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Sol Naciente

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TagsSol NacienteJulio ArotaypePeruSL9WashedFermentationRaised-bed drying

The story

The farm is operated by Julio Arotaype, a young producer who has established a partnership with international roasters. The coffee grown on the property was previously identified locally as Inca Gesha before genetic testing confirmed it to be the SL9 variety.

Challenges

The farm operates at extreme altitudes, which presents significant logistical and environmental challenges for coffee production in the Andean mountains.

Innovations

For the documented 2025 lot, ripe cherries were floated, depulped, dry-fermented for 36 hours, washed, and dried on raised beds to 10.5% moisture.

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: 2026-10-08

  1. Source 1: seycoffee.com
  2. Source 2: roastdb.com

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