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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for El Batan; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for El Batan; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇪🇨Ecuador · Loja

El Batan

Roasted by Counter Culture CoffeeRoaster's website
EXPERIMENTAL PROCESS
TagsEcuadorLojaTypica MejoradoWashedLight roastDark ChocolatePlumBlackberryArabicaSingle originFour farms in the El Batan communityCounter Culture CoffeeIndependent
🇪🇨EcuadorWashedTypica MejoradoLight roast
Brand
Counter Culture Coffee
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇪🇨Ecuador
Region
Loja
Town
El Batan
Farm / Station
—
Farmer / Producer
Four farms in the El Batan community
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Typica Mejorado
Process
Roast
Light
Tasting notes
dark chocolate, plum, blackberry
Fermentation
48 hours after pulping
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • individual farms and growersCounter Culture documents four farms but does not publish their names or the growers’ identities.
  • exact scalar elevationThe source publishes a 1,800–1,950 m range, so the range is preserved in text rather than converted to a midpoint.
  • washing and drying protocolThe 48-hour fermentation and washed classification are verified, but washing sequence, drying surface, and drying duration are not disclosed.
  • farm-to-farm processing consistencyThe source says each grower pulped and fermented coffee but does not state whether equipment or all downstream steps were identical across the four farms.
  • consumer retail priceCounter Culture publishes a green-coffee FOB sourcing price but does not publish the historical consumer retail price on the exact archive.
  • public sentiment ratingNo qualifying independent exact-release tasting or numeric score was found.
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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
    El Batan
  2. 02
    The brand
    Counter Culture Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Counter Culture Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Typica Mejorado
  5. 05
    The farm
    Not disclosed
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Four farms in the El Batan community
  7. 07
    The region
    Loja
  8. 08
    The country
    🇪🇨Ecuador
From the producer

This release combined coffee from four unnamed farms in the El Batan community. The official source does not identify the farms or growers individually.

From the roaster

Counter Culture Coffee is a specialty roaster focused on sustainability and direct relationships with coffee producers.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A 48-hour fermentation, about a day longer than the local norm described by Counter Culture, was used to emphasize fruit character in the Typica Mejorado lot.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Built the missing editorial profile

Added community, trade, fermentation, sourcing-price, taste, and evidence sections.

02
Corrected the producer record

Removed unsupported 22-member and microcredit claims and narrowed the existing producer record to the four unnamed farms documented for this release.

03
Separated trade and retail pricing

Documented Counter Culture’s $4.10/lb FOB sourcing price while leaving consumer retail price blank because the official archive does not disclose it.

04
Protected score integrity

No qualifying independent exact-release tasting was found, so public sentiment remains unrated.

What was added?

Four editorial sections, explicit unknowns, corrected producer context, and FOB sourcing-price context.

What wasn't added?

No farm names, grower identities, scalar elevation, drying details, consumer retail price, or public sentiment score was inferred.

Why it matters

The page now captures the unusual 48-hour community-lot process and price evidence without importing facts from older, different El Batan coffees.

What you might taste

Dark chocolate, plum, and blackberry, based on Counter Culture’s tasting notes.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://counterculturecoffee.com/products/el-batan
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 2026-10-11) 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

Fresh exact-name searches found the official archive, exact catalog pages, and older unrelated El Batan coffees. Coffee List shows zero ratings, and catalog-generated profile sliders were not treated as consumer sentiment. No public sentiment rating was calculated.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farmer: Four farms in the El Batan community →
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