Mantiqueira de Minas geographic-indication zone in the Serra da Mantiqueira, known for complex, award-winning lots.
Carmo de Minas lies within the Mantiqueira de Minas geographic indication in the Serra da Mantiqueira of southern Minas Gerais. The area was first protected in 2011 as an Indicação de Procedência named Região da Serra da Mantiqueira de Minas Gerais, and INPI upgraded it in 2020 to the Denominação de Origem Mantiqueira de Minas, which covers 25 municipalities. Farms work steep mountain terrain at roughly 900-1,350 m, and the region is often cited among Brazil's most awarded for specialty lots, including Cup of Excellence placings for Yellow Bourbon.
Field notes
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The Mantiqueira de Minas Denominação de Origem was granted on 9 June 2020 to the producers' association APROCAM, whose application was filed in May 2016.
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About 8,200 producers farm in the Mantiqueira de Minas, 82% of them family-based, and APROCAM puts output near 1.2 million bags a year.
Elsewhere in Minas Gerais
Sources · 5 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.
- Mantiqueira de Minas Coffee: Brazil's Mountain Specialty Heartland · Podium Coffee Club
- Café especial: conheça as principais regiões produtoras no Brasil · Cooxupé
- Certificado de Registro de Indicação Geográfica IG 200704: Mantiqueira de Minas · INPI (Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial)
- Mantiqueira de Minas é reconhecida com IG · Diário do Comércio
- Certificado de Registro de Indicação Geográfica BR402025000013-6: Chapada de Minas · INPI (Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial)