D&B Brazil Jacu Bird

The famous Jacu Bird is produced on a farm located in the region of Pedra Azul, in the rural district of Domingos Martins, right in the heart of Brazil. At the beginning, the plantation owner (Henrique Sloper) was not amused when the Jacu birds, as large as a turkey, wreaked havoc on his farm and picked the sweetest and most ripe coffee cherries from the bushes. Remembering the popular Kopi Luwak (see page 183), the idea of the Jacu Bird coffee came to life. The digestion of the beans only takes up to two hours and so the beans are not yet affected by the stomach acids or the animal proteins, but the undesired bitter substances are extracted by the animal fermentation.

The Jacu Bird is one of the most exclusive coffees in the world. As a result of this arduous and unique process you will be treated with a sweet coffee low in acid which will quickly win you over with its lightly sweet flavour and hints of almonds and apricots.