Ecuador Jose Jijón - Typica Mejorado

A Typica Mejorado from Loja, from the Putushio farm, with lemongrass, jasmine and mandarin.

Producer: José Jijón (Finca Putushio)
Region: Putushio, Loja, Ecuador
Altitude: 2,200 masl
Variety: Typica Mejorado
Process: Washed
Harvest: 2026

Finca Putushio is a project of José Jijón, a young Ecuadorian producer who runs the farm in the mountains of Loja, in southern Ecuador, with guidance from his father Pepe. José grew up in a coffee-growing family and has handled cupping, quality control and sales; today he manages his own plots. Putushio is the mountain that gives the farm its name, an almost untouched area above 2,000 metres that works as a research station and experimental laboratory.

It's a classic washed process: the cherry is depulped on the day it is harvested, washed with spring water and dried slowly on raised beds.