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Alchemist Coffee

El Borbollon — Espresso

WashedMedium

Cup profile

yellow plum · almond · brown sugar

  • Fruit
  • Cocoa and nut
  • Sugar and spice
El Borbollon — Espresso by Alchemist Coffee
Farm / Co-op
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Process
Washed
Altitude
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Varietals
bourbon
Harvest
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Weight
200g
Bag price
SGD 20.00
Price / oz
$2.23/oz
Brew
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from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated

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Cherry's Index

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology

60

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 67.8 shrunk to 60.3 = 60.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    70/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    60/ 22% weight

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About Alchemist Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Well-regarded· sentiment 70/100

Reddit mentions of the name 'Alchemist' are mostly ambiguous, referring either to a local shop in Denver (Alchemist), a roaster from Singapore (Alchemist Coffee), or specific beans named 'The Alchemist' by European roasters like DAK. Due to the lack of dedicated discussion about a standalone roaster named Alchemist Coffee, sentiment defaults to neutral-positive based on passing mentions.

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On YouTube

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