Kenya Spike AA

Name: Kenya Spike AA
Brand: Camber Coffee
SKU: camber-kenya-spike-aa
Price: 26.00 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Washed

Cherrybook Index

73Noted

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

$2.60/oz$26.00 for 283g

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Catalog summary

A washed lot from Kiambu, Kenya, indexed 73 on sparse evidence.

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

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Cherrybook last checked this listing 76 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

blood orange · tamarind · white grape · maple sweetness · butterscotch

Fruit
Sugar and spice

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Mapped from the roaster’s tasting notes to the SCA flavor wheel; Cherrybook’s interpretation of the stated notes, not the roaster’s own categorization.

Origin: Kiambu, KE
Producer: —
Farm / Co-op: Spike Farm
Process: Washed
Altitude: 1930 m
Varietals: Sl28,Sl34,Ruiru11
Harvest: —
Weight: 283g
Bag price: $26.00
Price / oz: $2.60/oz
Brew: filter, espresso

from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated

Cherrybook Index (CBI)

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

Noted

Sparse signal

Confidence2 of 7 signals on file

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. This coffee has 23% of the signal universe on file. 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.

The math on file: renormalized base 86.0 shrunk to 70.7 + bonuses = 73.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings

Reddit sentiment
Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
89/ 78% weight
Roaster transparency
Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
75/ 22% weight

Bonuses applied

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+2

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity: 4
Body: 3
Sweetness: 4
Balance: 4
Clean: 4

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About Camber Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 89/100

Two independent Reddit threads give Camber Coffee a strongly favorable picture. Contributors praised Skyline espresso and Big Joy, and called an Ethiopian decaf amazing in a successful drink recipe.

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r/espresso · 8↑ · New beans arrived from Seattle Coffee Gear: Skyline Espresso Camber and Intelligentsia Bla
Camber is great, Skyline is a really great espresso. If you make milk drinks try Big Joy from them next!
r/Coffee · 5↑ · Peach-Basil Iced Latte?! Yes, please.
...Aeropress. It was a total success and I wanted to share the recipe. What you’ll need: 17g medium-fine ground coffee (I used an amazing Decaf Ethiopian from Camber (Goodnight Moon)because it’s evening.) 86g ice cubes in the vessel you’re pressing into 1 Tbsp Torani Peach 1 Tbsp Basil Simple (I used about 10 fresh bas

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