The Optimist
Medium
Cup profile
dark chocolate · cinnamon · cola
- Cocoa and nut
- Sugar and spice
- Origin
- —
- 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
- —
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
Price and availability set by the roaster.
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
- 75/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 25/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +2Roast Magazine Roaster of the YearThis roaster has been recognized as Roaster of the Year by Roast Magazine within the last decade
- +-4Stale-stock demotionThis lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
Renormalized base 64.1 shrunk to 58.1 at 57% confidence + bonuses = 56.
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 2
- Body
- 4
- Sweetness
- 3
- Balance
- 3
- Clean
- 3
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.
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)
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Coffee Scene San Diego
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Preground or Fresh Uneven Grind
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Industry Pricing
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Hario V60 recipe help for 20 oz. My current draw time is 6 min!
- r/Coffee · ↑ · 20g/340g (1:17) - 2:45~ brew time w/ 45 second bloom. Had a desire to share with you all.
- r/Coffee · ↑ · V60 troubleshooting (lumpy coffee bed)
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Besides Heart Coffee Rosters, are there known light roasters that roast beans to be orient
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Recommended Half-Caff Blends?
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).
From Bird Rock Coffee Roasters