Colombia José Herman Salazar
Bourbon Ají
WashedLight
Cherrybook Index
70Noted
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$2.67/oz$32.00 for 340g
Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.
Catalog summary
A washed lot from Huila, Colombia, indexed 70 on sparse evidence.
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
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Roasts to order · ships in ~3d
Your bag is roasted after you order; expect a short delay before it ships, but it arrives as fresh as the roaster can make it.
“Our coffee is roasted to order and processing times vary from 1-3 business days.” source ↗
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Roaster’s notes
wildflower honey · cola · citrus · baking spice
- Citrus
- 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
- Huila, CO
- Producer
- José Herman Salazar
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1745 m
- Varietals
- Other
- Harvest
- 2026
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $32.00
- Price / oz
- $2.67/oz
- Brew
- filter, espresso, aeropress, french_press, cold_brew
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
70
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 80.5 shrunk to 67.5 + bonuses = 70.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 82/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 75/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
- +1Editorial coverage clusterThis roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
- +-0Stale-stock demotionThis lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
Comps & alternatives
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Ceremony Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 82/100
Three independent Reddit threads give Ceremony Coffee a favorable picture with roast-style caveats. Buyers called multiple bags very good and reported some exceptional cups, while noting that certain single origins can be unusually light, dense, and sensitive to brewing method.
very light roast styleexceptional cupsbrew-sensitive coffees
Threads cited (3)
- r/pourover · 12↑ · Ceremony Coffee??
I'm in Maryland/DC and continually try different roasters just for kicks, but the couple bags I've had from Ceremony have been really good. I've even liked the ones that I get at my local Giant despite them being marked with a "best by" date instead of a roast date (like most roasters, the ones you get in their own caf
- r/Coffee · 11↑ · Trouble dialing my espresso, too sour
Have you had espresso from ceremony before? I used to live in the DC area and get their beans frequently. They push the limit on what a light roast is, sometimes their single origins would be much too light for my preference. Additionally, as their beans are so lightly roasted they tend to be pretty dense, which makes.
- r/pourover · 3↑ · Ceremony Roasters
I have had some of the best cups I've ever had with ceremony. But I would recommend you use their brewing instructions bc some of their beans had different instructions than I would normally dial in. I ordered an Ethiopian from them last month and it didn't taste like much and then I saw on their website they recommend
Press · Sprudge
- FairWave Specialty Coffee Collective Acquires Ceremony Coffee Roasters2024-10-30·sprudge
FairWave has expanded eastward.