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🇪🇹Ethiopia · Guji

2026 Yabitu Koba - Ethiopia

Roasted by Sey CoffeeRoaster's website

TRADITIONAL PROCESS

TagsEthiopia Guji Ethiopian Landraces Washed Peach Lemon Arabica Single origin Yabitu Koba Yabitu Koba smallholders Sey Coffee Independent

🇪🇹EthiopiaWashedEthiopian Landraces

Brand

SEY Coffee

Roaster website

Visit website

Country

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Region

Guji

Town

Yabitu Koba

Farm / Station

Yabitu Koba

Farmer / Producer

Yabitu Koba smallholders

Species

Arabica

Type

Single origin

Grade

Not specified

Variety

Ethiopian Landraces

Process

Roast

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Tasting notes

Peach Candy, Lemon Zest, Florality

Fermentation

Wet-fermented for 36–48 hours after depulping and Grade 1 density separation

Drying

Dried on raised beds for 10–14 days

Product page

Roaster's site

Date reviewed

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Why some details are blank

ProducerThe exact release identifies Yabitu Koba-area smallholders but no single named producer.
AltitudeThe official source gives a 2,160–2,310 m range; the single-number field is left blank rather than storing a midpoint.
Roast levelNo exact-release source reviewed states a structured roast level.
Formal gradeThe processing note says Grade 1 density separation, not a published final coffee grade.
Public sentiment ratingExact independent comments have no standardized numeric scores; no rating was calculated.

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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 Yabitu Koba - Ethiopia
Named on the bag
02
The brand
SEY Coffee
Documented
03
The roaster
Sey Coffee
Documented
04
The variety
Ethiopian Landraces
Documented
05
The farm
Yabitu Koba
Documented
06
The farmer
Yabitu Koba smallholders
Documented
07
The region
Guji
Documented
08
The country
🇪🇹Ethiopia
Documented

From the producer

Coffee is supplied by smallholders around the Yabitu Koba site in Uraga. The official exact-release page credits exporting partner SNAP for enabling the 2026 lot; it does not identify a single producer.

From the roaster

SEY describes Yabitu Koba as a historically important Uraga site returning to its menu after several years, with peach candy, lemon zest, and floral character.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A return to a historically significant high-elevation Uraga site, documented as a distinct January 2026 washed lot rather than blended with older Yabitu Koba releases.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

Matched the exact 2026 release

Separated this January 2026 washed lot from earlier Yabitu Koba vintages and other roasters' coffees.

Corrected the release details

Replaced inherited 2022 watermelon notes with the 2026 peach-candy, lemon-zest, and florality profile, and added the exact fermentation and drying sequence.

Removed an unrelated producer link

The previous producer relation pointed to Rwanda's Karambi smallholders. The exact release instead documents Yabitu Koba-area smallholders without naming one producer.

What was added?

Guji relation; Ethiopian Landraces relation; January 2026 harvest; 2,160–2,310 m sourced range; 36–48 hour wet fermentation; 10–14 day raised-bed drying; exact independent source count

What wasn't added?

Single named producer; point elevation; roast level; formal grade; public sentiment score; original tasting score or verdict

Why it matters

The profile now represents the exact 2026 lot and no longer associates an Ethiopian coffee with an unrelated Rwanda producer.

What you might taste

SEY publishes peach candy, lemon zest, and florality. Independent users reported peach, lemonade-like citrus, sweetness, and a clean finish; these remain outside observations.

Sources for these process claims

· https://www.seycoffee.com/collections/archived-coffees/products/2026-yabitu-koba-ethiopia
· https://moon-oh.com/local-product/sey-coffee/2026-yabitu-koba-ethiopia
· https://www.coffeedb.pro/roasters/sey-coffee
· https://www.reddit.com/r/pourover/comments/1woykfl/weekly_bean_review_thread_what_have_you_been/

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: Yabitu Koba →Meet the farmer: Yabitu Koba smallholders →

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WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLYDO TO THIS COFFEE?

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