23 year old producer Rayane Morais is a third generation coffee farmer from Brazil’s Minas Gerais, but she might just be the most passionate yet. Growing up surrounded by coffee on her family farm, Rayene knew exactly the changes she wanted to make to innovate. It’s this balance of tradition and modern techniques that makes her farm Sitio 5 Estrelas the perfect pick for Dark Woods’s producer series.

For this award-winning natural micro-lot coffee, the cherries were laid thinly to dry under full sun for 3 days before being more densely layered for the remaining drying time to slow the drying process. This slower drying helps to develop complexity and acidity which is certainly noticeable in the final cup that balances butterscotch sweetness with lemon curd.

Dark Woods recommend filter brewing for the delicate flavours in their lighter roasted producer series coffees, so try this one out with a Kalita or V60.