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El Esquilino

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TagsEl EsquilinoTicuna (José and Kyle)ColombiaSL28GeshaTypicaCaturronStriped BourbonYellow BourbonWashedFermentation

The story

SEY identifies the July 2024 SL28 as the third harvest from José and Kyle’s Ticuna project and describes following the project since its inception as its difficult specialty varieties matured.

Challenges

SEY notes that the project’s chosen specialty varieties are difficult to cultivate and that volumes were still small enough for variety separations to remain limited.

Innovations

For this SL28 lot, cherries were held in 2% saltwater for 24 hours to suppress pathogens while favoring salt-tolerant Lactobacillus, followed by parchment fermentation, washing and shaded drying.

Published coffees linked to this farm

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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: 2026-09-29

  1. Source 1: seycoffee.com

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