Pepe Jijón - Ty-Oxy Ecuador 2025
This is a stellar coffee from our friend and award winning producer Pepe Jijon. Our fourth harvest working with Pepe Jijón and Finca Soledad, we continually love the excellence of his work and the unique, sweet profiles of his coffees. This coffee, his Ty-Oxy Typcia Mejordao from Finca Soledad, arguably as his most beloved coffee and this crop is easily his best yet.
200G
- Variety: Mejorado
- Country: Ecuador
- Region: Imbabura
- Process: Ty-Oxy Washed
- Altitude: 1515 MASL
- Harvest: November 2024
- Producer: Pepe Jijón
- Farm: Finca Soledad
- Roast Level: Light
In the cup
We get intense sweetness of cotton candy and raw sugar, and a red profile that reminds us of our favourite Kenyan coffees. It has a pomegranate sweetness, delicate florals and a long sweet finish.
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Process
About The Producer
Pepe Jijon is an award winning producer and a world famous coffee farmer. His farm, Finca Soledad, is a community-oriented project where Pepe and his family support and employ single mothers who have been abandoned by their husbands. Pepe only grows Typica Mejorada, Geisha and Sydra. The farm is very small with limited production so we are again very thankful to have some of his coffee this year.
Processing
The TyOxidator processing method is a variation of the washed method. First, the coffee is left to ferment aerobically in the open environment to promote an oxidated fermentation. The coffee is then pulped and fermented in a sealed tank for 48 hours in its mucilage before being washed, then dried in both indirect and direct sunlight for 20 days.
Variety
Mejorado has become the gem of Ecuador. Although it’s certainly similar in name to Typica, Typica Mejorado is not related to this variety. It is now known to be a cross-pollination of Bourbon and Ethiopian Landrace.
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