Peru San Ignacio — Espresso
Single Origin Espresso
WashedMedium-Light74Cherry's Index
Cup profile
red apple · caramel · milk chocolate
- Fruit
- Cocoa and nut
- Sugar and spice
- Origin
- Cajamarca, PE
- Producer
- Luis Colunche
- Farm / Co-op
- La Fortuna
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1800–1985 m
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 301g
- Bag price
- $20.00
- Price / oz
- $1.88/oz
- Brew
- espresso
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Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
74
Noted
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
- 80/ 55% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 80/ 30% weightYouTube reviewsSentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
- 75/ 15% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Renormalized base 79.2 shrunk to 74.1 at 83% confidence = 74.
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 3
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
Flavor wheelestimated
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
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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)
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Coffee roasters in Canada?
- r/espresso · ↑ · Any Canadians on here have recommendations for roasters that ship here?
- r/Coffee · ↑ · I want to enjoy Coffee that isn't instant.
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Help with v60 *sweetness*
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Montreal update
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Dialling-in Suggestion
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Losing all faith in good coffee - need help
- 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
6 videos · 28k combined views
Coverage highlights 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters through an interview with their green bean buyer, focusing on direct producer relationships. Reviewers and outside interviews emphasize the company scale that allows dedicated sourcing professionals to travel and engage with small-scale farmers. Discussions center on the logistical challenges and collaborative efforts involved in sourcing from origins like Ethiopia, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Dedicated green bean buyerDirect producer relationshipsSmall-scale farmer focusOrigin-specific sourcing challenges
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