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Barefoot Coffee Roasters

San Rafael Tarrazu

WashedMedium-Light

Cherrybook Index

65Noted

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

Price position

$2.07/oz$22.75 for 312g

Typical band for this profile $1.50 to $2.85 (washed single-origin lots (variety unlisted, retail bags); USD listings; light roast in stock). Where it sits

Catalog summary

A washed lot from Tarrazu, Costa Rica, indexed 65 on sparse evidence and priced inside the typical band for its listed profile.

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

Price and availability set by the roaster.

Cherrybook last checked this listing 6 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

dried fruit · stone fruit · vanilla

  • Fruit
  • Sugar and spice
Open the flavor wheel

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.

San Rafael Tarrazu by Barefoot Coffee Roasters
Producer
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Farm / Co-op
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Process
Washed
Altitude
1200–1800 m
Varietals
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Harvest
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Weight
312g
Bag price
$22.75
Price / oz
$2.07/oz
Brew
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from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated

Price contextmodeled

A modeled range and current prices for comparable listings.

$2.07/oz

typically $1.50 to $2.85

Where it sits

49 washed single-origin lots (variety unlisted, retail bags); USD listings; light roast in stock

typical band this lot

Limited listing details: 71st percentile of 49 washed single-origin lots (variety unlisted, retail bags); USD listings; light roast in stock right now.

Some variety, process or origin details are missing. This comparison does not qualify the coffee for a value recommendation.

What moves this price

cheaper×1.00pricier
  • Washed process×0.95
  • Variety not listed×0.96
How this estimate works

A statistical model, refit weekly across the in-stock catalog, estimates what a coffee with these listed attributes typically sells for per ounce. Each multiplier compares one trait against the average lot in this market; the roaster line covers brand and sourcing together, which this model cannot separate. Bag size is shown separately, priced at the rate observed across sizes of the same coffee, because it says nothing about the coffee itself. The distribution counts every in-stock listing in the comparison group, with at least 15 listings from three roasters and no roaster supplying more than 60% of it. Decaf, blends, variety segments, processing families and bag formats stay separate. Origin, roast and selling currency can broaden as the group label indicates. Prices are converted to USD per ounce; shipping and differences in tax treatment are not adjusted. The model reads listed attributes only: the quality of the specific lot in the bag is not observable, so a price above the typical band is not evidence of overpricing.

Some listing details are missing or have limited model coverage, so the typical band shown is wider than usual.

Not listed by the roaster: variety

Cherrybook Index (CBI)

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

65

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 81.3 shrunk to 68.0 + bonuses = 65.

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
    50/ 22% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Sprudge press coverage
    This roaster has been featured by Sprudge
    +2
  • Stale-stock demotion
    This lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
    +-5

Sensory profile

Body
3

Comps & alternatives

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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.

Redcab blendvivid flavorcafe pour-over
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

Watch the reviews

4 videos

About this coffeeBrew guide

Barefoot Coffee Hand Pour science.m4v

TheCoffeeandy

Watch on YouTube

Cherrybook summary of the video

The video demonstrates a hand-pour brewing technique using a specific coffee from Barefoot Coffee Roasters. The host highlights the company's commitment to refining brewing methods to achieve high-quality results.

What the reviewer said

From TheCoffeeandy, discussing San Rafael Tarrazu:

“Today we're going to be brewing some Finca San Rafael, the San Rafael Tarrazu.”
“A red bourbon from Gloria Rodriguez, Palmas, Costa Rica.”

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