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Dark Matter Coffee

Starry Eyes (Dark Roast)

Medium-Dark

Cup profile

pear · vanilla · almond · molasses · bakers chocolate

  • Fruit
  • Cocoa and nut
  • Sugar and spice
Starry Eyes (Dark Roast) by Dark Matter Coffee
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Producer
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Harvest
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Weight
2.2 lb
Bag price
$55.00
Price / oz
$1.56/oz
Brew
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from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated

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Price and availability set by the roaster.

Cherrybook last checked this listing 26 days ago.

Cherry's Index

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology

54

Sparse signal

Confidence23% coverage / 2 of 7 signals

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. 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.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    70/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    30/ 22% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Stale-stock demotion
    This lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
    +-3

Renormalized base 61.3 shrunk to 56.5 at 57% confidence + bonuses = 54.

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
2
Body
4
Sweetness
4
Balance
4
Clean
4

Flavor wheelestimated

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About Dark Matter Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Well-regarded· sentiment 70/100

Dark Matter Coffee is recognized in the community, particularly within the Chicago coffee scene. While one user noted that a dark roast from a different roaster (Superlost) named 'Dark Matter' was too burnt for their preference, this does not reflect on the Chicago-based roaster Dark Matter Coffee. The roaster is mentioned as a brand users have explored for espresso, indicating a presence in the specialty coffee market.

Chicago-based roasterfrequently used for espressoestablished market presence
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On YouTube

7 videos · 96k combined views

Dark Matter Coffee has 1 video on their channel; 6 videos come from outside reviewers (Kurasu Kyoto, Grainger, Weigh Right Automatic Scale Co., and others).

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