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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Eladio Chamba - Anaerobic Washed; not a documentary photograph

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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Eladio Chamba - Anaerobic Washed; not a documentary photograph

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🇪🇨Ecuador · Loja

Eladio Chamba - Anaerobic Washed

Roasted by Counter Culture CoffeeRoaster's website
EXPERIMENTAL PROCESS
TagsEcuadorLojaWashedLight roastArabicaSingle originNuestra Señora de GuadalupeEladio ChambaCounter Culture CoffeeIndependent
🇪🇨EcuadorWashedField BlendLight roast
Brand
Counter Culture Coffee
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇪🇨Ecuador
Region
Loja
Town
—
Farm / Station
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
Farmer / Producer
Eladio Chamba
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Field Blend
Process
Roast
Light
Tasting notes
stone fruit, white grape, floral
Fermentation
30-hour anaerobic fermentation after pulping
Drying
Raised beds
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • consumer price and currencyThe exact page publishes a green-coffee FOB price, not the retail bag price or consumer currency configuration.
  • cultivar proportionsCaturra, Typica, and Bourbon are verified, but their proportions are not disclosed.
  • fermentation controlsCounter Culture documents 30 hours, a sealed plastic drum, and an airlock but not temperature, pH, pressure, or microbial measurements.
  • drying durationRaised-bed drying is verified, but the exact duration is not published.
  • public sentiment ratingNo qualifying independent exact-release review 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
    Eladio Chamba - Anaerobic Washed
  2. 02
    The brand
    Counter Culture Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Counter Culture Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Field Blend
  5. 05
    The farm
    Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Eladio Chamba
  7. 07
    The region
    Loja
  8. 08
    The country
    🇪🇨Ecuador
From the producer

Eladio Chamba shifted from selling coffee into local blends to processing on his own farm after buying a small depulper in 2015. Counter Culture began purchasing his coffee in 2016.

From the roaster

Counter Culture Coffee highlights this lot as a single-farmer offering that showcases the results of Chamba's innovative post-harvest processing experiments.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

The lot links a clearly documented family farm with a specific 30-hour anaerobic fermentation protocol, while retaining a washed finish.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Pulped

Ripe coffee cherries were depulped on the farm.

02
Anaerobic fermentation

The pulped coffee spent 30 hours in a sealed plastic drum fitted with an airlock.

03
Washed

The coffee was washed with clean water after fermentation.

04
Dried

The washed parchment dried on raised beds.

What was added?

No flavoring ingredients are disclosed.

What wasn't added?

The roaster states that its tasting notes describe sensory impressions and that no flavoring agents are added.

Why it matters

Anaerobic fermentation can intensify aromatics and fruit character while the washed finish preserves clarity.

What you might taste

Stone fruit, white grape and floral sweetness, according to Counter Culture.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://counterculturecoffee.com/products/eladio-chamba-anaerobic-washed
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 roaster archive and unrelated/general catalog material, but no independent exact-release tasting with a defensible score or verdict. No public sentiment rating was calculated.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe →Meet the farmer: Eladio Chamba →
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