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Bird Rock Coffee Roasters

Monkey Bite

Cup profile

brown sugar · dried apricot · butterscotch

  • Fruit
  • Sugar and spice
Monkey Bite by Bird Rock Coffee Roasters
Origin
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Producer
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Farm / Co-op
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Process
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Altitude
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Varietals
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Harvest
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Weight
283g
Bag price
$20.00
Price / oz
$2.00/oz
Brew
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from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated

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Cherrybook last checked this listing 3 days ago.

Cherry's Index

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

56

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
    75/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    20/ 22% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Roast Magazine Roaster of the Year
    This roaster has been recognized as Roaster of the Year by Roast Magazine within the last decade
    +2
  • Stale-stock demotion
    This lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
    +-4

Renormalized base 63.0 shrunk to 57.5 at 57% confidence + bonuses = 56.

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
3
Body
4
Sweetness
4
Balance
4
Clean
4

Flavor wheelestimated

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About Bird Rock Coffee Roasters

Community reputation · Reddit

Well-regarded· sentiment 75/100

Bird Rock Coffee Roasters is recognized as a staple of the San Diego coffee scene and is frequently utilized by local enthusiasts and visitors alike for home brewing experiments with single-origin beans like their Ethiopian light roasts. While a user noted their light roasts can be finicky for espresso and another observed higher pricing compared to peers like PT's on certain micro-lot offerings, customers appreciate options like their Fifty-Fifty half-caff blend. Overall, they maintain a solid presence as a notable specialty roaster in Southern California.

San Diego staplesingle-origin Ethiopian offeringshalf-caff blend optionspremium pricing discussed
Threads cited (8)

On YouTube

6 videos · 11k combined views

Bird Rock Coffee Roasters has 4 videos on their channel; 2 videos come from outside reviewers (Lets Get Lexi (Alexis Pence), Tayspresso).

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