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Big Shoulders Coffee

Colombia - Gesha

NaturalLight★ 5.0 (2)Northscore 70
Colombia - Gesha by Big Shoulders Coffee
Farm / Co-op
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Process
Natural
Altitude
1820–2000 m
Varietals
geisha
Harvest
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Weight
340g
Bag price
$35.00
Price / oz
$2.92/oz
Brew
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As cupped

jasmine florals · stone fruit · apricot · white peach · nectarine · raw honey · tea-like

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Northscore

Quality score with explicit source coverage. Methodology

70

Moderate confidence

Confidence65% coverage / 3 of 4 signals

Enough source signal for comparison, but not every source family is present. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped and the remaining weights are renormalized.

Missing: SCA grade

  • Community sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    75/ 31% weight
  • Sensory average
    Mean of acidity, body, sweetness, balance, cleanliness
    70/ 38% weight
  • Coffee Review
    Mean score from coffeereview.com
    65/ 31% weight

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Well-regarded· sentiment 75/100

Big Shoulders Coffee is recognized as a reliable Chicago-based roaster. Community members appreciate their traditional, darker roast profiles, noting that these beans are forgiving and perform well in travel setups like the Nanopresso. Customers have specifically praised their house espresso blends and their ability to source and roast higher-end specialty beans like Geisha.

Chicago-based roastertraditional darker roastsforgiving for espresso brewingreliable house blendshigh-end specialty offerings
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