Colombia - Bourbon Sidra - Cold Washed - Rodrigo Sanchez
Washed70Cherry's Index
Cup profile
plum · brown_sugar · blood orange

- Origin
- Huila, CO
- Producer
- Rodrigo Sanchez
- Farm / Co-op
- Monteblanco
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1730–1730 m
- Varietals
- other
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 425g
- Bag price
- $29.00
- Price / oz
- $1.93/oz
- Brew
- —
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Roasts daily · ships in ~2d
Roasts most weekdays, so most orders ship within a day or two of the roast date.
“We roast Monday - Friday, and generally roast and ship your order within 2 business days unless otherwise noted.” source ↗
Cherrybook last checked this listing 7 days ago.
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
70
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
- 85/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 80/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
- +-0Stale-stock demotionThis lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
Renormalized base 81.1 shrunk to 67.9 at 57% confidence + bonuses = 70.
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About Brandywine Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 80/100
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