La Llamarada
Nicaragua
Natural68Cherry's Index
Cup profile
almond · apricot · chocolate cake
- Fruit
- Cocoa and nut
- Origin
- Nueva Segovia, NI
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Natural
- Altitude
- 1100–1600 m
- Varietals
- caturra,catuai,marsellesa
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 308g
- Bag price
- $24.00
- Price / oz
- $2.21/oz
- Brew
- filter, espresso
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Roasts to order
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.
“Specialty coffee roasted to order & shipped to your door.” source ↗
Cherrybook last checked this listing today.
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
68
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
- 85/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 65/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Renormalized base 80.7 shrunk to 67.6 at 57% confidence = 68.
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 3
- Body
- 4
- Sweetness
- 4
- 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 Coava Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Cult favorite· sentiment 85/100
Coava Coffee in Portland is widely regarded as one of the city's premier roasters, frequently cited for their consistently fantastic, light-to-medium roast profiles that avoid overly roasty flavors. While one user experienced a frustratingly burnt-tasting bag of espresso, the broader community praises them for exceptional quality, sweetness, and a strong presence in the Pacific Northwest coffee scene. Beyond their beans, they are also recognized for a great local reputation and friendly atmosphere in their cafes.
Portland roasterlight to medium roastsconsistently fantasticsweet and clean profileslocal favorite
Threads cited (10)
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Do high level roasters ever just completely botch a batch?
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Learning to make coffee hands on, in person, in Portland? But not to become a barista?
- r/pourover · ↑ · Please share your 5 favorite roasters, with a comment for each choice
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Can we talk about Central American coffee? Its Amazing.
- r/espresso · ↑ · Thanks to the bikers at Coava
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Caramelly espresso recomdations.
- r/espresso · ↑ · As a Portlander, Stumptown is not the Best we Have to Offer
- r/pourover · ↑ · Coffee Roaster Recommendations
- r/pourover · ↑ · Recommendations for roasters specializing in the more developed end of light?
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Frustrating inconsistency even with Clever
On YouTube
3 videos · 7k combined views
Coava Coffee has 1 video on their channel; 2 videos come from outside reviewers (Seattle Coffee Gear, Fellow).