The hospitality practices and the commensality discharge in coffee territories

• Autor(a) principal: Tavares, Beatriz Carvalho
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Machado, Marcello de Barros Tomé, Valduga, Vander
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Hospitalidade
• Texto Completo: https://www.revhosp.org/hospitalidade/article/view/1070
• topic: Reception; Coffee; Gastronomy; Hospitality; Coffee tourism; Acolhimento; Café; Gastronomia; Hospitalidade; Turismo de cafés

Coffee has been present in Brazilian culture since its inclusion among the main agricultural products in the country. In the different productive territories, its quantitative and qualitative prominence transforms the drink into a cultural symbol, with its consumption associated with socialization, eating and hospitality practices. The study’s geographical focus is the Caparaó region, located in the states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo, recognized for the production of specialty coffees resulting from the work of family farming. Thus, this article aimed to analyze coffee as an element of commensality and hospitality in Caparaó Capixaba. The study was qualitative, exploratory, descriptive, and ethnographic. As methodological procedures, bibliographical research, field immersion, external and participant observation, as well as online interviews with a semi-structured script were used. Among the main results, the impressions of the interviewed producers on relations with the tourist reflected on the interaction between individuals promoted by local practices of hospitality, reception and local food.