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Big Shoulders Coffee

Panama Natural Red Bourbon

Natural67Cherry's Index

Cup profile

wild berries

  • Fruit
  • Sugar and spice
Panama Natural Red Bourbon by Big Shoulders Coffee
Farm / Co-op
Bambito Estate
Process
Natural
Altitude
—
Varietals
red_bourbon
Harvest
—
Weight
283g
Bag price
$28.00
Price / oz
$2.81/oz
Brew
—

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Cherry's Index

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

67

Noted

Sparse signal

Confidence23% coverage / 2 of 7 signals

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. 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.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    85/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    60/ 22% weight

Renormalized base 79.6 shrunk to 67.0 at 57% confidence = 67.

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
3
Body
4
Sweetness
4
Balance
4
Clean
3

Flavor wheelestimated

Comps & alternatives

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About Big Shoulders Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 85/100

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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