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49th Parallel Coffee Roasters

Colombia El Recuerdo — Espresso

WashedMedium-Light67Cherry's Index

Cup profile

orange · red fruit · caramel

  • Fruit
  • Citrus
  • Sugar and spice
Colombia El Recuerdo — Espresso by 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters
Origin
Huila, CO
Farm / Co-op
El Recuerdo
Process
Washed
Altitude
1800–1800 m
Harvest
Weight
300g
Bag price
$22.00
Price / oz
$2.08/oz
Brew
espresso

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Price and availability set by the roaster.

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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

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    80/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    75/ 22% weight

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.

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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 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)

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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