Brazil - Coração de Melão

This coffee comes from Fazenda Rio Brilhante, a sprawling farm in Brazil's Cerrado Mineiro founded by Inácio Urban in the 1980s. In recent years the Urban family has partnered with our friends at Los Volcanes to experiment with new production methods and establish consistent profiles built from different varieties and locations on the farm.

Coração de Melão means "heart of melon" in Portuguese, signifying the sweet, tender center of the fruit. Fittingly, we're finding a dense sweetness reminiscent of milk chocolate and roasted hazelnut along with subtle notes of dried apple, pear, papaya, and honeydew, all in a heavy, full-bodied cup.

This offering from Partners Coffee sources from Fazenda Rio Brilhante in Brazil's Cerrado Mineiro region, an area known for producing coffees with balanced, approachable profiles. The roaster identifies a diverse array of flavors—milk chocolate and roasted hazelnut anchor the cup, while stone fruits like dried apple and pear emerge alongside tropical notes of papaya and honeydew. This flavor combination suggests a coffee that bridges cocoa-forward comfort with bright, nuanced fruit character. Refer to the flavor wheel to explore how these individual descriptors relate to broader taste categories.