Arrived April 10th and October 3rd, 2023 to Calgary Warehouse.

Forward has purchased 60 x 24kg boxes of Daterra Farms Sweet Yellow.

Seven (7) boxes have been booked by September Coffee Co. in Ottawa, Ontario.

Four (4) boxes have been booked by Single V Coffee in Burnaby, British Columbia.

Two (2) boxes have been booked by Craft 42 Roasters in Kelowna, British Columbia.

One (1) box has been booked by Vine Coffee Co. in Cochrane, Alberta.

Daterra is one of the most sophisticated coffee operations we've ever had the pleasure of visiting. It is located near the city of Patrocinio, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. This is the classic and famed Cerrado region of Brazil, where the fertile land is flat and ideal for coffee growing.

Daterra's beautiful coffee-producing systems have turned the farm into an intensive network of lots, all monitored individually. Many have automated irrigation systems to ensure ideal nutrients and water make it to the plants themselves. 

When it comes time to harvest, Daterra will send members of the team to different lots to evaluate the cherry and will harvest small batches to strategize on when to harvest each individual varietal and ensure peak timing. The quality team will then make decisions on how to utilize each of these coffees and where on the menu they will be used.

The Daterra menu is vast, with three tiers of offerings available, of which Forward Coffee is proud to be the exclusive Canadian distributor. The three tiers are Masterpieces, Collections and Classics.

Masterpieces are exotic, experimental, and one-of-a-kind.
Packed solely in patented Penta boxes (24.2kg vacuum-sealed).

Collections are high-end consistent coffees the quality team deems 86 - 89 points.
Packed solely in patented Penta boxes (24.2kg vacuum-sealed).

Classics are coffees that best depict the Cerrado region with quality scores between 80 - 86.
These are consistent, value offerings available in 60kg bags.

Each menu tier has a wide array of coffee sub-brands represented within. Each of these sub-brands holds a flavour profile the quality team works tirelessly each year to consistently match and replicate, using combinations of coffee processes and varietals on the farm that work to that build. Think about it like a blend on a roaster's menu, putting components together to make something that's greater than the sum of its parts.

This is a famed farm that was first purchased in 1976 and, today is an icon in the coffee-producing world. Leading by example, Daterra is the only B Corp certified coffee farm, has more certifications than we have space to list, and is steadily working towards being a climate-positive coffee farm.

Sweet Yellow is a coffee brand that's described as having yellow fruit qualities and a citric acidity, backed up with notes of toffee, milk chocolate, malt and caramelized sugar.

Collections: Sweet Yellow

Price Forward paid per kilogram: 7.25 USD FOB
Process: Pulped Natural
Total kilos purchased: 1452kg (60 x 24.2kg PentaBox) 
Harvest date: October 2022
Fermentation:
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Drying temperature: 22°C Max. - 8°C Min.  
Altitude: 1150 masl
Region: Cerrado, Brazil