On July 22nd 1949, a ship sailed from Genoa, in Italy, to Brazil. It took hundreds of Italian immigrants. Among them, Mario D'Alessandro and his dream of conquering the world. After disembarking in the Brazilian coast, Mario crossed the hill and settled in Manhumirim. He started working with pots and copper alembics. He set up a small business, and in his spare time, he would venture on foot or by horse through the trails in the top of the mountains. In his wanderings, he fell in love with planting coffee. Every day, he crossed the city on a bike, carrying seedlings for the property of Limeira. Years later, while carrying some friends to the rural area, a work accident took his life. Keeping the dream of producing coffee was a job for his great partner: his son Sergio. A man who was passionate about mountain coffee plantations, their qualities and variety of flavours. Low voice, a busy way of walking from the toil, and devotion for the manual process of coffee production, Sérgio tripled the production left by his father. He has always shared his knowledge with other producers so that, together, they could increase the supply of quality coffee in the region. Sometimes it is possible to see Sergio walking alone in the plantation, smelling and touching the coffee beans. He lives quietly the pride of having made old Mario's dream come true. Today, who travels by ship is the coffee from the region of Matas de Minas, often to Europe, the D'Alessandros' old land.