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🇪🇨Ecuador · Imbabura

2026 Pepe & Family; Finca Soledad, Mejorado - Ecuador

Roasted by Sey CoffeeRoaster's website

TRADITIONAL PROCESS

TagsEcuador Imbabura Typica Mejorado Washed Strawberry Arabica Single origin Finca Soledad Pepe Jijón and family Sey Coffee Independent

🇪🇨EcuadorWashedTypica Mejorado

Brand

SEY Coffee

Roaster website

Visit website

Country

🇪🇨Ecuador

Region

Imbabura

Town

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Farm / Station

Finca Soledad

Farmer / Producer

Pepe Jijón and family

Species

Arabica

Type

Single origin

Grade

Not specified

Variety

Typica Mejorado

Process

Roast

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Tasting notes

fresh strawberries, hibiscus, dulce de leche

Fermentation

Held in open tanks for 12 hours before de-pulping and washing.

Drying

Raised beds with controlled airflow and sun exposure.

Product page

Roaster's site

Date reviewed

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Why some details are blank

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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.

01
The name on the bag
2026 Pepe & Family; Finca Soledad, Mejorado - Ecuador
Named on the bag
02
The brand
SEY Coffee
Documented
03
The roaster
Sey Coffee
Documented
04
The variety
Typica Mejorado
Documented
05
The farm
Finca Soledad
Documented
06
The farmer
Pepe Jijón and family
Documented
07
The region
Imbabura
Documented
08
The country
🇪🇨Ecuador
Documented

From the producer

Pepe Jijón is a dedicated producer who manages Finca Soledad, a biodynamic and organic farm in Ecuador that emphasizes environmental harmony and high-quality coffee production.

From the roaster

Sey Coffee is a Brooklyn-based micro-roastery focused on sourcing dynamic, complex coffees through transparent relationships and precise roasting to highlight the unique character of each origin.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This coffee is a small-batch, organic, and regenerative selection produced by Pepe Jijón and his family, who are known for their deep commitment to terroir and biodiversity.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

Selection

Cherries were hand-picked at peak ripeness.

Pre-fermentation

Whole cherries were held in open tanks for 12 hours.

Washing

The coffee was de-pulped and washed.

Drying

The parchment dried on raised beds with controlled airflow and sun exposure.

What was added?

No added fruit or flavoring is documented.

What wasn't added?

The cited sources do not describe inoculation or flavor additives.

Why it matters

A restrained washed process keeps the release focused on Finca Soledad's Mejorado and its floral-fruit sweetness.

What you might taste

SEY lists fresh strawberries, hibiscus, and dulce de leche.

Sources for these process claims

· https://www.seycoffee.com/products/2026-pepe-family-finca-soledad-mejorado-ecuador
· https://beanhoard.com/roaster/sey/2026-pepe-family-finca-soledad-mejorado-ecuador

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: Finca Soledad →Meet the farmer: Pepe Jijón and family →

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