No. 9 Roast
Medium-Dark★ 4.8 (51)Northscore 80
- Origin
- CO
- Producer
- —
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- —
- Altitude
- —
- Varietals
- other
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 271g
- Bag price
- GBP 10.50
- Price / oz
- $1.39/oz
- Brew
- espresso
As cupped
nutmeg spice · dark chocolate-like bitterness · blood orange-like acidity · sticky toffee · caramel
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.
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Northscore
Quality score with explicit source coverage. Methodology
80
Sparse signal
Confidence20% coverage / 1 of 4 signals
This score is provisional and should not be read like a fully covered coffee. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped and the remaining weights are renormalized.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, Sensory average
- 75/ 100% weightCommunity sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
- +3Customer reviews (strong)Customers have rated this coffee 4.5+ stars with 10+ reviews
Base weighted score: 75.0 + bonuses = 80
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Tasting flight
Taste this against three others Cherry picks.
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Foundry Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 75/100
Foundry Coffee Roasters (based in Sheffield, UK) is well-regarded as a prominent local roaster and cafe. While they are recognized for their coffee, a significant portion of the online discussion focuses on their "Flip Switch" accessory for the Hario Switch. Users generally praise the build quality and tactile feel of the metal lever, though some have criticized the marketing language regarding sustainability and reported occasional issues with customer service responsiveness.
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Threads cited (10)
- r/espresso · 248↑ · Finally switched from supermarket to local freshly roasted beans, I didn't know coffee cou
- r/pourover · 101↑ · "Flip Switch" metal lever for Hario Switch.
- r/pourover · 57↑ · Metal Lever Switch from Foundry Coffeeworks
- r/pourover · 52↑ · Foundry switch replacement stays shut
- r/pourover · 17↑ · My 1st Local Light Roast
- r/pourover · 11↑ · Hands-On with Foundry Coffeeworks Flip Switch (Steel Replacement Switch for the Hario Swit
- r/roasting · 11↑ · Help designing a roaster
- r/Coffee · 9↑ · Recommendations for Sheffield (UK)?
- r/Coffee · 4↑ · [Question] [Beans] My first bag of beans! UK
- r/Coffee · 3↑ · Going on tour with my band in May and will be doing an immense amount of traveling. I'm a
Press · Sprudge
- STL Coffee Fest Comes To St. Louis Later This Month2025-02-12·sprudge
STL Coffee Fest takes place Saturday, February 22nd at 18Rails inside City Foundry STL.
On YouTube · Reviewers discussing Foundry Coffee Roasters
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