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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Pepe Jijon - Sidra Wave Honey; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Pepe Jijon - Sidra Wave Honey; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇪🇨Ecuador · Imbabura

Pepe Jijon - Sidra Wave Honey

Roasted by Black & White Coffee RoastersRoaster's website
EXPERIMENTAL PROCESS
TagsEcuadorImbaburaSidraHoneyLight roastMangoArabicaSingle originFinca SoledadPepe JijónBlack & White Coffee RoastersOwned by FairWave Specialty Coffee Collective
🇪🇨EcuadorHoneySidraLight roast
Brand
Black & White Coffee Roasters
Who owns the brand
A mid-size coffee group — FairWave Specialty Coffee Collective
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇪🇨Ecuador
Region
Imbabura
Town
Intag Valley
Farm / Station
Finca Soledad
Farmer / Producer
Pepe Jijón
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Sidra
Process
Roast
Light
Tasting notes
White flowers, Oolong tea, Mango, Red grapes
Fermentation
Whole cherries fermented for 72 hours in sealed tanks.
Drying
Slow drying in a dark room for up to 50 days with strategically manipulated temperature.
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
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Why some details are blank
  • harvestThe exact Black & White release does not publish a harvest date or crop year.
  • roast dateOne retailer preserves a July 27 roast date for its own unit, but that is not treated as a universal roast date for the release.
  • gradeThe exact release does not publish a formal export or competition grade.
  • brew recommendationNo brew recipe was found for the exact Black & White roasted release; recipes for other roasters’ versions were excluded.
  • sentiment ratingNo qualifying independent rating was found for this exact Black & White roasted release.
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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
    Pepe Jijon - Sidra Wave Honey
  2. 02
    The brand
    Black & White Coffee Roasters
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Black & White Coffee Roasters
  4. 04
    The variety
    Sidra
  5. 05
    The farm
    Finca Soledad
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Pepe Jijón
  7. 07
    The region
    Imbabura
  8. 08
    The country
    🇪🇨Ecuador
From the producer

Pepe Jijón is a former mountaineer and guide who now farms roughly four hectares of coffee at Finca Soledad in Ecuador’s Intag Valley. Exact-release documentation identifies him as producer of this Sidra Wave Honey and describes the farm within Imbabura’s mountainous landscape.

From the roaster

Black & White Coffee Roasters focuses on making specialty coffee approachable and accessible, emphasizing that quality coffee should be enjoyable regardless of the brewing method.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A Sidra release from Pepe Jijón’s Finca Soledad with a documented 72-hour whole-cherry sealed fermentation and unusually long, temperature-managed darkroom drying.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
RELEASE IDENTITY REVERIFIED

Matched Black & White’s archived Sidra Wave Honey to Pepe Jijón, Finca Soledad, Imbabura, Ecuador, at 1,550 m.

02
OFFER RESOLVED

Recorded the official archived starting price of $18.25 and sold-out status; an exact-release retailer resolves the base format as 100 g and identifies a light roast.

03
PROCESS RECONFIRMED

Peak-ripe whole cherries fermented for 72 hours in sealed tanks, then dried in a temperature-managed dark room for up to 50 days.

04
SENTIMENT KEPT SEPARATE

No independent tasting or rating was found for this exact Black & White roasted release. Seller sensory scales and reviews of other roasters’ versions were excluded.

What was added?

The $18.25 / 100 g archived offer, 1,550 m exact-release elevation, light roast classification and refreshed sold-out verification.

What wasn't added?

No harvest date, universal roast date, formal grade, exact-release brew recipe or qualifying independent public rating was found.

Why it matters

The exact-release 1,550 m figure replaces a false conflict created by comparing this lot with Black & White’s separate 1,515 m washed Sidra from the same producer.

What you might taste

Black & White publishes white flowers, delicate oolong tea, mango and red grape. These remain roaster notes, not owner tasting observations or public consensus.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.blackwhiteroasters.com/collections/the-coffee-archive
  • · https://sigmacoffee.co.uk/products/black-white-roasters-pepe-jijon-sidra-wave-honey?variant=58361397772662
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 2026-11-06) 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

Method: searches required an exact match to Black & White, Pepe Jijón, Sidra Wave Honey and the 2026 release. Sigma’s sensory scale was excluded because it is seller-authored; TheBeanGeek exposes no submitted rating; customer reviews and recipes for Blackboard’s separately roasted version were excluded. No score was inferred.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Finca Soledad →Meet the farmer: Pepe Jijón →
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