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Colombia Tolima El Vergel — Natural Anaerobic

Anaerobic Natural69Cherry's Index

Cup profile

blueberry · chocolate · acai · juicy · long after

  • Fruit
  • Cocoa and nut
  • Sugar and spice
Colombia Tolima El Vergel — Natural Anaerobic by Glitch Coffee & Roasters
Producer
Farm / Co-op
El Vergel
Altitude
1900–1900 m
Varietals
caturra,castillo
Harvest
Weight
110g
Bag price
$25.00
Price / oz
$6.44/oz
Brew

from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated

Price and availability set by the roaster.

Cherrybook last checked this listing 16 days ago.

Cherry's Index

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology

69

Noted

Sparse signal

Confidence23% coverage / 2 of 7 signals

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. 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.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    85/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    75/ 22% weight

Renormalized base 82.8 shrunk to 68.9 at 57% confidence = 69.

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
4
Body
4
Sweetness
5
Balance
4
Clean
4

Flavor wheelestimated

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About Glitch Coffee & Roasters

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 85/100

Glitch Coffee & Roasters is widely recognized as a premier destination in the Japanese specialty coffee scene, frequently mentioned alongside other top-tier roasters like Apollon's Gold and Kurasu. They maintain a strong international presence, often appearing at major coffee festivals and being sought out by enthusiasts traveling to Tokyo. While their main shops are noted for a specific, sometimes "dark-ish" aesthetic, they are highly regarded for the quality of their beans, with some users finding their flavor profiles difficult to replicate with US-based roasters.

top-tier Japanese roastermust-visit Tokyo destinationhigh-quality beansfrequent festival presencedistinctive shop atmosphere
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