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Café da Chapada Diamantina receives ‘Denomination of Origin’ seal; understand

This is the first Denomination of Origin in the state of Bahia

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Published on October 24, 2024 at 11:02

Coffee in Chapada Diamantina

Coffee in Chapada Diamantina Credit: Disclosure/Seagri

The National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) granted coffee produced in the Chapada Diamantina region the first recognition of Geographical Indication (GI) by Denomination of Origin in the state of Bahia.

Geographical Indications (GI) are collective tools for valuing traditional products linked to certain territories. They have two main functions: adding value to the product and protecting the producing region.

The Geographical Indications system promotes products and their historical-cultural heritage, which is non-transferable. This heritage covers several relevant aspects: defined production area, typicality, authenticity with which the products are developed and the discipline regarding the production method, guaranteeing a quality standard. All of this gives exclusive notoriety to producers in the defined area.

According to the INPI, human and environmental factors in the area make the drink have a unique flavor and properties – full-bodied, sweet, with citrus acidity, notes of nuts and chocolate, as well as a long finish. From now on, local producers join 15 other product GIs in the country.

Currently, Bahia has five Geographical Indications, all of them of Origin (IP): South of Bahia (Cocoa Almonds), West Region of Bahia (coffee), Abaíra Microregion (Cachaça), Sub-middle São Francisco Valley (Grapes and Mangoes) and Vale do São Francisco (wines and sparkling wines). With the registration of coffee from Chapada Diamantina, there are already 130 GIs recognized in Brazil, 91 of which are for Indication of Origin and 39 for Denomination of Origin (29 national and 10 foreign).

The study “Café da Chapada Diamantina, Bahia: quality of the drink and relations with the environment”, by the State University of Southwest Bahia (UESB) was the basis for the recognition of the Geographical Indication. The text points out that post-harvest management and local know-how are the human variables related to coffee quality. This is because almost all harvesting is carried out manually. Furthermore, the altitude, temperature and orientation of the slope on which the coffee plantation grows are environmental variables that impart a different flavor to the product.

In turn, in a study conducted by the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), chemical analysis demonstrated higher levels of organic and chlorogenic acids and, mainly, lipids, in coffees from Chapada Diamantina, demonstrating a characteristic chemical profile, which distinguishes them from samples from other regions of Bahia and Brazil.

“This seal guarantees great recognition for our coffee produced here, in this little piece of paradise that is Chapada Diamantina. In addition to being a place exuberant in nature, Chapada is also exuberant in agricultural production and we, small farmers, can say that we produce one of the best coffees in the world”, highlights agronomist Tadeane Pires Matos, who works at the Farm that bears the name of his family, in Mucugê (BA).

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