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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2025 José Gallardo; Nuguo, Lot #850NWS - Panama; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2025 José Gallardo; Nuguo, Lot #850NWS - Panama; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2025 José Gallardo; Nuguo, Lot #850NWS - Panama; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2025 José Gallardo; Nuguo, Lot #850NWS - Panama; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇵🇦Panama · Renacimiento

2025 José Gallardo; Nuguo, Lot #850NWS - Panama

Washed
🇵🇦PanamaWashedGesha
Roaster website
Country
🇵🇦Panama
Region
Renacimiento
Town
Jurutungo
Farm / Station
Farmer / Producer
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Process
Roast
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Tasting notes
jasmine, rose, Meyer lemon, bergamot, tropical finish
Fermentation
Floated cherry was gently fermented at 1,900 m, then washed in natural spring water; duration and vessel were not published.
Drying
Dried on African beds at Finca Nuguo for 48 hours, then finished in a controlled room in David at 20°C and 10% humidity; total finishing duration was not published.
Product page
Date reviewed
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Why some details are blank
  • fermentationSEY documents gentle fermentation before washing but does not publish the duration or vessel.
  • drying methodThe initial 48-hour African-bed stage and controlled finishing conditions are known, but total finishing duration is not published.
  • roast levelSEY does not state a conventional roast-level label; third-party normalized scales were not substituted.
  • roast dateNo bag-specific roast date is available for this archived release.
  • gradeThe exact release page does not state a formal grade.
  • internet pulse.sentiment ratingNo qualifying independent exact-release review or rating was found; no numeric score was inferred.
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 José Gallardo; Nuguo, Lot #850NWS - Panama
  2. 02
    The brand
  3. 03
    The roaster
  4. 04
    The variety
  5. 05
    The farm
  6. 06
    The farmer
  7. 07
    The region
  8. 08
    The country
From the producer

José ‘Pocho’ Gallardo produces Gesha at Finca Nuguo in Jurutungo, Renacimiento, Chiriquí. SEY selected this 15-kilogram lot with him during a farm visit.

From the roaster

Sey Coffee is a Brooklyn-based micro-roastery that focuses on sourcing and roasting high-quality, complex coffees through long-term, transparent relationships with producers. They prioritize highlighting the unique characteristics of each origin through a light, precise roasting approach.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A 15-kilogram, producer- and lot-number-specific Panama Gesha with a precisely documented two-stage drying environment and one of SEY’s highest historical retail prices.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Harvest and flotation

The Gesha was hand-picked at peak ripeness on April 1, 2025 and floated.

02
Fermentation and washing

SEY says the coffee was gently fermented at 1,900 m and washed in natural spring water; duration and vessel are not disclosed.

03
Two-stage drying

The coffee dried on African beds at Finca Nuguo for 48 hours, then moved to David for controlled-room finishing at 20°C and 10% humidity.

What was added?

Nothing is reported as added during processing.

What wasn't added?

No fruit, flavoring, or inoculated culture is disclosed.

Why it matters

The release is a conventional washed Gesha with unusually controlled drying; the missing fermentation duration prevents a more specific processing claim.

What you might taste

SEY lists jasmine, rose, Meyer lemon, bergamot, and a slightly tropical finish.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.seycoffee.com/products/2025-jose-gallardo-nuguo-lot-850nws-panama
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 2026-10-27) 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 catalog pages corroborated price, size and product details but supplied no independent tasting review. Spro explicitly showed no reviews; Cherrybook’s evidence index and general SEY sentiment were excluded from public scoring.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Same coffee, different roaster?

Other roasters, same producer.

These coffees come from the same producer or farm, offered by other roasters. We never automatically declare two offerings the exact same coffee — a match requires lot, harvest and traceability details. Even a true same-lot pair can taste different: roast approach, freshness, rest and brewing all reshape the cup.

Counter Culture Coffee · Panama
Same farm — different producer lot possible.
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