Cafe Pico do Bone

Cristiene and her family honor the memory of her father by continuing his work, cultivating both the fruit of their specialty coffees, and the union of the family. Education has always been important to her parents. When her father died in 2016, Cristiene was studying agronomy at the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA) — a public university in Brazil — and considered leaving school to support her family. But she had her father in mind, who always encouraged and her brothers to receive their degrees. Later, she returned to Aparaponga to support her mother and brothers working
on the property. In 2018, they started producing specialty coffees and, in 2019, they launched the property’s roasted coffee brand, Café Pico do Boné. From then on, resilience and unity were words put into practice by the family that has increasingly appreciated its coffee production. 

Cristiene’s family, with love and unity, has continued the work that her parents did together. Her male siblings are responsible for the management, mowing, weeding and harvesting of coffee.
Cristiene also works in the harvest. But she is mainly responsible for traceability, roasts coffee for Café Pico do Boné and
maintains the agronomic guidelines for the crops. She works in traceability with her sister-in-law, Edlaine, and shares her
knowledge to involve her. Kátia is responsible for commercializing Café Pico do Boné, and attracting customers in the city of Viçosa near Araponga. Kátia studied Business Administration at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), and stayed in the city to expand the commercialization of the family’s roasted coffee under the Café.