Colombia El Recuerdo — Espresso
WashedMedium-Light67Cherry's Index
Cup profile
orange · red fruit · caramel
- Fruit
- Citrus
- Sugar and spice

- Origin
- Huila, CO
- Producer
- Carlos Guamanga
- Farm / Co-op
- El Recuerdo
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1800–1800 m
- Varietals
- caturra,pink_bourbon
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 300g
- Bag price
- $22.00
- Price / oz
- $2.08/oz
- Brew
- espresso
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Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
67
Noted
Sparse signal
Confidence2 of 7 signals on file
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. This coffee has 23% of the signal universe on file. 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.
The math on file: renormalized base 78.9 shrunk to 66.6 = 67.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 80/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 75/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Flavor wheelestimated
Price contextmodeled
What this profile typically sells for across the catalog.
$2.08/oz
typically $1.81 to $2.95
typical band this lot
64th percentile of 569 Colombia washed lots in stock right now.
What moves this price
- Rare varietyx1.09
- Colombia originx1.06
- Washed processx0.97
How this estimate works
A statistical model, refit weekly across the in-stock catalog, estimates what a coffee with this exact profile typically sells for per ounce. Each multiplier compares one trait against the average lot in this market; the roaster line covers brand and sourcing together, which this model cannot separate. Bag size is shown separately, priced at the rate observed across sizes of the same coffee, because it says nothing about the coffee itself. The model reads listed attributes only: the quality of the specific lot in the bag is not observable, so a price above the typical band is not evidence of overpricing.
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
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On YouTube
5 videos · 19k combined views
49th Parallel Coffee Roasters has 3 videos on their channel; 2 videos come from outside reviewers (Seattle Coffee Gear, Coffee Reviews).
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