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Hydrangea Coffee

Castillo - Peach Washed - Santa Monica

Washed

Cherrybook Index

65Noted

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

Price position

$3.25/oz$26.00 for 227g

Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.

Catalog summary

A washed lot from Quindío, Colombia, indexed 65 on sparse evidence.

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

No longer available at the roaster

Last verified 0 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

peach · lavender · puchao

  • Fruit
  • 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.

Castillo - Peach Washed - Santa Monica by Hydrangea Coffee
Farm / Co-op
Finca Santa Monica
Process
Washed
Altitude
1450–1500 m
Varietals
Castillo
Harvest
—
Weight
227g
Bag price
$26.00
Price / oz
$3.25/oz
Brew
—

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

From the editors

This lot is no longer available at the roaster.

We last reached the roaster’s page for this coffee 0 days ago. It now returns a not-found or members-only response, so we’ve archived the buy link rather than send anyone to a dead page. The notes, sensory chart, and editorial context below remain useful as a record of what this lot offered.

Cherrybook Index (CBI)

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

65

Noted

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 76.9 shrunk to 65.5 = 65.

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

  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    80/ 22% weight
  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    76/ 78% weight

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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.

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On YouTube

7 videos · 28k combined views

7 videos cover Hydrangea Coffee from reviewers Roaster Kat, Brian Quan, Coffee Reviews, and others.

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