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2026 Umoco; Busambo Hill - Burundi
Busambo Hill smallholder farmers
Sey Coffee
Busambo Hill
Field Blend· Washed
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Busambo Hill
This is a research profile, not an independently conducted farm visit. Producer and coffee relationships are shown only when the records agree. Check the research sources below for supporting evidence.
The story
Busambo coffee is produced by smallholder farmers on the hill and consolidated through the Umoco washing station. SEY began working with Umoco for the documented 2026 release and describes it as the start of a new Burundi supply chain.
Challenges
Individual farmer names and the exact proportions of varieties in the field blend are not publicly identified. Published elevations and processes vary by lot, so this page distinguishes lot-specific facts from hill-level context.
Innovations
For SEY’s washed lot, cherries were floated and hand-sorted, depulped the day of harvest, fermented dry for 12 hours and submerged for 24 hours, density graded, then dried on African raised beds.
Published coffees linked to this farm
For blends, a farm may be named for one documented component without growing the entire coffee. These catalog relationships do not independently verify every lot, harvest or producer. See individual coffee profiles for traceability evidence.
Research sources & verification
These source links were recorded for this farm profile. They document its research trail; a linked source is not, by itself, confirmation of every farm, producer, coffee lot or photo identity.
Research last reviewed: 2026-10-02