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2026 Chelbessa - Ethiopia — supplied coffee image 1
Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Chelbessa - Ethiopia; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Chelbessa - Ethiopia; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Chelbessa - Ethiopia; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇪🇹Ethiopia · Yirgacheffe

2026 Chelbessa - Ethiopia

Roasted by Sey CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsEthiopiaYirgacheffeEthiopian LandracesWashedPeachArabicaSingle originChelbessa siteSey CoffeeIndependent
🇪🇹EthiopiaWashedEthiopian Landraces
Brand
SEY Coffee
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇪🇹Ethiopia
Region
Yirgacheffe
Town
Chelbessa
Farm / Station
Chelbessa site
Farmer / Producer
Not disclosed
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Ethiopian Landraces
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
Watermelon, Peach, Citrus
Fermentation
Underwater for 36 hours
Drying
Raised beds for 10–14 days
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
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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 Chelbessa - Ethiopia
  2. 02
    The brand
    SEY Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Sey Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Ethiopian Landraces
  5. 05
    The farm
    Chelbessa site
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Not disclosed
  7. 07
    The region
    Yirgacheffe
  8. 08
    The country
    🇪🇹Ethiopia
From the producer

SEY identifies the Chelbessa site and Gedeb/Gedeo origin but does not name individual farmers, a contributing group, or a cooperative for this release.

From the roaster

Sey Coffee is a Brooklyn-based roastery focused on sourcing and roasting complex, dynamic coffees while maintaining transparent relationships throughout their supply chain.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A long-running SEY sourcing relationship and seasonal marker from Gedeb, documented with precise density separation, underwater fermentation, and drying details.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Region and cultivar connected

Connected the existing Yirgacheffe/Gedeb context and Ethiopian Landraces record to the Chelbessa site.

02
Lot protocol documented

Recorded the January 2026 harvest, 2,200-meter elevation, Grade 1 density separation, 36-hour underwater fermentation, and 10–14-day raised-bed drying.

03
Farm record corrected

Removed unrelated cross-roaster natural and anaerobic claims from the Chelbessa site record and scoped the page to SEY's exact washed release.

What was added?

Verified region, site, Ethiopian Landraces, washed process, elevation, harvest, fermentation, drying, price, bag size, availability, and tasting notes.

What wasn't added?

No individual producer, cooperative, roast level, public sentiment score, or original tasting score was added because the exact release does not disclose or support them.

Why it matters

The profile now describes SEY's precise Chelbessa lot instead of mixing processing claims from other roasters and releases.

What you might taste

SEY lists watermelon, peach, and citrus; these are roaster-provided notes, not our tasting result.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.seycoffee.com/products/2026-chelbessa-ethiopia
  • · https://beanhoard.com/roaster/sey/2026-chelbessa-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 2026-10-25) 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, different-release, duplicate, and older-release sources were excluded. No qualifying independent exact-release review remains.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Chelbessa site →
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