Alfaro Master Roast
NaturalMedium-Dark
- Origin
- CR
- Producer
- —
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Natural
- Altitude
- 1300–1500 m
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 312g
- Bag price
- $16.99
- Price / oz
- $1.54/oz
- Brew
- —
As cupped
chocolate · butter · nuts · cream · honey
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
62
Sparse signal
Confidence23% coverage / 2 of 7 signals
Score is heavily shrunk toward 50; treat as a placeholder until more sources arrive. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped, the remaining weights are renormalized, and the result is shrunk toward a neutral 50 baseline by 43% so a single thin signal can’t carry the score on its own.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 75/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 60/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +-1Stale-stock demotionThis lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
Renormalized base 71.7 shrunk to 62.5 at 57% confidence + bonuses = 62.
Sensory profile
Flavor wheel
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 Coffee Balam
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 75/100
Coffee Balam is mentioned in passing within a Reddit thread as part of a user's coffee collection. There is no substantive discussion, reviews, or community consensus regarding the roaster's quality, roast profile, or customer service in the provided threads. The mention serves only to identify the roaster as a source for specific Ethiopian and Mexican beans.
limited community discussionmentioned in passingno consensus on quality
Coffee Balam
$1.54/oz· $17/bag