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São Paulo · Brazil

Octavio Café

Since 2007 · Orestes Quércia

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Overview

Octavio Café is the consumer brand of O'Coffee, the Quércia family's coffee enterprise rooted in more than a century of Brazilian coffee farming. The story begins in 1890 when Italian immigrants Giuseppe and Vicente Quércia settled near Brodowski, São Paulo. The Faria Lima cafeteria — at its 2007 opening the largest coffee shop in Latin America — was built by former São Paulo state governor Orestes Quércia (1938–2010) in honor of his father Octavio. The Faria Lima and Cidade Jardim cafes closed during COVID; the family's six Pedregulho farms continue to supply 15+ countries.

Known for

  • 1890 Italian-immigrant coffee heritage (Giuseppe and Vicente Quércia)
  • Largest coffee shop in Latin America at 2007 opening (Faria Lima 1,600m²)
  • Owned by family of former SP governor Orestes Quércia
  • Six Pedregulho estates in Alta Mogiana (3,500 hectares, ~4M coffee trees)
  • Among Brazil's six largest coffee producers

Why it matters

A rare Brazilian producer-roaster brand with both heritage scale (130+ years of family farming) and scaled retail visibility. Its Faria Lima cafe was the unofficial deal-making salon of São Paulo's financial district for over a decade before COVID-era closure.

Production

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Pedregulho, Alta Mogiana, São Paulo state (production); Cumbica/Viracopos airport units operational
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Café

Viracopos International Airport (Campinas) units remain operational; Faria Lima and Shopping Cidade Jardim units closed 2020

Recognitions

  • Rainforest Alliance certified
  • UTZ certified

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