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Volcan Azul - Costa Rica - Natural SL28

NaturalNorthscore 76
Origin
CR
Producer
Alejo Castro
Farm / Co-op
Volcan Azul
Process
Natural
Altitude
—
Varietals
sl28
Harvest
—
Weight
250g
Bag price
DKK 169.00
Price / oz
$2.78/oz
Brew
filter

As cupped

red fruits · brown spice · cooked apple

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Batch roasted weekly

Roasted on a scheduled weekly rhythm. Very fresh if you order right after a roast day; less so near the end of the cycle.

“We roast, pack and ship coffee orders on Tuesdays & Wednesdays.” source ↗

Northscore

Quality score with explicit source coverage. Methodology

76

Limited signal

Confidence45% coverage / 2 of 4 signals

Treat this as a directional read until more source families land. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped and the remaining weights are renormalized.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review

  • Community sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    80/ 44% weight
  • Sensory average
    Mean of acidity, body, sweetness, balance, cleanliness
    63/ 56% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Sprudge press coverage
    This roaster has been featured by Sprudge
    +2
  • World Coffee Championships finalist lot
    This roaster sourced a World Coffee Championships finalist routine
    +3
  • Editorial coverage cluster
    This roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
    +1

Base weighted score: 70.3 + bonuses = 76

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About April Coffee Roasters

Community reputation · Reddit

Well-regarded· sentiment 80/100

April Coffee Roasters, and specifically their founder Patrick Rolf, are well-regarded in the specialty coffee community for their educational content. Users frequently cite their YouTube channel as a go-to resource for accessible, straightforward pour-over recipes that demystify home brewing. While the roaster itself is mentioned less frequently than their instructional content, they are viewed as a reputable source for specialty coffee knowledge.

accessible brewing recipeseducational YouTube contentstraightforward pour-over techniqueshighly regarded in specialty coffee circles
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Press · Sprudge

On YouTube · Reviewers discussing April Coffee Roasters

YouTube reviewers have published 7 popular videos about April Coffee Roasters (264,124 combined views). Channels include Brian Quan, Coffee with April, Kurasu Kyoto (Global).

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