São Sebastião da Grama, a tiny city in the countryside of São Paulo state,
was the stage for the birth of the specialty coffee movement in Brazil and
Recreio Farm was part of this process. A natural consequence of this effort
towards great coffee is reflected in their extraordinary performance in
national and international qualitycontests.
Besides local contests, the total of seven victories in different editions of the
Cup of Excellence reminds Mr. Diogo Dias of how important it is to improve
every detail on the farm. “I was a finalist in 2001, and I’ve achieved the
following years later: 2003 (4th), 2004 (1st), 2008 (2nd), 2009 (3rd),
2010 (4th) and 2013 (5th),”says Dias proudly.
The coffee tradition in the Dias familystarted backin 1890, when hundreds
of plants were cultivated in order to boost production. As a result, a “sea of
coffee plants” demanded lots of work for the harvest and maintenance
during the year and a large workforce was needed. For this reason, the
farm owners offered housing to workers and their families and a mini city
with good infrastructure.
