Our competition was born with the goal of recognizing and rewarding small producers from the Espírito Santo Mountains, located in a terroir where their harvest occurs late, preventing them from participating in quality competitions held in Brazil.

This late harvest in this region is due to the phenomenon known as the March Flower.

The March Flower is the latest flowering that occurs in Brazil. While other regions of the country have their flowering in October and November, in March, Espírito Santo producers see their crops bloom.

Because this flowering occurs in March, the coffees develop during the winter period in Brazil. Being a time of milder temperatures, the ripening of these fruits can take up to 270 days to occur, almost 60 days more than in other producing regions.

More complex, floral, and sweet coffees result from this phenomenon. Incredible microlots that, before, weren't even produced because there was no market that recognized and understood this phenomenon.

In these 10 years of the competition, we celebrate the consolidation of this project, which helped highlight various names in the coffee industry of Espírito Santo, besides showcasing to the world the qualitative potential of the coffees produced there.

We celebrate this milestone with you, who join us in this edition and help us bring the history and legacy of so many producers to the world!

From the entire Bourbon team, our heartfelt thanks.

Cheers.