Pepe and Jose created this special lot after cupping through many selections to assemble the best of what Putushio produced this year. In the cup we find orange blossom, mandarin, and cooked pear.
Mejorado
Putushio, Loja
2,200 masl
June 2026
Hand-picked at peak ripeness. Held in-cherry for two days. De-pulped. Dry-fermented overnight. Washed. Dried on raised beds.
ABOUT PEPE & JOSE JIJÓN AND FRANCISCO VINTIMILLA
Fincas del Putushio is a collaborative project between the Jijón family and Francisco Vintimilla; 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—known 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 Soledad is known for its biodiversity and social impact, brings years of experience cultivating high-quality varieties and refining processing. Together with their families, they are growing Typica Mejorado and other promising varieties, using classic washed processing and slow drying to showcase the potential of this remarkable terroir.
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.
Pricing Details
FOB (USD; GREEN)
$77.00/KG
DDP
$86.96/KG
The cost of getting a coffee from cherry to beverage varies enormously depending on its place of origin and the location of its consumption. The inclusion of price transparency is a starting point to inform broader conversation around the true costs of production and the sustainability of specialty coffee as a whole.