Rwanda Nyampinga
WashedLight
Cherrybook Index
71Noted
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Confident: 3 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$1.75/oz$21.00 for 340g
Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.
Catalog summary
A washed lot from Nyaruguru, Rwanda, indexed 71 on confident evidence.
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
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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.
“We roast to order in small batches at our roastery located at 115 Jordan Street, San Rafael, CA, 94901.” source ↗
Cherrybook last checked this listing 49 days ago.
Roaster’s notes
persimmon · plum · black tea
- Fruit
- Floral
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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
- Nyaruguru, RW
- Producer
- Nyampinga Cooperative
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- —
- Varietals
- Bourbon
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $21.00
- Price / oz
- $1.75/oz
- Brew
- —
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
71
Noted
Confident
Confidence3 of 7 signals on file
Enough independent signal to score at face value; no shrinkage applied.
How confidence affects the score
Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 43% 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 0% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
Missing: SCA grade, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 80/ 42% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 60/ 47% weightCoffee ReviewMean score from coffeereview.com
- 60/ 12% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
- +1Editorial coverage clusterThis roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
Base weighted score: 68.4 + bonuses = 71
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
Comps & alternatives
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Equator Coffees
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 80/100
Three Reddit posters describe Equator coffees ranging from excellent to technique-sensitive. One says Ethiopia Suke Quto produced possibly the best cup they had ever made with a 4:6 Chemex method. Another uses Equator's Ethiopia Sidama Ardi as a positive benchmark. A third initially struggled with Thailand Doi Pangkhon but brewed a good cup after grinding an hour ahead and letting the grounds rest.
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Threads cited (3)
- r/Coffee · 36↑ · Tetsu 4:6 in a 3-Cup Chemex Just Blew My Mind
...my 3-cup Chemex for which I had no set recipe/method. Today just to change it up, I tried the 3-Cup Chemex again (currently brewing Ethiopian Suke Quto beans from Equator Coffees). First cup was 20 on the Encore, 60g bloom, and one solid pour after. 300g/20g. It was good! Nothing crazy, kinda lacking flavor. But not
- r/pourover · 11↑ · Orea V3 Early Impressions
...med with this particular bean. I can get a serviceable cup out of it with my V60 but it hasn’t been as good as some of the Ethiopians I’ve recently purchased from Black & White or Equator Coffees’ Ethiopia Sidama Ardi. The first cup I made using the Orea provided pulse pour recipe was extremely underwhelming. The co
- r/Coffee · 7↑ · How do I brew with a high blooming coffee in a V60?
I have been brewing coffee in a V60 for a while now (getting coffee from a Trade subscription) and I recently got a bag of Thailand Doi Pangkhon from Equator Coffees. I brewed with my preferred 4:6 method and also a method I got from Baratza. With both methods, in the bloom, this coffee swells up like crazy. Both cups.
Press · Sprudge
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On YouTube
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