Cherrybook
Glitch Coffee & Roasters

Kenya Kiambu Handege AA

WashedNorthscore 85
Kenya Kiambu Handege AA by Glitch Coffee & Roasters
Producer
Farm / Co-op
Process
Washed
Altitude
1700–1800 m
Harvest
Weight
160g
Bag price
$20.00
Price / oz
$3.54/oz
Brew

As cupped

tomato · grapefruit · pomegranate · raisin · juicy · balance

Price and availability set by the roaster.

Northscore

Quality score with explicit source coverage. Methodology

85

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

  • Community sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    85/ 100% weight

Flavor wheel

Comps & alternatives

Tasting flight

Taste this against three others Cherry picks.

Brew a set side-by-side. Cherry varies the picks along axes that pair with this lot; origin, process, roast, or producer; so you learn the difference, not just drink four good cups.

Build the flight

Reference · About the varietal & origin

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
Threads cited (10)

On YouTube

6 videos · 576k combined views

6 videos cover Glitch Coffee & Roasters from reviewers Brandon Chou, /岩崎泰三 -Coffee Journalist Taizo Iwasaki -, van Pelt, and others.