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2026 Lizeth Samboni; La Esmeralda - Colombia — supplied coffee image 1
Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Lizeth Samboni; La Esmeralda - Colombia; not a documentary photograph

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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Lizeth Samboni; La Esmeralda - Colombia; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Lizeth Samboni; La Esmeralda - Colombia; not a documentary photograph

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🇨🇴Colombia · Huila

2026 Lizeth Samboni; La Esmeralda - Colombia

Roasted by Sey CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsColombiaHuilaSidraWashedHoney flavorArabicaSingle originSpecialtyFinca La EsmeraldaLizeth SamboniSey CoffeeIndependent
🇨🇴ColombiaWashedSidra
Brand
SEY Coffee
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇨🇴Colombia
Region
Huila
Town
—
Farm / Station
Finca La Esmeralda
Farmer / Producer
Lizeth Samboni
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Specialty
Variety
Sidra
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
Soft botanicals, Nectarine, Wildflower honey
Fermentation
Dry-fermented for 48 hours after same-day depulping
Drying
Dried on raised beds until 10.5% moisture
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • townThe exact release page identifies Huila but does not publish a municipality or town for Finca La Esmeralda.
  • roast level and roast dateThe exact release page does not publish a conventional roast-level label or bag-specific roast date.
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The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

Every link we could verify, traced in one place. Follow the chain as far as it goes — when the industry doesn't disclose a link, we say so instead of guessing.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    2026 Lizeth Samboni; La Esmeralda - Colombia
  2. 02
    The brand
    SEY Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Sey Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Sidra
  5. 05
    The farm
    Finca La Esmeralda
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Lizeth Samboni
  7. 07
    The region
    Huila
  8. 08
    The country
    🇨🇴Colombia
From the producer

Lizeth Samboni grows Sidra at Finca La Esmeralda in Huila. The exact 2026 SEY release documents careful picking, same-day depulping, a 48-hour dry fermentation, washing, and raised-bed drying.

From the roaster

SEY presents this as a new coffee from its continued exploration of Huila and documents the lot's cultivar, elevation, March 2026 harvest, process, moisture target, current price, and flavor profile.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A fully traceable Huila Sidra with exact producer, farm, elevation, harvest month, fermentation time, drying method, moisture target, bag size, price, and current tasting notes.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Selection

Peak-ripe cherry was handpicked and floated.

02
Depulping and fermentation

Cherry was depulped on harvest day and dry-fermented for 48 hours.

03
Washing and drying

The coffee was washed and dried on raised beds until it reached 10.5% moisture.

What was added?

No fermentation starter or fruit addition is disclosed.

What wasn't added?

No fruit, spices, or post-roast flavorings are disclosed.

Why it matters

The documented workflow supports a traditional washed classification and provides a precise drying endpoint.

What you might taste

Soft botanicals, nectarine, and wildflower honey, according to SEY.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://seycoffee.com/products/2026-lizeth-samboni-la-esmeralda-colombia
Coffee profile

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

This coffee is in our database because we can reliably document it — but we haven't tasted and scored it yet, and we never publish a score we haven't earned.

Outside reviews and internet discussion — is kept clearly separate from our own review. When we taste it, our full review appears here.

The internet pulse

What the internet is saying about this coffee

Research complete — no qualifying reviews yet

Our research pipeline scanned public reviews, videos, forums and discussions for this coffee (last pass 2026-10-26) and found no independent review of this exact release that meets our verification standards. When qualifying sources appear, they'll be published here.

What we found

Exact independent pages corroborate catalog facts only. Cherrybook's 65 is explicitly an evidence-quality index rather than a cup score, so it was excluded from public sentiment.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Finca La Esmeralda →Meet the farmer: Lizeth Samboni →
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