Thunderbolt — Bold Blend
Medium-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
- 250g
- Bag price
- NZD 18.00
- Price / oz
- $1.19/oz
- Brew
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from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
As cupped
peanut slab · fig jam · brown sugar
Price and availability set by the roaster.
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Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
63
Preliminary
Confidence33% coverage / 3 of 7 signals
Score is partially shrunk toward a neutral 50 — read directionally until more source families land. 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 18% so a single thin signal can’t carry the score on its own.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 80/ 30% weightYouTube reviewsSentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
- 70/ 55% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 20/ 15% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Renormalized base 65.5 shrunk to 62.8 at 83% confidence = 63.
Sensory profileestimated
Flavor wheelestimated
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
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About Flight Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 70/100
Flight Coffee is a well-known New Zealand roaster that has historically enjoyed a strong reputation. While one user noted a decline in consistency over recent years, they remain a recognized name in the NZ specialty scene. Other mentions of "flight" in the provided threads refer to coffee tasting flights or travel logistics rather than the roaster itself.
New Zealand-based roasterhistorical popularitymixed recent consistency reports
Threads cited (7)
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Can anyone help me understand World AeroPress Championship recipes?
- r/pourover · ↑ · Proud Mary’s ATX
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Mazzer mini grinder carry on plane?
- r/Coffee · ↑ · New Zealanders, who are your favourite roasters?
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Flight of drip coffee?
- r/pourover · ↑ · Started a Curated Coffee Flight Subscription :)
- r/espresso · ↑ · Asakusa Coffee Flight Sampler
On YouTube
1 video · 2k combined views
Outside coverage characterizes Flight Coffee as a resilient and ambitious enterprise that evolved from humble garage beginnings into an international brand. Reviewers emphasize the company's commitment to direct trade relationships with coffee farmers as a core pillar of their identity. The narrative highlights their willingness to take significant financial risks and leverage modern tools like crowdfunding to scale their operations.
Direct farmer relationshipsAmbitious international scalingEntrepreneurial risk takingGarage startup originsInnovative business growth strategies
Coverage from others
Flight Coffee
$1.19/oz· 18 NZD/bag