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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2024 Abel Salinas; Arashi - Ecuador; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2024 Abel Salinas; Arashi - Ecuador; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2024 Abel Salinas; Arashi - Ecuador; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2024 Abel Salinas; Arashi - Ecuador; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇪🇨Ecuador · Saraguro

2024 Abel Salinas; Arashi - Ecuador

Roasted by Sey CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsEcuadorSaraguroTypica MejoradoWashedPeachLemonArabicaSingle originFinca ArashiAbel SalinasSey CoffeeIndependent
🇪🇨EcuadorWashedTypica Mejorado
Brand
SEY Coffee
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇪🇨Ecuador
Region
Saraguro
Town
Saraguro
Farm / Station
Finca Arashi
Farmer / Producer
Abel Salinas
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Typica Mejorado
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
Soft florals, Peach, Lemon
Fermentation
Dry-fermented for 24 hours after depulping
Drying
Dried on raised beds for 15 days
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • roast levelThe exact archived release page does not state a roast level.
  • roast dateNo bag-specific roast date is available for the archived release.
  • gradeNo formal green-coffee grade is stated; 'Specialty' was removed because it was unsupported.
  • price usdSEY discloses green-coffee supply-chain prices, not the retail price of the 250 g bag.
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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
    2024 Abel Salinas; Arashi - Ecuador
  2. 02
    The brand
    SEY Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Sey Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Typica Mejorado
  5. 05
    The farm
    Finca Arashi
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Abel Salinas
  7. 07
    The region
    Saraguro
  8. 08
    The country
    🇪🇨Ecuador
From the producer

Abel Salinas is a first-generation producer at Finca Arashi in Saraguro, Loja. SEY identifies this as its second year purchasing his clean, variety-transparent coffee.

From the roaster

SEY calls this a beautifully transparent and clean expression of Mejorado, with soft florals, peach and lemon.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A single-variety washed lot from the farm that tied for first in the 2021 Ecuador Cup of Excellence with a washed Typica Mejorado.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Selective harvest and flotation

Cherries were hand-picked at peak ripeness and floated to remove defects.

02
Dry fermentation and washing

The coffee was depulped, dry-fermented for 24 hours and washed.

03
Raised-bed drying

The washed parchment dried on raised beds for 15 days.

What was added?

No added fruit, flavoring or inoculation is disclosed.

What wasn't added?

No co-fermentation or post-roast flavoring is disclosed.

Why it matters

The restrained washed protocol is designed to foreground the cultivar and Loja growing conditions.

What you might taste

Soft florals, peach and lemon.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.seycoffee.com/products/2024-abel-salinas-arashi-ecuador
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 2026-10-12) 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

Other roasters' Abel Salinas coffees, catalog listings and the farm's 2021 competition lots were excluded because they are not this exact SEY release. No numeric rating was inferred.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Finca Arashi →Meet the farmer: Abel Salinas →
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