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Barefoot Coffee Roasters

Limu

WashedLight

Cherrybook Index

72Noted

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

$1.83/oz$23.50 for 363g

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Catalog summary

A washed lot from Oromia, Ethiopia, indexed 72 on sparse evidence.

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

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Cherrybook last checked this listing 127 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

blueberry muffin · black tea · floral

  • Fruit
  • Floral
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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.

Limu by Barefoot Coffee Roasters
Farm / Co-op
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Process
Washed
Altitude
1900 m
Varietals
Heirloom
Harvest
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Weight
363g
Bag price
$23.50
Price / oz
$1.83/oz
Brew
filter

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

72

Noted

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 84.6 shrunk to 69.9 + bonuses = 72.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    90/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    65/ 22% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Sprudge press coverage
    This roaster has been featured by Sprudge
    +2

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
4
Body
2
Sweetness
4
Balance
4
Clean
4

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About Barefoot Coffee Roasters

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 90/100

Three independent Reddit threads give Barefoot Coffee a strongly favorable picture. Drinkers praised the Redcab blend, described the coffee as something they love, and recalled unusually vivid fruit, caramel, and chocolate flavors from its pour-over.

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Threads cited (3)
  • r/Coffee · 25↑ · Surprised and Impressed with an online coffee vendor

    ...erience with GoCoffeeGo.com, because things went from really bad to pretty awesome in no time. Basically, I signed up for recurring shipments of a specific kind of coffee (Barefoot's Redcab - I freaking love it, but that's not the point here). It turns out that my order from the week of Oct 5th never showed up. Now,

  • r/espresso · 6↑ · Favorite Roasters in the bay area?

    Any good recommendations? Have tried Verve (street level), Blue Bottle(Hayes Valley), and Voyager(cascade blend) and I liked Verve the most. I have tried Barefoot and I love their coffee but have never bought their beans. Any other recommendations?

  • r/Coffee · 3↑ · Trying to enhance flavors with pourover brewing method

    When I lived in San Jose I used to go to Barefoot Coffee for their pourover (http://www.barefootcoffee.com/). They fall into the same high end coffee roasters as Stumptown, etc. Watching them brew their coffee they used a traditional pourover method, including washing the filter first and stirring grounds as they waite

Press · Sprudge

On YouTube

Meet the roaster on camera

3 videos

About the roasterBrew guide

Barefoot Coffee - Hario Hand Pour

paridympictures · 1.6K views on YouTube

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This video covers Barefoot Coffee Roasters; it is general roaster coverage.

Cherrybook summary of the video

This video provides a step-by-step tutorial on how to brew coffee using a Hario V60 dripper. It features Barefoot Coffee Roasters branding and demonstrates their recommended brewing technique.

Inside this video

From paridympictures:

“We're going to be using the Hario V60 to brew a cup of Barefoot Coffee.”
“The V60 is a great way to highlight the delicate flavors of single origin coffees.”

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Barefoot Coffee Roasters

$1.83/oz· $23.50 a bag

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