Meliponas
WashedMedium-LightNorthscore 77
- Origin
- Loja and Zamora, EC
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1450–1450 m
- Varietals
- bourbon, caturra, typica, sachimor
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 308g
- Bag price
- $26.00
- Price / oz
- $2.39/oz
- Brew
- filter, espresso
As cupped
bing cherry · sangria · raspberry sorbet
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 ↗
Northscore
Quality score with explicit source coverage. Methodology
77
Limited signal
Confidence45% coverage / 2 of 4 signals
Treat this as a directional read until more source families land. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped and the remaining weights are renormalized.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review
- 85/ 44% weightCommunity sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 70/ 56% weightSensory averageMean of acidity, body, sweetness, balance, cleanliness
Sensory profileestimated
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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 is widely regarded as a staple of the Portland coffee scene and is frequently recommended as a must-visit roaster for those traveling to the city. Users consistently praise the high quality of their beans, with specific single-origin offerings like the Kilenso and Daurfusu receiving high acclaim for their distinct flavor profiles. While some users express frustration with their own ability to replicate the quality of professional cafe brews at home, Coava is often cited as a benchmark for the high standard of coffee found in Portland.
Portland coffee staplehigh-quality single originsdistinct flavor profilesmust-visit for coffee travelersconsistent benchmark for quality
Threads cited (10)
- r/espresso · 731↑ · Glitch coffee in Japan - worth the hype!
- r/espresso · 215↑ · Portland coffee scene might be the best in the US
- r/espresso · 106↑ · Finished putting together my setup and just pulled my first shot ever!
- r/espresso · 83↑ · Goodies Arrived!
- r/Coffee · 79↑ · Anyone just get frustrated with the pursuit of flavor?
- r/espresso · 66↑ · Bean Recommendation: Coava - S.O. Blend
- r/espresso · 60↑ · Coffee at Work
- r/Coffee · 54↑ · Why doesn't my brew taste like it does in the shop?
- r/espresso · 53↑ · Possibly my all time favorite cup.
- r/Coffee · 51↑ · 50 Coffee Roasters to Follow on Instagram
On YouTube · Reviewers discussing Coava Coffee
YouTube reviewers have published 7 popular videos about Coava Coffee (427,359 combined views). Channels include Bookmark Films, Fellow, Geek.com and others.
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