Bag Of Rare Eugenioides Coffee Hopes To Go For Around $20,000 Per Bag In Brazil – CoffeeTalk

A fourth-generation coffee farmer, Luiz Paulo Dias Pereira Filho, is significantly increasing sales from the only Brazilian plantation growing rare eugenioides coffee, which he anticipates will fetch prices up to 50 times that of typical arabica beans found in gourmet coffee. He expects to sell his harvest at an impressive price of 1 million reais ($190,476) for 10 standardized 60-kilogram bags, particularly noteworthy given that arabica prices have recently dropped to around $400 per bag.

Pereira Filho describes eugenioides coffee as extremely sweet, with a notably low caffeine level that makes it almost decaffeinated, contributing to its unique flavor profile. His customer base includes international buyers from regions like Taiwan and Saudi Arabia, and last year, he sold three bags of this rare bean for 90,000 reais ($17,148) each. Despite a declining broader coffee market, there is a sustained interest in niche specialty coffees, particularly eugenioides, which is reminiscent of the early 2000s interest in geisha coffee.

However, cultivating eugenioides is challenging due to its low productivity and sensitivity to climate. Each of the five hectares he has planted with this coffee type is expected to yield only two bags, significantly less than the average production for arabica coffee. Pereira Filho points out that the eugenioides plant has not been genetically improved, requiring substantial care. He is aware of a limited number of other farms globally attempting to cultivate this species commercially, but the scale of global production remains unverified. With over two decades of experience in Brazil, a leading producer of arabica beans, Pereira Filho is positioned at the forefront of this unique coffee market.

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