Landrace - Anaerobic Natural - Buku Sayisa
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Hoon's Coffee
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From Hoon's Coffee, discussing Landrace - Anaerobic Natural - Buku Sayisa:
“this week is the uh beer from Hydrangea Coffee. I'm going to highlight uh his coffee.”
“I think I did a couple months ago as well.”
Tasting notes mentioned: raspberry · peach · key lime
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Anaerobic Natural
Cherrybook Index
75Strong
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Preliminary: 3 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$2.30/oz$23.00 for 283g
Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.
Catalog summary
An anaerobic Natural lot from Guji, Ethiopia, indexed 75 on preliminary evidence.
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
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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.
“We collect orders throughout the week, up until Saturday at 3PM (PST) and roast them on the weekend. The orders are then shipped out on the following Monday” source ↗
Roaster’s notes
preserved dried fruits · chamomile tea · salted lime
- Fruit
- Citrus
- Floral
Open the flavor wheel
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.
- Origin
- Guji, ET
- Producer
- Esayas Beriso
- Farm / Co-op
- Buku Sayisa
- Process
- Anaerobic Natural
- Altitude
- 2000–2350 m
- Varietals
- Heirloom
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 283g
- Bag price
- $23.00
- Price / oz
- $2.30/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
75
Strong
Preliminary
Confidence3 of 7 signals on file
Score is partially shrunk toward a neutral 50; read directionally until more source families land.
How confidence affects the score
Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 33% 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 18% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
The math on file: renormalized base 80.1 shrunk to 74.8 = 75.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 85/ 30% weightYouTube reviewsSentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
- 85/ 15% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 76/ 55% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
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About Hydrangea Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 76/100
Two independent Reddit comments provide favorable but very limited evidence for Hydrangea Coffee. One buyer included Hydrangea in a three-roaster Ethiopian comparison and described the coffees collectively as great, while preferring JBC. Another commenter named Hydrangea as an enduring favorite.
Ethiopian coffee comparisonfavorite-roaster endorsement
Threads cited (2)
- r/pourover · 12↑ · Great Ethiopian Fruit Forwards
I ordered Ethiopian's this month from heart hydrangea and JBC and JBC might be the best of the three. I regularly order great Ethiopian coffees from top roosters and I was pleasantly surprised by JBC. It doesn't get as much buzz on here but when I did a little research they have good roots and great reputation. Some ha
- r/pourover · 9↑ · Top USA roasters to try?
Hydrangea forever