HOMERO MACEDO

São Sebastião da Grama, a tiny city in the countryside of São Paulo state, was the stage for the birth of the specialty coffee movement in Brazil and Recreio Farm was part of this process. A natural consequence of this effort towards great coffee is reflected in their extraordinary performance in national and international quality contests.

In 2008, Homero Teixeira de Macedo Junior did some important improvements to the process, such as the investment in the modern and ecological system for preparing coffee via wet, new criteria for separation and drying of natural and cherry coffees, new suspended tulls that allow individual storage of each lot, as well as the concern with quality in all phases of the process through the identification and tracking of the batches, from the phase of application of the inputs to the final storage after the benefit. As a member of the Association of Coffee Growers of the Gram Valley, he received awards as the Best Coffee of the 7th º Special Coffee Contest of the State of São Paulo, Champion of the 5th National Special Coffee Contest of ABIC and vice champion in the 9º Special Coffee Contest of the Brazil Specialty Coffee Association (BSCA).
In 2016, in the preparation category “Cherry Peeled and Peeled”, Homer Teixeira de Macedo, took 89.7 points, second place in the general list, by the ABIC 15º Coffee Quality Contest.

With an exuberant flora and fauna, 120 hectares intended for environmental preservation, with planting of native trees. The concern for the environment is permanent and the numerous springs and streams are being preserved and recovered, classes and attitudes of awareness are part of the daily life of employees and their families. Member of the BSCA, and with the Certification received from UTZ Certified and Rainforest, and guarantees and proves the approval of the economic, social and environmental criteria practiced at Fazenda Recreio for the responsible production of coffee of international level.