Colombia La Virginia – Espresso
La Florida
Semi Washed68Cherry's Index
Cup profile
jasmine · red apple · guava
- Fruit
- Floral

- Origin
- Huila, CO
- Producer
- Rafael Aya Martínez
- Farm / Co-op
- Finca La Virginia
- Process
- Semi Washed
- Altitude
- 1750–1750 m
- Varietals
- other
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 250g
- Bag price
- EUR 18.69
- Price / oz
- $2.47/oz
- Brew
- espresso
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Batch roasted weekly
Roasted on a scheduled weekly rhythm. Very fresh if you order right after a roast day; less so near the end of the cycle.
“We currently roast on Mondays and Thursdays and dispatch the next day.” source ↗
Cherrybook last checked this listing today.
Price contextmodeled
What this profile typically sells for across the catalog.
$2.47/oz
typically $1.68 to $3.32
Where it sits
144 Colombia lots in stock
typical band this lot
92nd percentile of 144 Colombia lots in stock right now.
What moves this price
cheaper×1.00pricier
- Roaster brand and sourcing×1.08
- Colombia origin×1.06
At 250 g, this bag runs about 2% more per ounce than a typical 307 g bag; that is pack size, not the coffee.
How this estimate works
A statistical model, refit weekly across the in-stock catalog, estimates what a coffee with this exact profile typically sells for per ounce. Each multiplier compares one trait against the average lot in this market; the roaster line covers brand and sourcing together, which this model cannot separate. Bag size is shown separately, priced at the rate observed across sizes of the same coffee, because it says nothing about the coffee itself. The distribution counts every in-stock lot in the comparison class, so it moves as the catalog does. The model reads listed attributes only: the quality of the specific lot in the bag is not observable, so a price above the typical band is not evidence of overpricing.
Some listing details are missing, so the typical band shown is wider than usual.
Not listed by the roaster: process, roast level
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
68
Noted
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 77.2 shrunk to 65.6 + bonuses = 68.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 85/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 75/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
Flavor wheelestimated
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
Taste this against three more lots Cherry picks.
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Five Elephant
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 75/100
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