# SEY Discord Browser Archive - 2026-06-24

## Index
- [seylance2897](#seylance2897)
- [lancehedrick](#lancehedrick)
- [opp4004](#opp4004)
- [dougssg](#dougssg)

## seylance2897

- `2026-06-24 15:54` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  Yeah, the Aji from William Ortiz was a little more on the fermented side of the spectrum than I'd personally like it to be. But, he also produced one of my highest scoring pinks and chirosos this year... so, had we rejected the Aji that would have gone to another roaster and would have really complicated things for next year. So, we decided to buy it, and we'll work with him next year on trying to get it a little cleaner. 
  
  I do think even for being slightly more fermented, its still a quite lovely coffee. Kinda goes into that conversation of trying to calibrate around level of fermentation 1-5.. for me this coffee would have been around a 3.5

- `2026-06-24 15:57` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  ha yeah, his chiroso this year was stunning

- `2026-06-24 15:59` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  yeah, honestly i haven't tasted a ton of sparklingly clean Ajis... most of what i've tasted of that variety has been even farther processed that this one... so, i'm still not 100% sure on the quality of this actual variety.

- `2026-06-24 16:00` `#filter-focused`
  oh nice! we are just about to release a lot from this same producer! ours will be a washed lot though

- `2026-06-24 16:03` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  its a less commonly produced 'newer ethiopian' variety being grown in colombia.. similar to Pink Bourbon, Chrioso, Sidra etc

- `2026-06-24 16:04` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  ha unfortunately it doesn't work like that

- `2026-06-24 16:11` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  yeah Aruzi, similar to Aji, is a much less commonly produced variety in colombia

- `2026-06-24 16:40` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  i tasted a lot of her coffee this year... but i didn't taste her aji unfortunately

- `2026-06-24 17:18` `#filter-focused`
  nice!

- `2026-06-24 20:47` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  There isn't necessarily expectations to buy all varieties. But, producers/ exporters like to try and honor supply chains. So, for example, had we rejected the Aji and another roaster bought it they would most likely want that coffee again next year... So, it get a little more complicated politically with allocatios.

- `2026-06-24 20:52` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  Hey! yeah, personally I would like this coffee to clean up alittle. This was mostly an expiriment around cherry selection and brix contents.... We didn't want to also change the variable to fermentation though cause the brix was what we wanted to look at. But, with the higher sugar content more fermentation happened.. giving it the profile that it has. Next we will do a similar expiriment with brix but pull the fermentation back to see if we can get less 'fermentation' in the cup. 
  
  I personally thinks the current lot is exceptional. But, I'm also very interested in getting full clean variety/terroir flavors in the cup

- `2026-06-24 20:57` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  this is the second time we've released a washed mejorado from Pepe.. the first time was a number of years ago though

- `2026-06-24 20:58` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  i will also say...this lot we released is the best sydra wave lot i've personally ever tasted from soledad

- `2026-06-24 20:59` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  its very, very good

- `2026-06-24 21:04` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  its very clean

- `2026-06-24 21:15` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  With geralds set up... we will try two things... he only ferments in small buckets... also tim hill and i have an intuition that SL actually wants a warmer fermentation.. so it would be keep it the same just do it shorter. 
  
  But, we will also try to do a cooler fermention in Peters dark room

- `2026-06-24 21:19` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  nice! unfortunately i didn't taste that coffee! was it from bean and bean?

- `2026-06-24 21:20` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  yeah, we have lots to expiriment with... peter also painted his fermentation tanks black this year to see if that helps increase the temp of the fermentation

- `2026-06-24 21:21` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  no, boneya is hella clean

- `2026-06-24 21:22` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  its been fun seeing who prefers chorso and who prefers bonya ha

- `2026-06-24 21:22` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  been pretty evenly split oddly

- `2026-06-24 21:23` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  oh cool, bean and bean also roasted that coffee

- `2026-06-24 21:24` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  i haven't had coffee from Neem yet though, i'll check em out!

- `2026-06-24 21:25` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  not sure! thats just been my experience

- `2026-06-24 21:26` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  just charging my phone! once it charges alittle i'll give ya a ring

- `2026-06-24 21:36` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  Pepe had a very small harvest this year and all his lots taste a little different because of how he makes/ processes coffees. So, we'll have to wait and see!

- `2026-06-24 21:40` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  <@952039663680512030> single tree gesha lot jose?

- `2026-06-24 21:41` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  who copied who? 😂

- `2026-06-24 21:43` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  hahah

- `2026-06-24 21:43` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  i'll reach out

- `2026-06-24 21:46` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  this is exactly how i've been brewing it

- `2026-06-24 21:46` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  so transparent and so complex

- `2026-06-24 21:47` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  yeah i also get more florality this way

- `2026-06-24 21:48` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  cupping the production roast of it tomorrow!

- `2026-06-24 21:49` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  straight out of the roaster its very good. it is more on the fruited side of the gesha / peru spectrum but not as far as marlene's coffee

- `2026-06-24 21:50` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  its very hard to know honestly

- `2026-06-24 21:51` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  haha the famous blueberry harar naturals... honestly, i never had that experience.. so, i can't really speak to it. i've always been a natural hater 😂

- `2026-06-24 21:57` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  ha yeah, i very much have a global reputation for not buying naturals... unless I'm working on something very specific

- `2026-06-24 21:59` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  haha I'm definitely trying... its very, very hard... I've tasted 2 in my life

- `2026-06-24 22:00` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  yeah, but thats only because those were made for me.. i had to buy them to do the expiriment.

