Guatemala Finca El Tambor
Washed66Cherry's Index
Cup profile
juicy honeydew melon · chrysanthemum · toffee · oolong tea tannins
- Fruit
- Floral
- Sugar and spice

- Origin
- Fraijanes, GT
- Producer
- Victor Calderon
- Farm / Co-op
- Finca El Tambor
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- —
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $22.50
- Price / oz
- $1.88/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 15 days ago.
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
66
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
- 80/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 70/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Renormalized base 77.8 shrunk to 66.0 at 57% confidence = 66.
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 2
- Sweetness
- 3
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
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.
Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Case Study Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 80/100
Case Study Coffee Roasters is recognized by the Portland coffee community as a reliable local shop. Reddit users specifically highlight the convenience and value of purchasing brewing supplies, such as filters, directly from their cafes, noting that prices are competitive with online retailers like Amazon. While the threads do not provide extensive reviews of their specific roast profiles, the roaster is held in positive regard as a staple local business.
reliable local roasterconvenient source for brewing suppliescompetitive pricing on gearPortland staple
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