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Flower Child Coffee

Abel Salinas — Mejorado

Washed

Cherrybook Index

55sparse

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

$3.17/oz$28.00 for 250g

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Catalog summary

A washed lot from Loja, Ecuador, not yet indexed (2 of 7 signals on file).

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

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Batch roasted weekly · ships in ~2d

Roasted on a scheduled weekly rhythm. Very fresh if you order right after a roast day; less so near the end of the cycle.

“Roasts are every Monday. Shipped on Tuesdays. Order by Sunday for next Monday's Roast.” source ↗

Cherrybook last checked this listing 180 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

peaches · floral · honey · stone fruit · citrus · honeycomb · raspberry · nectarine · pluot · orange zest

  • Fruit
  • Citrus
  • Floral
  • Sugar and spice
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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.

Abel Salinas — Mejorado by Flower Child Coffee
Origin
Loja, EC
Producer
Abel Salinas
Farm / Co-op
Finca Arashi
Process
Washed
Altitude
1900 m
Varietals
Other
Harvest
—
Weight
250g
Bag price
$28.00
Price / oz
$3.17/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

55

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 58.7 shrunk to 55.0 = 55.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings

  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    90/ 22% weight
  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    50/ 78% weight

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About Flower Child Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Polarizing· sentiment 50/100

One thread author reports purchasing an Ethiopian Landrace from Flower Child as their first time trying the roaster. Another thread author groups Flower Child alongside Nordic coffee and mentions drinking washed coffees. A third thread author discusses trouble dialing in a Chelbessa Ethiopian coffee from Flower Child after letting it rest for three to four weeks.

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8 videos

About this coffee

Flower Child Coffee Review (Oakland, CA)- Washed Ecuador Juan Peña

Coffee Reviews · 1.3K views on YouTube

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What the reviewer said

From Coffee Reviews, discussing Abel Salinas — Mejorado:

“This coffee was surprisingly more intense and sweet than we were expecting, even for a Juan Peña Mejorado coffee.”
“There was plenty of the listed passion fruit aspects with a very strong sugariness to the cup.”

Tasting notes mentioned: passion fruit · brown candy sweetness

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