Tester Pouch offered with the purchase of 6. Buy 12 Pouches = 1 FREE The state of Minas Gerais, particularly the "Sul de Minas" (South of Minas), has an ideal terroir for producing high-quality coffee, but it is through their determination to improve their working methods that these farmers manage to obtain specialty coffee. Hand-picked, the cherries are carefully sorted and then pulped to retrieve the coffee beans, which are then washed and dried for several weeks in the sun. These productions are in high demand, and producers are often forced to put new customers on a waiting list for many months, or often years.