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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2025 Gerbota - Ethiopia; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2025 Gerbota - Ethiopia; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2025 Gerbota - Ethiopia; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2025 Gerbota - Ethiopia; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇪🇹Ethiopia · Yirgacheffe

2025 Gerbota - Ethiopia

Roasted by Sey CoffeeRoaster's website
Washed
TagsEthiopiaYirgacheffeEthiopian LandracesWashedBergamotHoney flavorArabicaSingle originGerbota siteSey CoffeeIndependent
🇪🇹EthiopiaWashedEthiopian Landraces
Brand
SEY Coffee
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇪🇹Ethiopia
Region
Yirgacheffe
Town
—
Farm / Station
Gerbota site
Farmer / Producer
—
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Ethiopian Landraces
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
nectarine, bergamot, wildflower honey
Fermentation
Underwater for 36 hours
Drying
Raised beds for 10–14 days
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • farm idSEY consistently identifies Gerbota as a coffee site, not an exact named farm, so no farm entity is linked.
  • producer idSEY identifies Gerbota as a coffee site but does not name an individual producer or cooperative for this release.
  • gradeSEY documents Grade 1 density separation during processing but does not publish a formal final lot grade.
  • roast levelThe exact SEY page does not state a conventional roast level; a retailer's general description of SEY as typically light is not lot-specific enough to populate it.
  • roast dateNo exact roast date is published for this archived release.
  • price usdSEY's archived page publishes supply-chain prices but not its historical retail price; a reseller's GBP price is not substituted for the roaster's USD price.
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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
    2025 Gerbota - Ethiopia
  2. 02
    The brand
    SEY Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Sey Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Ethiopian Landraces
  5. 05
    The farm
    Gerbota site
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Not disclosed
  7. 07
    The region
    Yirgacheffe
  8. 08
    The country
    🇪🇹Ethiopia
From the producer

SEY identifies Gerbota as a coffee site introduced through its exporting partners but does not name an individual producer or cooperative for this release.

From the roaster

Sey Coffee is a Brooklyn-based micro-roastery dedicated to sourcing and roasting dynamic, complex coffees while fostering long-term relationships throughout the supply chain.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This was SEY Coffee's first release from the Gerbota site, selected for its clarity and sweet, expressive Yirgacheffe profile.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Selection and depulping

Peak-ripe cherries were hand-picked, floated to remove defects, depulped, and Grade 1 density-separated.

02
Underwater fermentation

The depulped coffee was fermented underwater for 36 hours.

03
Raised-bed drying

The coffee was dried on raised beds for 10–14 days.

What was added?

Water was used for the documented underwater fermentation.

What wasn't added?

SEY discloses no fruit, flavoring, or fermentation inoculant.

Why it matters

The fully washed process and density separation are documented lot-level steps that support a clean expression of the site's mixed Ethiopian landrace material.

What you might taste

Nectarine, bergamot, and wildflower honey, according to SEY Coffee.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.seycoffee.com/products/2025-gerbota-ethiopia
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 2026-10-30) 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

Exact roaster, retailer, catalog, and tracking-directory pages were excluded from public sentiment because they are not independent tasting reviews. Non-exact Gerbota coffees and other releases were also excluded. No qualifying exact-release review remains.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Gerbota site →
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