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🇵🇪Peru · Cusco

2025 Julio Arotaype; Sol Naciente - Peru

Roasted by Sey CoffeeRoaster's website

TRADITIONAL PROCESS

TagsPeru Cusco SL9 Washed Arabica Single origin Sol Naciente Julio Arotaype Sey Coffee Independent

🇵🇪PeruWashedSL9

Brand

SEY Coffee

Roaster website

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Country

🇵🇪Peru

Region

Cusco

Town

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Farm / Station

Sol Naciente

Farmer / Producer

Julio Arotaype

Species

Arabica

Type

Single origin

Grade

Not specified

Variety

SL9

Process

Roast

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Tasting notes

aromatic florality, layered stone fruit, melon

Fermentation

Dry-fermented for 36 hours after depulping, then washed

Drying

Dried on raised beds until moisture reached 10.5%

Product page

Roaster's site

Date reviewed

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Why some details are blank

formal gradeThe exact official release does not publish a formal green-coffee grade.
roast levelThe exact official release does not state a conventional roast category.
public sentiment ratingThe verified exact-coffee independent listing reports no ratings or written reviews.
original tasting scoreNo original Who Makes The Best Coffee tasting score has been recorded.

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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.

01
The name on the bag
2025 Julio Arotaype; Sol Naciente - Peru
Named on the bag
02
The brand
SEY Coffee
Documented
03
The roaster
Sey Coffee
Documented
04
The variety
SL9
Documented
05
The farm
Sol Naciente
Documented
06
The farmer
Julio Arotaype
Documented
07
The region
Cusco
Documented
08
The country
🇵🇪Peru
Documented

From the producer

Julio Arotaype grows SL9 at extreme elevation at Sol Naciente outside Cusco. SEY’s deeper genetic testing corrected this release from the local “Inca Gesha” label to SL9.

From the roaster

Sey Coffee is a Brooklyn-based micro-roastery focused on sourcing dynamic, complex coffees through direct relationships. They prioritize transparency and detailed product information for their seasonal offerings.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This was SEY’s second year buying Julio Arotaype’s SL9 and one of its highest-elevation Latin American releases, with a documented correction from the prior Gesha identification.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

Harvest and sorting

Cherries were hand-picked at peak ripeness and floated.

Depulping and fermentation

Coffee was depulped, dry-fermented for 36 hours, and washed.

Drying

The parchment was dried on raised beds until moisture reached 10.5%.

What was added?

No processing additives are disclosed.

What wasn't added?

No fruit, spices, commercial cultures, flavorings, or post-roast additives are disclosed.

Why it matters

The disclosed method is a traditional washed process, and SEY's genetic correction keeps this lot distinct from a Gesha identification.

What you might taste

Aromatic florality, layered stone fruit, and melon, according to SEY.

Sources for these process claims

· https://www.seycoffee.com/products/2025-julio-arotaype-sol-naciente-peru

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 2026-11-03) 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

Beans with Beanie lists the exact coffee but explicitly reports no ratings and no written reviews. Seller, directory, supply-chain-price, different-release, duplicate, and generic-roaster evidence was excluded. No qualifying independent exact-release review remains.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Sol Naciente →Meet the farmer: Julio Arotaype →

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WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLYDO TO THIS COFFEE?

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