Vine & Chocolate
Medium75Cherry's Index
Cup profile
chocolate · flowers · dried fruit · melted chocolate · wine-dark fruit · florality
- Fruit
- Floral
- Cocoa and nut
- Origin
- —
- Producer
- —
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- —
- Altitude
- 1200–2000 m
- Varietals
- pacas,obata,mundo_novo,heirloom
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 283g
- Bag price
- $31.99
- Price / oz
- $3.21/oz
- Brew
- —
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
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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.
“At Chromatic Coffee , we roast fresh to order and ship directly from our roastery and headquarters” source ↗
Cherrybook last checked this listing 56 days ago.
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
75
Strong
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
- 95/ 30% weightYouTube reviewsSentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
- 82/ 55% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 45/ 15% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Renormalized base 80.3 shrunk to 75.0 at 83% confidence = 75.
Sensory profile
- Body
- 4
- Balance
- 5
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 Chromatic Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 82/100
Chromatic Coffee is well-regarded among Bay Area coffee enthusiasts and frequenters of r/Coffee and r/espresso. Users frequently highlight favorites like their Gamut blend and various single-origin offerings, particularly their Ethiopian beans (such as Limu Gera). They are appreciated for fresh roast dates, distinctive bag artwork, and complex flavor profiles that make them a solid local staple.
Bay Area local roasterpopular single origins (Ethiopia)Gamut blendfresh roast datescomplex flavor notes
Threads cited (10)
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Favorite local Bay Area roasteries and beans?
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Struggling to extract fruit flavor from v60
- r/Coffee · ↑ · How many days to wait after roast date to brew?
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Bay Area Coffee Roasters [xPost from r/bayarea]
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Just used a V60 (size 2) for the first time...
- r/espresso · ↑ · Straight double espresso - Chromatic Jose Maria
- r/espresso · ↑ · A delicious shot with Chromatic Coffee's Gamut
- r/roasting · ↑ · Those using heatgun, bread machine/shifter setups. Are you getting the cupping notes?
- r/espresso · ↑ · living close to chromatic= super fresh coffee. What's the least amount of time to wait bef
- r/Coffee · ↑ · This artwork on my Chromatic coffee bag
On YouTube
4 videos · 20k combined views
Reviewers praise Chromatic Coffee as an exceptional destination in San Jose, highlighting its welcoming, cozy atmosphere and top-tier coffee offerings. Coverage emphasizes standout experimental processing methods, specifically praising offerings like the Barolo Aerobic Honey. Outside commentary underscores the shop as a must-visit location that surpasses typical specialty coffee standards.
San Jose destinationCozy atmosphereBarolo Aerobic HoneyExperimental processingExceptional quality
From Chromatic Coffee