- `2026-06-24 22:00` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  probably not a natural because they aren't doing any samples. So, i'd be buying it blind

- `2026-06-24 22:00` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  ya yes 100%

- `2026-06-24 22:01` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  we will abosolutely do another natural expiriment with sophia when they have a larger harvest next year

- `2026-06-24 22:02` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  one of my top 5 coffees in life

- `2026-06-24 22:03` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  so rare

- `2026-06-24 22:29` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  lets go

- `2026-06-24 22:30` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  it all depends on your tolerance of fermentation. ha I have a pretty small tolerance for it. so its very rare for me to taste a natural that I personally feel is clean

- `2026-06-24 22:30` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  But also, there are a ton of very good roasters who source beautiful naturals!

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## lancehedrick

- `2026-06-24 17:28` `#filter-focused`
  Yooo
  Go to 8
  Use 92C water
  1:15 ratio
  45g bloom
  30s
  45g pour
  30s
  135g pour
  2min drawdown

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## opp4004

- `2026-06-24 00:57` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  Maesil cha note? 🤣

- `2026-06-24 01:12` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  Drinking Musumba. I’m getting notes of green apple, black tea, berries, and a touch of white currant, and it reminds me a lot of a Kenyan coffee

- `2026-06-24 01:40` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  Haha, what made me laugh was that they literally wrote "Maesil Cha" on the tasting notes. 😂

- `2026-06-24 01:41` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  I usually just write "green plum juice" to avoid confusing people. Maybe I should learn from them

- `2026-06-24 01:49` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  It's actually a bit different. 😂 Maesil is arguably closer to an unripe apricot than a plum. Nobody really eats it as a fruit because, it doesn't taste very good that way. Most people either preserve it with sugar or make liquor from it, then dilute it with water and drink it

- `2026-06-24 01:49` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  We call it "Maesil Cha"

- `2026-06-24 01:52` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  I mean, we have so many stone fruits that, apart from peaches, they all start to feel like cousins of each other anyway

- `2026-06-24 01:53` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  It's kind of funny how tasting notes split along cultural lines. Here in Asia, if you asked me to distinguish between panela and dulce de leche, I'd probably struggle a bit. 😂

- `2026-06-24 01:59` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  Here's a small tip, especially for people working in coffee. In many parts of Asia, people don't just eat strawberries or peaches casually—we actively seek out specific cultivars and varieties. Because of that, we're often much stricter about those flavor references than you might expect.
  
  Strawberry is probably the best example. I constantly hear people buying a coffee from a US roaster with "strawberry" on the tasting notes, only to say, "There's no strawberry in this at all." Watermelon tends to be another one. The issue isn't necessarily that the tasting note is wrong. It's that many Asian consumers have a very specific idea of what strawberry or watermelon actually tastes like, so the bar for using those descriptors is much higher.
  
  ...Of course, this only really matters if you're interested in the Asian market. 😂

- `2026-06-24 02:00` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  Yeah, it’s difficult. It really is

- `2026-06-24 02:18` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  Yeah, you might even perceive it as slightly fermented

- `2026-06-24 02:20` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  It’s probably closer to a fermented berry character than to actual strawberry

- `2026-06-24 02:24` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  Asian strawberries and watermelons are often incredibly sweet—sometimes to the point where they’re almost overripe and starting to soften.
  
  Because of that, there’s occasionally a subtle fermented impression that comes with the fruit.
  
  So when many of us think of “strawberry” or “watermelon,” we’re often thinking of something much riper and sweeter than what people in other regions might imagine. 😂
  
  Honestly, if you want to understand the kind of strawberry character many of us associate with the word, just think about some of CGLE’s naturals

- `2026-06-24 02:26` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  That might actually be one of the reasons why Asian coffee drinkers tend to be more tolerant of heavily fermented naturals and co-ferments

- `2026-06-24 02:29` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  Look at this—I just took this photo. These watermelons are insanely fresh and sweet.
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- `2026-06-24 02:34` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  Haha, I always feel that gap. I don’t think there’s much we can do about it, honestly

- `2026-06-24 05:44` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  There can be all sorts of reasons, but the usual answer is simply, “Grind a little finer.” 😂 Of course, there’s always the possibility of defects as well.

- `2026-06-24 05:47` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  Remera, Rwanda?

- `2026-06-24 05:48` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  With Rwanda and Burundi, though, there’s a somewhat higher chance that what you’re tasting is related to green coffee defects

- `2026-06-24 05:49` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  I’m always impressed by how SEY consistently manages to source great Burundis

- `2026-06-24 07:07` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  It’s fairly common in Korea and Japan

- `2026-06-24 08:38` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  Chili, milky, lemongrass, berries

- `2026-06-24 08:39` `#what-are-you-brewing`
  It’s a little weird, but it’s good

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## dougssg

- `2026-06-24 16:08` `#filter-focused`
  I think it’s like 200? I just fill to the line

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