Minas Gerais Denominação de Origem granted in 2023, where coffee must be grown rainfed. Cups are described with honey, yellow fruit and brown sugar.
Café da Canastra is a Denominação de Origem granted by INPI in 2023 for coffee from ten Minas Gerais municipalities, among them Piumhi, Capitólio, Delfinópolis and São Roque de Minas. The rules require rainfed (sequeiro) cultivation, with planting from October to December and harvest from May to September. The region makes about 750,000 60-kg bags a year from 33,000 planted hectares, and its coffees are generally described with honey, yellow, tropical and citrus fruit aromas and a high sweetness balanced by acidity.
Field notes
- i
Sebrae's announcement notes that the Canastra, long famous for its cheese, only won a coffee Denominação de Origem in 2023.
- ii
About 1,100 farmers grow coffee in the ten Canastra municipalities, and the Denominação de Origem requires rainfed cultivation.
In the cup, according to guides
- SweetnessMoreThe 2023 Sebrae announcement describes high sweetness balanced by acidity.
- CitrusOften notedThe same announcement lists citrus fruit among the typical aromas and flavours.
- Brown sugarOften notedThe announcement mentions brown sugar and sugarcane sweetness.
Elsewhere in Minas Gerais
Sources · 2 Every sentence here was checked against a source we read. Taste notes are what guides describe, not promises about your bag. Last revised 2026-11-10. Some details here are less settled than others.
- Região da Canastra conquista o registro de IG no café · Agência Sebrae
- Certificado de Registro de Indicação Geográfica BR402025000013-6: Chapada de Minas · INPI (Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial)