Kenya Gatagua AA
WashedLight75Cherry's Index
Cup profile
black currant · red tea · tropical fruit · creamy vanilla · jasmine · lemon curd · fresh red fruit
- Fruit
- Citrus
- Floral
- Sugar and spice
- Origin
- Murang’a, KE
- Farm / Co-op
- Gatagua Factory
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1600–1800 m
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $16.00
- Price / oz
- $1.33/oz
- Brew
- filter
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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/ 15% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 80/ 55% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 80/ 30% weightYouTube reviewsSentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
Renormalized base 80.8 shrunk to 75.4 at 83% confidence = 75.
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 5
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 5
Flavor wheelestimated
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
Taste this against three others Cherry picks.
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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.
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On YouTube
6 videos · 25k combined views
Coverage from industry partners highlights 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters as a well-established operation with dedicated sourcing expertise. Outside discussions emphasize their ability to employ a dedicated green bean buyer to dig deeply into sourcing programs. Reviewers and industry channels point out their direct engagement with small-scale coffee farmers across prominent origin regions like Ethiopia, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Dedicated green buyer sourcingSmall-scale farmer relationshipsGlobal origin focusEstablished operational scale
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