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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Ninga; Bumba Hill, May 5th Harvest - Burundi; not a documentary photograph

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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Ninga; Bumba Hill, May 5th Harvest - Burundi; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Ninga; Bumba Hill, May 5th Harvest - Burundi; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Ninga; Bumba Hill, May 5th Harvest - Burundi; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇧🇮Burundi · Kayanza

2026 Ninga; Bumba Hill, May 5th Harvest - Burundi

Roasted by Sey CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsBurundiKayanzaWashedArabicaSingle originBumba HillSey CoffeeIndependent
🇧🇮BurundiWashed
Brand
SEY Coffee
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇧🇮Burundi
Region
Kayanza
Town
—
Farm / Station
Bumba Hill
Farmer / Producer
Bumba 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
poached pear, baking spice, Earl Grey tea
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 Bumba Hill smallholders, but individual contributors are not named.
  • field-blend percentagesRed Bourbon and Mibirizi are documented without proportions; SL34 is described only as likely.
  • 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.
  • product imageThe previously linked CDN asset was removed because its filename identifies a May 12 Bumba Hill harvest rather than this May 5 separation.
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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 Ninga; Bumba Hill, May 5th Harvest - 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
    Bumba Hill
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Bumba Hill smallholder farmers
  7. 07
    The region
    Kayanza
  8. 08
    The country
    🇧🇮Burundi
From the producer

Smallholder farmers on Bumba Hill produced the cherries; Ninga is the Long Miles washing station that processed the lot. Individual contributors and field-blend percentages are not published.

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

SEY kept the May 5 picking separate from other Bumba Hill harvest dates, preserving unusually specific traceability for a remote smallholder community served by Ninga washing station.

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

Keeping the May 5 picking separate preserves traceability by harvest date, while the two-stage washed protocol supports clarity and structured sweetness.

What you might taste

SEY reports poached pear, baking spice, and Earl Grey tea.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.seycoffee.com/products/2026-ninga-bumba-hill-may-5th-harvest-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

Research complete — no qualifying reviews yet

Our research pipeline scanned public reviews, videos, forums and discussions for this coffee (last pass 2026-10-11) 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-release searches returned SEY, retailer mirrors, and catalog trackers. These reproduce product facts but do not provide independently authored tasting judgments or ratings, so no public sentiment score was calculated.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Bumba Hill →Meet the farmer: Bumba Hill smallholder farmers →
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