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Brandywine Coffee Roasters

Colombia - Elkin Guzman - Pink Champagne

Experimental72Cherry's Index

Cup profile

white grape · raspberry · strawberry

  • Fruit
Colombia - Elkin Guzman - Pink Champagne by Brandywine Coffee Roasters
Origin
Huila, CO
Farm / Co-op
El Mirador
Altitude
1550–1750 m
Varietals
other
Harvest
Weight
425g
Bag price
$29.00
Price / oz
$1.93/oz
Brew

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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 87 days ago.

Cherry's Index

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

72

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
    85/ 22% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Sprudge press coverage
    This roaster has been featured by Sprudge
    +2

Renormalized base 85.0 shrunk to 70.1 at 57% confidence + bonuses = 72.

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
4
Body
3
Sweetness
4
Balance
4
Clean
4

Flavor wheelestimated

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About Brandywine Coffee Roasters

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 85/100

Brandywine Coffee Roasters is well-regarded in the specialty coffee community, particularly known for light roasts, funky fruit bombs, anaerobics, and co-ferments. They frequently appear alongside heavy hitters like Black & White and Onyx in discussions about vibrant, fruit-forward coffees, and are often praised for standout offerings like their Rogicha and Ethiopian single-origins, as well as their distinctive packaging. While a few users note rising prices or smaller bag sizes, and one user experienced consecutive under-roasted bags for espresso, the overwhelming sentiment remains highly positive.

funky fruit bombs & light roastsdistinctive packagingpopular alternative to black & white/onyxoccasional complaints on pricing/bag size
Threads cited (10)

Press · Sprudge

On YouTube

2 videos · 4k combined views

Brandywine Coffee Roasters has 1 video on their channel; 1 video comes from outside reviewers (Fellow).

Brandywine Coffee Roasters

$1.93/oz· $29/bag

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