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2026 Bukeye; Gaharo Hill - Burundi — supplied coffee image 1
Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Bukeye; Gaharo Hill - Burundi; not a documentary photograph

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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Bukeye; Gaharo Hill - Burundi; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Bukeye; Gaharo Hill - Burundi; not a documentary photograph

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🇧🇮Burundi · Muramvya

2026 Bukeye; Gaharo Hill - Burundi

Roasted by Sey CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsBurundiMuramvyaWashedHoney flavorArabicaSingle originGaharo HillSey CoffeeIndependent
🇧🇮BurundiWashed
Brand
SEY Coffee
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇧🇮Burundi
Region
Muramvya
Town
—
Farm / Station
Gaharo Hill
Farmer / Producer
Gaharo Hill smallholder farmers
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Field blend: Red Bourbon and Mibirizi; SL34 possible but unconfirmed
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
gingerbread, baked apple, honey
Fermentation
12 hours dry fermentation, then 24 hours submerged fermentation
Drying
Traditional African raised beds for 16 to 20 days, to 10.5% moisture
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • individual producersThe lot is credited to Gaharo Hill smallholders, but individual contributors are not named.
  • field-blend percentagesRed Bourbon and Mibirizi are documented without proportions; SL34 is described only as likely.
  • single elevationThe exact source publishes a 1,700–2,100 m range; no midpoint was invented.
  • retail price and bag sizeSEY publishes green-coffee FOB and DDP prices but not the archived consumer bag price or retail configuration.
  • roast levelThe exact SEY page does not publish a categorical roast level.
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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
    2026 Bukeye; Gaharo Hill - Burundi
  2. 02
    The brand
    SEY Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Sey Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Field blend: Red Bourbon and Mibirizi; SL34 possible but unconfirmed
  5. 05
    The farm
    Gaharo Hill
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Gaharo Hill smallholder farmers
  7. 07
    The region
    Muramvya
  8. 08
    The country
    🇧🇮Burundi
From the producer

Smallholder farmers on Gaharo Hill deliver cherries to Bukeye washing station. Individual contributors and the exact proportions of the field blend are not published for this release.

From the roaster

SEY Coffee is a Brooklyn roaster focused on light-roast coffees and long-term, transparent sourcing relationships.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

Gaharo Hill and Bukeye are the starting point of the Long Miles Coffee Project. Farmers helped build the washing station, and SEY has returned to coffees from the hill for years.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Selective harvest and sorting

Cherries were hand-picked at peak ripeness, floated, and hand-sorted.

02
Same-day depulping

Fruit was removed on the day of harvest.

03
Two-stage fermentation

Parchment fermented dry for 12 hours, then submerged in water for 24 hours.

04
Washing and grading

The coffee was rinsed in fresh water and density graded.

05
Raised-bed drying

Parchment dried on African raised beds for 16 to 20 days until moisture reached 10.5%.

What was added?

No added ingredients are disclosed by SEY.

What wasn't added?

No fruit, spices, flavorings, or inoculated culture are disclosed.

Why it matters

The two-stage washed process supports a clean expression while preserving the hill lot’s fruit, sweetness, and spice structure.

What you might taste

SEY reports gingerbread, baked apple, and honey.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.seycoffee.com/products/2026-bukeye-gaharo-hill-burundi
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

What the internet is saying
WE FOUND 1 RELEVANT PUBLIC SOURCES

AI-synthesized from publicly available information retrieved 2026-10-11. This is research, not our original tasting review.

What the sources say

One verified exact-release independent tasting comment was mixed: the reviewer liked the confectionary-leaning profile but described the coffee as pleasant rather than spectacular.

What people love

The reviewer preferred Bukeye’s confectionary-leaning taste profile.

What people don't

The same reviewer said the coffee had been nice to have but nothing spectacular at that stage.

Flavors people keep mentioning
confectionary-leaningnice to havenot spectacular
Internet sentiment

A qualitative summary of public sources, including context. Not a coffee score.

Mixed, very limited evidence
The sources
  • Reddit
    Reddit r/pourover weekly bean review: SEY Bukeye, Gaharo Hill
    A firsthand exact-release comment described SEY's Bukeye, Gaharo Hill as nice to have and enjoyable for its confectionary-leaning profile, while also saying it had been nothing spectacular so far.
    Source
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