SEY
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

HYUNAH EXCLUSIVE

JOSÉ & PEPE JIJÓN AND FRANCISCO VINTIMILLA– MEJORADO, WASHED

DRAGON FRUIT
HONEYDEW
ROSEWATER

ORIGIN: ECUADOR
REGION: PUTUSHIO, LOJA
PRODUCER: JOSÉ & PEPE JIJÓN AND FRANCISCO VINTIMILLA
ALTITUDE: 2,200 MASL
VARIETAL: MEJORADO
PROCESS: WASHED
HARVEST: NOVEMBER 2025

ROAST DATE: APRIL 1, 2026

THIS COFFEE WAS PRODUCED EXCLUSIVELY FOR SEY HOUSE SAN DIEGO: A CELEBRATION OF BEAUTIFUL COFFEE IN COLLABORATION WITH HYUNAH COFFEE CLUB, AND HOSTED BY SEY’S DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH & EDUCATION LANCE HEDRICK.

FROM THE ROASTER

THIS SEY HOUSE EXCLUSIVE COMES FROM ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE MICROCLIMATES WE AHVE ENCOUNTERED IN COFFEE CULTIVATION – ATOP A HIGH-ELEVATION BLUFF IN AN EXCEPTIONALLY DRY LANDSCAPE, YET SUSTAINED BY A NATURAL ABUNDANCE OF WATER. IN THE CUP WE FIND A NUANCED AND ELEGANT PROFILE OF DRAGON FRUIT, HONEYDEW AND ROSEWATER.

PROCESSING

HAND-PICKED AT PEAK RIPENESS. HELD IN-CHERRY FOR TWO DAYS. DE-PULPED. DRY-FERMENTED OVERNIGHT. WASHED. DRIED ON RAISED BEDS.

ABOUT JOSÉ & PEPE JIJÓN AND FRANCISCO VINTIMILLA

FINCAS DEL PUTUSHIO IS A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT BETWEEN PEPE JIJÓN AND FRANCISCO VINTIMILLA, TWO PRODUCERS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO QUALITY AND COMMUNITY. LOCATED IN THE EQUINOCTIAL ANDES, THE FARMS OF SURYA AND SAN PEDRO SIT AT HIGH ELEVATIONS IN A DRY, RUGGED LANDSCAPE WELL SUITED TO PRODUCING EXCEPTIONAL COFFEE. FRANCISCO–KNOW LOCALLY AS "RED HORSE" – WAS THE FIRST TO PLANT COFFEE IN THE AREA AND HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO SUPPORT HIS COMMUNITY BY BUILDING ROADS, IMPROVING WATER ACCESS, AND FOSTERING UNITY. PEPE, WHOSE BIODYNAMIC FARM FINCA...

ABOUT MEJORADO

MEJORADO IS A VERY UNIQUE VARIETY MAINLY GROWN IN ECUADOR. THOUGH IT IS COLLOQUIALLY KNOWN AS TYPICA MEJORADO, WE NOW KNOW – THANKS TO GENETIC TESTING BY WORLD COFFEE RESEARCH – THAT IT IS ACTUALLY A BOURBON VARIETY CROSS-POLLINATED WITH AN ETHIOPIAN LANDRACE VARIETY.

COLLABORATIONS & EXCLUSIVES

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JOSÉ & PEPE JIJÓN AND FRANCISCO VINTIMILLA – HYUNAH EXCLUSIVE – MEJORADO, WASHED – ECUADOR