at 1200 MASL. A great example of the consistently satisfying flavours that make Brazilian coffees such a cornerstone of great espresso around the world.

Bom Jardim, Pulped Natural

Establishing his estate in 1972, Josué Pereira Figueiredo is Brazilian coffee expertise at its best. The SanCoffee collective, one of Five Senses’ longest relationships, oversees an impressively consistent and sophisticated coffee community. Growing up amongst coffee fields, Josué Pereira Figueiredo had his eyes on farming from an early age and established Bom Jardim Estate in 1972 at just 26 years old! Bom Jardim has a vast, sprawling 230 hectares of orchard-like rows of trees surrounded by 154 hectares of preservation. This lot is a great example of the quality-at-scale that has made Brazil the world’s leading producer of Arabica. Ripening a bright yellow, this Catucaí varietal goes through the pulped natural process delivering a rich, balanced cup.