a 16-hour boat ride away from manaus.e rain forest, close to indigenous reserves, are the villages of nazarÉ and sao sebastiao, where cristo de. oliveira and his farmers' association harvest guaranÁ. their fruit contains four times as much caffeine as the guaraÁa plants g grown by the drinks industry with artificial fertilizers and pesticides. >> our guaranÁ plantation stems from original forest plants. we collect the seeds and grow our plants from them. our guaranÁ is even richer in caffeine than coffee. >> at harvest time, it's all hands to the pump. everyone is busy bringing the berries to be peeled or roasted. the stones inside look like black eyes and have a place in local beliefs. the pits are heated gently in a clay oven. just like with a good sauce, you have to stir them around for a long time. the method ensures that vital ingredients are preserved. downriver is the village of sao benedito. the sasaterÉ-mawe indigenous people live here. they desescribe themselves as e people of guaranÁ. dona maria batista is mixi