Process of
Monte Alegre Coffees > Production
The detailed data operations are centralized in a management system that stores all production data for traceability, generates to the process the necessary information to identify the coffee lot for the customer, connecting those data through field information such as: agricultural practices, harvesting period, processing system, drying period, resting period, cup tasting, etc.
In cases of certified coffees, quality seals can be required, enabling the final consumer to obtain information and the traceability from the coffees.
The implementation of the crop demands a meticulous selection of the areas to be planted, adequate soil preparation, the best season to plant, the best varieties from selected and certified seeds grown on Monte Alegre nursery.
The agricultural practices applied to the crops follow the most updated agronomic recommendations, always in line with the concepts of sustainability. Monitoring the flowering, a stage that precedes the formation of the cherries, through the climatic conditions. The harvest planning is according to the stage of maturation of the cherries in the coffee plantations.
The coffee harvest can be done manually or mechanized. In both we have the possibility to choose or not a selective picking. All care must be taken in order to select the best cherries.
All coffee harvested is transported at the same day to the patios facilities to run few stages of cherries preparation and then start the drying in patios, african beds and/ or in dryers operated by high tech automatic system that allows to stablish the desired drying curve. The dried cherries and the parchment lots are stored in wood silos for a resting, for homogenization and for cupping improvement.
The final preparation of the coffee is done at Monte Alegre Coffees facilities: cleaning and hulling, screening sizing, density separation and color sorting. After bagging, the coffee is ready to be delivered in jute bags (with option of adding hermetic bag type GrainPro), paper bags or vacuum packs.
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"Already at Monte Alegre Coffees for 30 years, with proud and satisfaction I want to emphasize its importance in my personal life and mainly professional. I acquired great knowledge passing through several departments and I am thankful for all the opportunities I received. I hope with the whole team leverage our company more and more."
"It is with great pride that I am an employee of this company, because it is here that I have a professional and personal growth. I do not see it only as my financial sustain, but as something that awakens me the pleasure to continue doing my services."
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