Colombia El Recuerdo — Espresso
Single Origin Espresso
WashedMedium-Light75Cherry's Index
Cup profile
orange · red fruit · caramel
- Origin
- Huila, CO
- Producer
- Carlos Guamanga
- Farm / Co-op
- Finca 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
75
Strong
Preliminary
Confidence33% coverage / 3 of 7 signals
Score is partially shrunk toward a neutral 50 — read directionally until more source families land.
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 18% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 85/ 30% weightYouTube reviewsSentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
- 80/ 55% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 75/ 15% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Renormalized base 80.8 shrunk to 75.4 at 83% confidence = 75.
Sensory profile
Flavor wheelestimated
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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 struggled to dial in their specific beans or found certain roasts not to their personal taste, these are standard challenges of home brewing rather than criticisms of the roaster's quality. They are consistently grouped alongside other highly-regarded Canadian roasters, indicating a strong and established reputation.
staple Canadian roasterfrequently recommended for home brewingwidely available across Canadaconsistent qualitypopular for light to medium roasts
Threads cited (10)
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- r/Coffee · ↑ · Help with pour over (v60)
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Slow Chemex brew
- r/Coffee · ↑ · [Question] Out of these three Canadian roasters—49th Parallel, De Mello, Hatch—which do yo
On YouTube
3 videos · 16k combined views
Outside coverage highlights 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters as a company with the scale and resources to prioritize deep, professionalized sourcing. Reviewers emphasize the roaster's commitment to building long-term relationships with small-scale farmers in key regions like Ethiopia and Central America. The discourse positions their green buying program as a sophisticated operation driven by specialized expertise.
Dedicated green coffee buying expertiseDirect producer relationship focusScale-enabled sourcing depthCommitment to small-scale farming partners
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