Illumination Gesha
Carbonic Maceration
Carbonic Maceration
Cherrybook Index
58sparse
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
US$11.05/ozGBP 49.00 for 170g
Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.
Catalog summary
A carbonic Maceration lot from Chiriquí, Panama, not yet indexed (2 of 7 signals on file).
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
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Roasts daily
Roasts most weekdays, so most orders ship within a day or two of the roast date.
“Coffees are roasted throughout the week, with orders fulfilled as quickly as possible after the order is placed.” source ↗
Roaster’s notes
delicate florals · botanical aromatics · winey acidity · syrupy texture
- Citrus
- Floral
Open the flavor wheel
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
- Chiriquí, PA
- Producer
- Jamison Savage
- Farm / Co-op
- Finca Deborah
- Process
- Carbonic Maceration
- Altitude
- 1900 m
- Varietals
- Geisha
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 170g
- Bag price
- GBP 49.00
- Price / oz
- US$11.05/oz
- Brew
- filter
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
58
Sparse signal
Confidence2 of 7 signals on file
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. This coffee has 23% 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 43% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
The math on file: renormalized base 63.3 shrunk to 57.6 = 58.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 75/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 60/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 4
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Colonna Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Mixed reviews· sentiment 60/100
One Reddit commenter says Nespresso's convenience is hard to overstate and that quality is great with capsules such as Colonna. In a separate post seeking UK-based roasters, the author lists Colonna among roasters they are a big fan of.
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Threads cited (2)
- r/Coffee · 87↑ · Trying to convince my work to use a Moccamaster rather than Nespresso – check my maths?
It’s hard to overstate the convenience factor of Nespresso, and the quality is great with capsules like Colonna.
- r/pourover · 3↑ · Best UK based roasters?
I’m looking for some new UK based roasters. I’m a big fan of Roundhill, Colonna, Workshop, Assembly etc and have tried quite a few such as Darks Arts, Sq Mile, Origin which are okay. I’m wondering what some of peoples favourite coffee’s have been recently from the UK?
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