Colombia Cauca Caldono — Espresso
Single Origin Espresso
WashedMedium
Cup profile
orange · brown sugar · milk chocolate
- Citrus
- Cocoa and nut
- Sugar and spice
- Origin
- Cauca, CO
- Producer
- 7 Smallholder Producers
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1400–1750 m
- Varietals
- castillo
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 301g
- Bag price
- $19.00
- Price / oz
- $1.79/oz
- Brew
- espresso
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Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
63
Sparse signal
Confidence23% coverage / 2 of 7 signals
Score is heavily shrunk toward 50; treat as a placeholder until more sources arrive.
How confidence affects the score
Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. Missing sources are dropped, remaining weights are renormalized, and the result is shrunk toward a neutral 50 baseline by 43% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 80/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 65/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +-3Stale-stock demotionThis lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
Renormalized base 76.7 shrunk to 65.4 at 57% confidence + bonuses = 63.
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 3
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
Flavor wheelestimated
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 80/100
49th Parallel is a staple in the Canadian specialty coffee scene and is frequently cited as a go-to roaster for enthusiasts. While some users have expressed personal preferences against specific roast profiles or struggled with dialing in their beans, these are standard challenges for home brewers rather than criticisms of the roaster's quality. They are consistently grouped alongside other highly respected Canadian roasters, reflecting their status as a reliable and well-regarded brand.
staple Canadian roasterwidely available and accessiblefrequently used for home brewing experimentationreliable quality for light to medium roastscommon benchmark for Canadian specialty coffee
Threads cited (10)
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On YouTube
5 videos · 24k combined views
49th Parallel Coffee Roasters has 3 videos on their channel; 2 videos come from outside reviewers (Seattle Coffee Gear).
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