Colombia La Cristalina (natural)
Natural74Cherry's Index
Cup profile
cocoa nib · cherry juice · nougat · floral
- Fruit
- Floral
- Cocoa and nut
- Sugar and spice

- Origin
- Caldas, CO
- Producer
- Luis Jose Valdez
- Farm / Co-op
- Finca La Cristalina
- Process
- Natural
- Altitude
- 1460–1790 m
- Varietals
- caturra,castillo,pink_bourbon
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 1.0 lb
- Bag price
- $23.50
- Price / oz
- $1.47/oz
- Brew
- —
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Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
74
Noted
Preliminary
Confidence33% coverage / 3 of 7 signals
Score is partially shrunk toward a neutral 50 — read directionally until more source families land.
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 18% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 80/ 55% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 80/ 30% weightYouTube reviewsSentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
- 75/ 15% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Renormalized base 79.2 shrunk to 74.1 at 83% confidence = 74.
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
Flavor wheelestimated
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
Taste this against three others Cherry picks.
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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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