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Who Makes The
BEST COFFEE
Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2025 Sike Bokossa - Ethiopia; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

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

Editorial illustration

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

Editorial illustration

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

Editorial illustration

🇪🇹EthiopiaWashedEthiopian Landraces
Roaster website
Country
🇪🇹Ethiopia
Region
Guji
Town
—
Farm / Station
Sike Bokossa growing site; processed at Halo Hartume in neighboring Gedeb
Farmer / Producer
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
watermelon, peach, lemongrass
Fermentation
Fermented underwater for 36 hours
Drying
Dried on raised beds for 10–14 days
Product page
Date reviewed
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Why some details are blank
  • formal gradeThe exact archived release does not publish a formal green-coffee grade.
  • individual producersSEY identifies the Sike Bokossa community but does not name individual contributing farmers.
  • bag sizeExact-release records conflict: Every Coffee and Sigma list 250 g, while Cherrybook records 318 g. No single package size was asserted.
  • roast levelThe exact release does not publish a conventional roast label; a retailer’s general description of SEY roasting was not treated as release-specific.
  • public sentiment ratingNo qualifying independent exact-release tasting rating with a transparent method and source count was found.
  • original tasting scoreNo original Who Makes The Best Coffee tasting score has been recorded.
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 Sike Bokossa - Ethiopia
  2. 02
    The brand
  3. 03
    The roaster
  4. 04
  5. 05
    The farm
    Sike Bokossa growing site; processed at Halo Hartume in neighboring Gedeb
  6. 06
  7. 07
    The region
  8. 08
From the producer

The Sike Bokossa community grows this coffee in Guji. The official source does not name individual contributors and states that the community has no washing station.

From the roaster

Sey Coffee is a Brooklyn-based micro-roastery that focuses on sourcing high-quality, complex coffees while minimizing the influence of the roast on the final flavor profile.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This was the first Sike Bokossa coffee separated and exported as an individual lot, requiring precise processing at Halo Hartume.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Picking and sorting

Hand-picked at peak ripeness, floated to remove defects, then Grade 1 density separated.

02
Washed processing

De-pulped and fermented underwater for 36 hours at Halo Hartume.

03
Drying

Dried on raised beds for 10–14 days at Halo Hartume in neighboring Gedeb.

What was added?

Water was used for flotation, fermentation and washing.

What wasn't added?

The official source does not report fruit, spices, flavorings or inoculants.

Why it matters

Separating the community lot and processing it at Halo Hartume made the first individual Sike Bokossa export possible.

What you might taste

SEY reports watermelon, peach and lemongrass.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.seycoffee.com/products/2025-sike-bokossa-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 2026-11-03) 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

Non-exact, seller, directory, generic-roaster, 2026-release, duplicate, and older-release sources were excluded. No qualifying independent exact-release review remains.

Until then, meet the people behind it: