Ivan dos Santos Typica from The Barn is a Brazilian filter coffee with a beautifully sweet, subtly fruity, and elegantly rounded profile. In the cup, expect ripe plums, cherries, and vanilla, complemented by a long, sweet finish reminiscent of chocolate and caramel. This is a coffee that shows Brazil in a slightly different light than you might be used to—not as a heavy, nutty-chocolatey cup, but as a clean, subtly fruity, and complex filter coffee with soft acidity. If you’re looking for a coffee that’s approachable, sweet, and pleasantly smooth, yet interesting enough to savor slowly, you’ll enjoy this Typica.
The coffee comes from Brazil, specifically the state of São Paulo, in the mountainous region of Caconde. Behind its production are Ivan and Rose dos Santos, who are continuing the dos Santos family’s more than forty-year tradition of coffee farming. Ivan is the younger brother of Gertrudes and João Hamilton dos Santos, and together with his wife Rose, he runs the Sítio Seriema farm. The farm’s name refers to the Brazilian seriema, a bird native to this region. Since 2008, the dos Santos family has been collaborating with FAF (Fazenda Ambiental Fortaleza) and is gradually transforming its farming practices toward more sustainable, better-managed, and more responsible production.
The variety is Typica, also known in Brazil as Sumatra, and the coffee grows at an elevation of 1,350 meters above sea level. The processing method is anaerobic natural—a natural process supplemented by fermentation without oxygen. Ripe coffee cherries are hand-picked and then processed whole, including the pulp, so that the coffee retains its sweetness and fruity depth. For natural lots from the Sítio Seriema farm, the cherries are dried on elevated African beds, where they slowly dry in the sun. The warm conditions of the Caconde region help develop a sweeter and deeper character, while anaerobic fermentation adds complexity and a subtly fruity profile to the coffee.