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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for 2026 Octavio Rueda; El Mirador, End Of Season - Colombia, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Octavio Rueda; El Mirador, End Of Season - Colombia; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Octavio Rueda; El Mirador, End Of Season - Colombia; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Octavio Rueda; El Mirador, End Of Season - Colombia; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇨🇴Colombia · Huila

2026 Octavio Rueda; El Mirador, End Of Season - Colombia

TRADITIONAL PROCESS
🇨🇴ColombiaWashedPink Bourbon
Roaster website
Country
🇨🇴Colombia
Region
Huila
Town
Palestina
Farmer / Producer
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
blueberry, hibiscus, pink lemonade
Fermentation
80 hours underwater fermentation
Drying
Dried on raised beds until moisture content reaches 10.5%
Product page
Date reviewed
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Why some details are blank
  • roast levelNeither the exact roaster page nor the exact-product archives state a conventional light/medium/dark roast label.
  • formal gradeNo formal green-coffee grade is published for this exact lot; the record remains Not specified.
  • roast dateNo bag-specific roast date is available for this archived release.
  • brew recommendationNo exact official brew recipe or verified owner recipe is published for this release; the existing text remains general guidance.
  • public sentimentNo qualifying independent tasting review was found for this exact end-of-season release; other El Mirador harvest passes were excluded.
  • owner tastingNo owner tasting observations, approval, verdict, or score are present; all owner-review fields remain untouched.
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 Octavio Rueda; El Mirador, End Of Season - Colombia
  2. 02
    The brand
  3. 03
    The roaster
  4. 04
    The variety
  5. 05
  6. 06
    The farmer
  7. 07
    The region
  8. 08
From the producer

Octavio Rueda is a third-generation coffee grower managing 15 hectares in Palestina, Huila, where he has cultivated a reputation for producing high-quality Pink Bourbon.

From the roaster

Sey Coffee is a Brooklyn-based micro-roastery focused on sourcing complex, high-quality coffees through transparent relationships and precise roasting techniques.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This coffee represents the final harvest pass of the season from producer Octavio Rueda, noted for being particularly intense and dynamic compared to earlier passes.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Verified the exact release

Confirmed Octavio Rueda, El Mirador, Palestina in Huila, Pink Bourbon, 1,830 meters, February 2026 harvest, and the end-of-season release identity.

02
Documented processing

Recorded overnight cherry holding, depulping, 80 hours of underwater fermentation, washing, and raised-bed drying to 10.5% moisture.

03
Connected the verified region

Linked the coffee to the existing Huila department record without changing the farm, producer, variety, or process entities.

04
Structured the archived offer

Recorded the exact $25.50 USD / 250 g retail offer and sold-out status from matching release archives.

What was added?

No added flavoring is disclosed.

What wasn't added?

No conventional roast category, exact-lot brew recipe, normalized public sentiment score, or owner tasting score was inferred.

Why it matters

The release now connects to its documented Huila geography and preserves the exact retail and processing evidence without importing reviews from other El Mirador harvest passes.

What you might taste

SEY lists blueberry, hibiscus, and pink lemonade.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.seycoffee.com/products/2026-octavio-rueda-el-mirador-end-of-season-colombia
  • · https://beanhoard.com/roaster/sey/2026-octavio-rueda-el-mirador-end-of-season-colombia
  • · https://thepress.coffee/coffees/sey-coffee-2026-octavio-rueda-el-mirador-end-of-season-colombia/
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 2026-11-05) 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

The exact roaster page and matching commerce/catalog archives were retained for release facts. Cherrybook's CBI was excluded because it is an evidence-quality index, not a cup score. Reddit discussions and marketplace ratings for Octavio Rueda's new-season, second-harvest, and fourth-harvest coffees were excluded because they are different releases.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Same coffee, different roaster?

Other roasters, same producer.

These coffees come from the same producer or farm, offered by other roasters. We never automatically declare two offerings the exact same coffee — a match requires lot, harvest and traceability details. Even a true same-lot pair can taste different: roast approach, freshness, rest and brewing all reshape the cup.

Sey Coffee · Colombia
Same producer, farm, variety & process — lot and harvest not yet verified.
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Sey Coffee · Colombia
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Sey Coffee · Colombia
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Sey Coffee · Colombia
Same producer, farm, variety & process — lot and harvest not yet verified.
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Sey Coffee · Colombia
Same producer, farm, variety & process — lot and harvest not yet verified.
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