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

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.

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

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...

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.