This coffee is a Cup of Excellence Brazil National Winner from Fazenda Samambaia. It features the Arara variety, a hybrid of Obata and Yellow Catuai known for its resistance to leaf rust and ability to produce exceptional quality. The fruit matures slowly, allowing for the development of complex sugars that result in fruity and floral flavor profiles. This coffee represents a unique and high-quality selection from Brazil, showcasing the terroir and the work of the producers.
Vivid Coffee was founded in 2015 by Ian Bailey in Winooski, Vermont, initially roasting on a five kilo machine in the back of a local ice cream parlor. Bailey built the company around direct relationships with small farms, in some cases purchasing entire harvests year after year to provide producers with stability and predictability. The roasting style is clean and precise, designed to let each coffee's terroir speak without interference. Vivid's sourcing framework is values driven, shaped by the realities of climate change, coffee plant disease, and the global coffee price crisis that affect the producers it works with.
