LIMITED | ECUADOR | Finca Soledad | Typica Mejorado | Washed

Origin

• 🇪🇨 Ecuador

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
  30

Fifteen years ago, José “Pepe” Jijón’s life was very different indeed. In 2010, he decided to settle down and reconnect with the naturalNatural processThe whole cherry is dried with the fruit still on the seed. Gives heavier body and big fruit flavors — think berries and wine — sometimes with a fermenty edge. beauty of his homeland, purchasing Finca Soledad—a 120-hectare farm high above the Intag Valley in northern Ecuador, near the Colombian border. In his younger years, Pepe traveled the world working as a mountaineering guide and became the first Latin American to climb all Seven Summits—the highest mountains on each continent. Finca Soledad sits high in the Ecuadorian Andes. Now beautiful and lush, the area was previously a victim of mining operations and heavy deforestation. Pepe and the team at Finca Soledad, including his father and his son, José, have been working to restore the land to its natural state and have replanted over 25,000 trees. Pepe employs a biodynamic approach to farming at Soledad—a holistic, regenerative, and organic method of agriculture that views the farm as a living ecosystem, utilizing feedback from each part of the system to determine what the farm needs. Originally a much larger operation, today, Pepe has focused his coffee production on a small 4-hectare section of the farm, growing unique varieties such as GeishaGesha (Geisha)A rare, jasmine-and-bergamot scented variety originally from Ethiopia's Gesha forest, made famous by Panama's Hacienda La Esmeralda. Routinely the most expensive coffee at auction., Sidra, and TypicaTypicaThe oldest cultivated arabica lineage, ancestor of most Latin American coffee. Low yield, clean and sweet cup; the baseline other varieties are measured against. Mejorado—a little-known varietyVariety (cultivar)The botanical subtype of the coffee plant — Gesha, Bourbon, SL28 — analogous to grape varieties in wine. A major driver of cup character alongside origin and process. believed to be native to Ecuador. Current research suggests it’s a cross between an heirloomHeirloom (Ethiopia)A catch-all label for Ethiopia's thousands of indigenous, largely uncatalogued coffee varieties — used when a lot's exact genetics are unknown. Ethiopian variety and BourbonBourbonOne of the two foundational arabica varieties (with Typica), named after Île Bourbon (Réunion). Sweet, balanced, caramel-leaning; parent of countless modern cultivars.. Pepe has long cultivated this variety, and with its exceptional quality, it has become a favorite in many world coffee competitions.