Hugo Ruiz
- farm idCounter Culture describes Hugo Ruiz’s small farm but does not publish its formal name.
- cultivar proportionsThe exact release names Caturra, Bourbon, and Pache Verde but not their proportions.
- fermentationThe exact product page identifies washed processing but does not publish fermentation duration or protocol.
- drying methodThe exact product page does not publish the drying method.
- roast dateRoast date is bag-specific and unavailable for this sold-out release.
- public sentimentNo qualifying independent exact-release tasting evaluation or numeric rating was found.
- owner inputNo owner tasting observations or approval were supplied for this release.
FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.
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- 01The name on the bagHugo Ruiz
- 02The brand
- 03The roaster
- 04The variety
- 05The farmNot disclosed
- 06The farmer
- 07The region
- 08The country
Hugo Ruiz is a CODECH member whose individual deliveries are quality sorted by the cooperative. The farm's formal name and size are not published.
A traceable smallholder lot selected by CODECH after cupping hundreds of deliveries; Counter Culture reports that Ruiz's coffee regularly ranks among the cooperative's strongest seasonal lots.
WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?
Kept Hugo Ruiz as the named farmer and CODECH as the cooperative that cups and separates member deliveries, without inventing a formal farm name.
Recorded Caturra, Bourbon, and Pache Verde separately with undisclosed proportions.
Recorded the corroborated $25 / 12 oz price and refreshed sold-out verification.
Coffee List still offers no attributable rating, and the broad Guardian Counter Culture review does not include Hugo Ruiz.
Structured $25 retail price, refreshed availability, standardized cultivar components, and explicit evidence boundaries.
No farm entity, cultivar proportions, fermentation or drying protocol, house score, or public sentiment rating was inferred.
A named farmer and cooperative do not establish a formal farm identity or release-specific tasting score.
Counter Culture lists cocoa, nougat, and pear.
- · https://counterculturecoffee.com/products/hugo-ruiz
- · https://www.coffeelist.co/b/counter-culture-coffee/hugo-ruiz
- · https://www.coffeedb.pro/roasters/counter-culture-coffee
In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.
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What the internet is saying about this coffee
Our research pipeline scanned public reviews, videos, forums and discussions for this coffee (last pass 2026-11-11) and found no independent review of this exact release that meets our verification standards. When qualifying sources appear, they'll be published here.
Method: exact match required Hugo Ruiz, CODECH, Concepción Huista/Huehuetenango, washed processing, Caturra/Bourbon/Pache Verde, 1,800 m, November 2024–March 2025 harvest, and cocoa/nougat/pear profile. Coffee List provides catalog metadata without an attributable rating. CoffeeDB is a catalog record. The Guardian’s broader Counter Culture tasting article does not include Hugo Ruiz. No score was calculated.
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