Yirgacheffe Aricha
Aricha Community
WashedLight
- Origin
- Yirgacheffe, ET
- Producer
- —
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1950–1950 m
- Varietals
- —
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 363g
- Bag price
- $25.00
- Price / oz
- $1.95/oz
- Brew
- filter
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
As cupped
floral aromas · berry · lemon · honey · light body
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Cherrybook last checked this listing today.
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
64
Sparse signal
Confidence23% coverage / 2 of 7 signals
Score is heavily shrunk toward 50; treat as a placeholder until more sources arrive. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped, the remaining weights are renormalized, and the result is shrunk toward a neutral 50 baseline by 43% so a single thin signal can’t carry the score on its own.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 75/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 55/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
Renormalized base 70.7 shrunk to 61.9 at 57% confidence + bonuses = 64.
Sensory profileestimated
Flavor wheelestimated
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
Taste this against three others Cherry picks.
Brew a set side-by-side. Cherry varies the picks along axes that pair with this lot; origin, process, roast, or producer; so you learn the difference, not just drink four good cups.
Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Barefoot Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 75/100
Barefoot Coffee Roasters is recognized as a well-established, high-end roaster in the San Francisco Bay Area. They are frequently grouped alongside other respected specialty roasters like Stumptown and Ritual, with users specifically praising their pourover quality and signature blends like Redcab. While there is no significant criticism of their product quality, they are noted for the regional trend of not explicitly labeling roast levels on their packaging.
high-end specialty roasterstrong pourover reputationpopular signature blendsBay Area stapleminimalist roast labeling
Threads cited (7)
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Surprised and Impressed with an online coffee vendor
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Since moving to SF Bay area, I've noticed that none of the local roasters here list roast
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Two questions about roasts
- r/Coffee · ↑ · [Q] Is there a noticeable difference in flavor profile of SO beans when comparing differen
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Eureka Mignon Notte
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Having inconsistent results with quality of beans. How much variance to expect, and is thi
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Trying to enhance flavors with pourover brewing method
Press · Sprudge
- Build-Outs Of Summer: Barefoot Coffee Roasters In Solana Beach, CA2019-07-16·sprudge
Barefoot Coffee Roasters in Solana Beach, California.
- San Jose: The Barefoot Coffee Soft Opens A Rollup Pop-Up2012-09-27·sprudge
San Jose, long considered a hot bed of cool, gets another trendy coffee bar.
Barefoot Coffee Roasters
$1.95/oz· $25/bag