Fazenda Baú (Baú Estate) in the Cerrado region of the state of Minas Gerais is located at an altitude of approximately 1,100 meters, one of the highest in Brazil. This area has a particularly favorable climate for coffee cultivation in the Cerrado, with a distinct wet and dry season.

The coffee cherries on Tomio Fukuda’s farm are carefully harvested and sun-dried on the patio. Tomio Fukuda coffees combine the taste of traditional Brazilian natural coffee with the characteristics of the native terroir, and is characterized by its sweetness, refreshing acidity, and rich flavor.

The owner of Bau Farm, Mr. Tomio Fukuda, is a second-generation Japanese-American who has worked in Japan and is passionate about employee training, and he strives to keep his farm clean under the 5S (Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu and Shitsuke) guidelines.(Organization, neatness, cleanliness, cleanliness, discipline).

Mr. Tomio constantly visits the plantation to monitor the condition of the trees and maintain and manage them.

He also handles the entire process from cultivation, harvesting, selection, drying, sorting, and packing for export, delivering high quality coffee that shows the producer’s face.