Ethiopia Meaza

Name: Ethiopia Meaza
Brand: Coava Coffee
SKU: coava-meaza-1
Price: 23.00 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Delicate & Fruity

Washed

Cherrybook Index

79Strong

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Confident: 3 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

$2.17/oz$23.00 for 300g

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Catalog summary

A washed lot from Sidamo, Ethiopia, indexed 79 on confident evidence.

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

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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 7 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

bergamot · black tea · lemongrass

Citrus
Floral
Unclassified

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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: Sidamo, ET
Producer: Melaku Negash
Farm / Co-op: —
Process: Washed
Altitude: 1800–2100 m
Varietals: Heirloom
Harvest: —
Weight: 300g
Bag price: $23.00
Price / oz: $2.17/oz
Brew: filter, espresso

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

Strong

Confident

Confidence3 of 7 signals on file

Enough independent signal to score at face value; no shrinkage applied.

How confidence affects the score

Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 43% 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 0% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.

Missing: SCA grade, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings

Reddit sentiment
Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
88/ 42% weight
Coffee Review
Mean score from coffeereview.com
75/ 47% weight
Roaster transparency
Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
65/ 12% weight

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity: 4
Body: 2
Sweetness: 3
Balance: 4
Clean: 5

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About Coava Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 88/100

Six independent Reddit threads give Coava a strongly favorable but not uniform picture. Repeat buyers described consistently excellent, sweet, and memorable coffees, while one brewer had an incredible first cup followed by inconsistent results.

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Threads cited (6)

r/Coffee · 30↑ · Learning to make coffee hands on, in person, in Portland? But not to become a barista?
I find Coava to be pretty consistent and they ship right after they roast. I live about 45 minutes from Portland now so shipping is easiest for me. Case Study was always my go to when I lived in the city.
r/pourover · 18↑ · Please share your 5 favorite roasters, with a comment for each choice
...any order) -Passenger in Lancaster, PA- great coffee almost always, lots of choices. Love they sell small bags. Really nice people/customer service -Coava in Portland, Ore- I always have a medium coffee on hand and Coava never disappoints; their stuff is always fantastic and never roasty/too developed. -Vibrant in P
r/Coffee · 17↑ · Can we talk about Central American coffee? Its Amazing.
...that was incredible to brew at home. Chocolaty, but with a hint of some florals. My favorite coffee of all time was a Honduran coffee from the Portland roaster Coava. It was brewed with a Clever, and was unforgettably sweet. I tend to enjoy Panamanian coffees as well. The reason for the post is to pose a few questio
r/Coffee · 13↑ · Caramelly espresso recomdations.
...to coffee after a trip to Brazil. She always talks about how much she enjoys espresso with caramel overtones. Anyone have any reccomendations for beans I can order for Christmas? I am happy to get some in the Seattle area too. I like Coava, in Portland, a lot. I also enjoy espresso from Zietgiest in Seattle. Any ide
r/espresso · 11↑ · As a Portlander, Stumptown is not the Best we Have to Offer
...eling to them and they’ve lost a lot of clout in the city. If you want to see the best out vibrant coffee scene has to offer, it suggest poking around at smaller roasters. Coava makes excellent coffee and is quite trendy right now. Water Avenue is also held in high esteem but isn’t a personal favorite. I have worked
r/Coffee · 6↑ · Frustrating inconsistency even with Clever
...r sometimes shake) and let sit for 30 seconds, then drain. Sometimes I get pretty tasty cups. The first cup out of this new bag of Ethiopian from Coava was incredible. The second cup was slightly less. Every cup since then has been mediocre to plain bad. My grind size has been more or less the same, with only small

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Coava Coffee closes downtown Portland location, citing increased violence and crime

KGW News · 217.3K views on YouTube

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KGW News reports on the closure of Coava Coffee's downtown Portland location on Southwest 11th and Jefferson due to escalating crime, vandalism, and safety concerns for staff. Despite closing this flagship cafe, owner and management reaffirm their commitment to Coava's remaining Portland locations and their long-term lease.

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