French Roast Blend
Dark
- Origin
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- Producer
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- Farm / Co-op
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- Varietals
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- Harvest
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- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $16.99
- Price / oz
- $1.42/oz
- Brew
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As cupped
smoky · intense · rich
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
53
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
- 65/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 20/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +1Editorial coverage clusterThis roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
- +-1Stale-stock demotionThis lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
Renormalized base 55.2 shrunk to 53.0 at 57% confidence + bonuses = 53.
Sensory profileestimated
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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.
About Compass Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Mixed reviews· sentiment 65/100
Compass Coffee is primarily discussed in the context of a significant labor controversy involving union-busting allegations, which has led to calls for boycotts within the community. While the roaster is occasionally mentioned in passing, it lacks a strong reputation for its coffee quality or product offerings in the threads provided. Most mentions of "coffee compass" in the search results refer to the Barista Hustle brewing guide rather than the roaster itself, indicating very low brand visibility for the company in these discussions.
labor controversyboycott callslow brand visibilityoften confused with brewing guide
Threads cited (10)
- r/Coffee · ↑ · How does one learn to taste coffee?
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Boycott Compass: coffee chain lists CEOs and Uber lobbyist as baristas to halt union drive
- r/Coffee · ↑ · What am I tasting?
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Coffee Myths vs Proven Facts
- r/pourover · ↑ · Hit a wall
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Anyone else remember seeing this brewing guidance chart?
- r/pourover · ↑ · My strategy for getting the best out of every bag. Discuss!
- r/roasting · ↑ · Coffee Compass for roasting?
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Coffee Compass appreciation post
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Losing my mind at this guy commenting on the BH Coffee Compass
On YouTube
2 videos · 65k combined views
Compass Coffee has 1 video on their channel; 1 video comes from outside reviewers (🍃Bura Bura Life🍂).
From Compass Coffee
Coverage from others
Compass Coffee
$1.42/oz· $17/bag