North Star — Espresso
Ethiopia Karamo
WashedMedium
Cherrybook Index
54sparse
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$1.79/oz$19.00 for 301g
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Catalog summary
A washed lot from Sidamo, Ethiopia, not yet indexed (2 of 7 signals on file).
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
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Roaster’s notes
lemon zest · black tea · honey · bergamot
- Citrus
- Floral
- Sugar and spice
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Mapped from the roaster’s tasting notes to the SCA flavor wheel; Cherrybook’s interpretation of the stated notes, not the roaster’s own categorization.
- Origin
- Sidamo, ET
- Producer
- Faysel Abdosh
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1900–2150 m
- Varietals
- 74110
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 301g
- Bag price
- $19.00
- Price / oz
- $1.79/oz
- Brew
- espresso
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
Cherrybook Index (CBI)
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
54
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 57.2 shrunk to 54.1 = 54.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 65/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 55/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
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About 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Mixed reviews· sentiment 55/100
Two independent Reddit threads give 49th Parallel Coffee a mixed picture. One buyer struggled to avoid sour or bitter cups across two bags, while a repeat buyer described successful roast-specific brewing adjustments for dark and light coffees.
dial-in difficultyroast-specific brewingmixed home-brewing results
Threads cited (2)
- r/Coffee · 6↑ · Losing all faith in good coffee - need help
...ust going to copy what i posted for someone else below, maybe you have further insight. Okay, so I bought two bags of pretty fresh coffee (roasted March 24) from 49th Parallel. This is what I tried, in order: V60 and Asobu Grind 22, bitter Grind 16, sour Grind 18, sour Grind 20, bitter FP Grind 30, sour I also tried
- r/Coffee · 5↑ · Help with pour over (v60)
I buy 49th Parallel as well and I’m currently on a bag of their Ethiopian. I find their dark roasts such as French and really light roasts like their single origins require very different treatment . For the darker roasts, I 88° and a grind setting of 15 on my Virtuoso works well. For their single origin Ethiopia, I us
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