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Located in the mountainous region of Minas Gerais in Brazil, Andradas has the ideal environment for growing coffee. The community's high-quality coffee hadn’t had the chance to reach the outside world on a large scale when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. In a bid to improve the life of the farmers and their families, the people of Andradas are working to bring out the coffee flavour map - a tool to showcase the quality of their coffee and the stories behind them. What are the potentials of the coffee flavour map? How should the local community leverage these potentials to gain prosperity and well-being?
Authors and Contributors
This case was written by Stefano Puntoni, Professor of Marketing at the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University, and Carla Gatt, case writer at RSM’s Case Development Centre. The authors wish to thank the following people for their contributions to creating the case: Tao Yue, Mimi Ahlskog, Amanda Soares, Yugi Quo, Tiffany Blattgerste, Eduardo Sampaio, Mariana Del Guerra, Rafael Tonon and Ariovaldo Alberto da Silva Junior. Last but not least, their gratitude goes to Rafael Alberto Souza e Silva, Rosana Fraga, Bruno Sasseron and the farmers of Andradas, without whom the case could not have been written.
This teaching case was developed by Professor Stefano Puntoni in collaboration with the RSM Case Development Centre and the following people in connection with the Andradas Coffee Flavour Map project: Rafael Alberto Souza e Silva, Rosana Fraga, Bruno Sasseron, Eduardo Sampaio, Mariana Del Guerra, Rafael Tonon, Ari Da Silva and the farmers of Andradas.
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