Brazil’s only volcanic coffee region
Green coffee, sourced direct from volcanic ground.
Vulcânica connects buyers to the only volcanic soil in Brazilian coffee: more than 800 producers farming a crater plateau between 700 and 1,500 metres, among the Atlantic Rainforest.
- 80M
- years since the eruption
- 800 km²
- crater plateau
- 700–1,500 m
- growing altitude
- 12
- municipalities
- 800+
- producers
- 17–20 °C
- average temperature
The origin
Eighty million years ago, an eruption shaped this land.
Between the south of Minas Gerais and the northeast of São Paulo, the blast lifted the plateau more than 500 metres, leaving behind the only volcanic soil in Brazilian coffee. That extinct crater is the Poços de Caldas Plateau, our Volcanic Region, set among the Atlantic Rainforest.
Warm days, cold nights, mineral-rich earth: a combination no other Brazilian coffee region has, and one you can taste straight back to the ground.
Born inside the region
Vulcânica Café Trading was founded and is based right here on the plateau, not a distant office buying by catalogue. We live among the producers, visit the farms and follow every harvest, which is how we vouch for each lot we sell.
The cup
What volcanic soil tastes like
Mineral-rich ground, high altitude, warm days paired with cold nights: the result is coffee with a pronounced natural sweetness and balanced acidity, running from citrus and fruit to floral and chocolate depending on variety and process.
- Citrus
- Pineapple
- Passion fruit
- Orange
- Floral
- Chocolate
The offer
A sourcing partner, not just a seller.
Tell us the profile, volume, certifications and price range you need. We find the lot to match, whether specialty or commercial, small volume or large, from producers, associations and cooperatives across the Volcanic Region.
Specialty lots
Scored and cupped at origin
85–88 SCABourbon Amarelo
Natural
Floral and fruity notes
Icatu Vermelho
Natural
Intense body, chocolate and fruity notes
Catuaí Vermelho
Pulped natural
Bright, balanced acidity, clean profile
On requestGeisha · Arara
Microlots
High-scoring microlots, occasionally available
Commercial lots
Export-grade consistency
Mundo Novo
Type 6 · screen 17/18
Neutral and balanced, works well in blends
Catuaí Amarelo & Vermelho
Type 6 · screen 17/18
High productivity and consistency
Acaiá
Export grade
Chocolate notes, medium body
Icatu
Export grade
Resistant and productive, smooth and clean
Topázio
Large screen
Citrusy, sweet profile
Availability follows the harvest. Ask for the current offer list with prices and fresh cupping notes.
Request the offer listTraceability
Every lot arrives with its paperwork done.
Full traceability is not an add-on. It ships with every bag, specialty and commercial alike.
Farm coordinates
Each lot maps back to the exact farm that grew it, coordinates included.
Rural Environmental Registry
A regularized CAR (Brazil’s rural environmental registry) for every producing property.
MapBiomas verification
Land-use history independently verified against MapBiomas satellite data.
EU Deforestation Regulation
Compliant and documented, ready for the European market from day one.
How we work
From your cupping table to origin, in three steps.
Describe what you need
Profile, volume, certifications, price range: you set the brief, in English or Portuguese.
We go to origin
We visit producers, associations and cooperatives across the Volcanic Region to find the lot that matches.
We connect you directly
Producer and buyer, connected, with logistics and traceability handled throughout.
The founder
Back to the land where everything begins.
Vulcânica was not started from an office. It was founded by someone raised among these farms, who left, saw what the world was missing, and came home to build the bridge.
Raised in Divinolândia
A childhood on the family smallholding in the heart of the Volcanic Region: the harvest, the care for the soil, and a deep respect for the producers.
Toyota, then the sky
Six years of process, discipline and operational excellence at Toyota, followed by a commercial helicopter pilot licence from ANAC, Brazil's civil aviation authority.
Nine years in Melbourne
Living inside a culture that takes coffee seriously made one thing clear: the world knew Brazil, but it did not know the volcano.
Back to origin
Home with a clear purpose: to connect the producers of this singular origin directly with the international buyers who seek it.
Read the full story
I grew up among coffee farms. My childhood and teenage years were spent on my family's smallholding in Divinolândia, a small town in the interior of São Paulo, at the heart of the Volcanic Region of Poços de Caldas. From an early age I learned the rhythm of the land: the harvest, the care for the soil, and the deep respect for the producers who build with their hands what the rest of the world drinks in their cup.
At eighteen, I wanted a different rhythm. I went to work at Toyota, one of the world's largest automotive manufacturers, where I spent six years learning about process, discipline and operational excellence. After that, I pursued another long-held dream and qualified as a commercial helicopter pilot under Brazil's civil aviation authority, ANAC. But something larger still was calling: the world beyond Brazil.
I lived in Melbourne, Australia, for nine years. I worked hard, became fluent in English, and experienced firsthand a culture that takes coffee seriously. It was there, far from home, that I saw with complete clarity what my land had that the world was missing. Coffee from the Volcanic Region was admired and sought after, but rarely accessed directly by the buyers who wanted it most.
I came back to Divinolândia and founded Vulcânica Café Trading to be the bridge that was missing. I am not an office-based intermediary: I know the families who grow this coffee, I visit the farms, and I follow every harvest closely. And I speak directly to buyers, in their language, with the knowledge of someone who has lived on both sides of the world.
My work is straightforward: find the right coffee for you, and make sure the story behind it is as good as what is in your cup.
Wilson SilvaFounder · Vulcânica Café Trading
Contact
Tell us what you’re looking for.
Write in English or Portuguese. We answer from origin: Divinolândia, São Paulo, in the heart of the Volcanic Region.
Divinolândia · São Paulo · Brazil
FAQ
Questions buyers ask us.
Is there a minimum order?
No fixed minimum. We work with everything from a few bags of a specialty microlot to full container loads of commercial coffee. Tell us the volume that makes sense for your operation and we build the offer around it.
Do you export internationally?
Yes. We coordinate the export process from origin (logistics, paperwork and shipping to your destination), and every lot leaves EUDR-ready, with the full traceability file included.
Do you only sell specialty coffee?
No. The region produces both and so do we: cupped and scored specialty lots on one side, export-grade commercial coffee for blends and volume programs on the other, often from the same producers.
When is the harvest?
Harvest on the plateau runs roughly from May to September. The offer list follows the crop: availability, prices and cupping notes are refreshed as new lots come off the drying patios.
What documentation comes with each lot?
GPS farm coordinates, a regularized CAR (Brazil’s rural environmental registry), independent MapBiomas land-use verification and EUDR compliance documents, all included with every bag, specialty and commercial alike.