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Hydrangea Coffee

Castillo - Lychee - Finca El Paraiso

Anaerobic Washed65Cherry's Index

Cup profile

osmanthus · lychee · kasugai gummies

  • Fruit
  • Sugar and spice
Castillo - Lychee - Finca El Paraiso by Hydrangea Coffee
Origin
Cauca, CO
Farm / Co-op
Finca El Paraiso
Altitude
1960–1960 m
Varietals
castillo
Harvest
—
Weight
247g
Bag price
$25.00
Price / oz
$2.87/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 6 days ago. It now returns a not-found or members-only response — we’ve archived the buy link so we don’t send anyone to a dead page. The notes, sensory chart, and editorial context below remain useful as a record of what this lot offered.

No longer available at the roaster

Last verified 6 days ago.

Cherry's Index

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

65

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

  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    80/ 22% weight
  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    75/ 78% weight

Renormalized base 76.1 shrunk to 65.0 at 57% confidence = 65.

Sensory profile

Body
4

Flavor wheelestimated

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About Hydrangea Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Well-regarded· sentiment 75/100

Hydrangea Coffee is recognized by community members as a notable specialty roaster, appearing alongside respected peers like September, B&W, and Heart in discussions of top US roasters. Reviewers highlight their adventurous, fruit-forward offerings and unique processing profiles, such as experimental Colombian naturals with complex fermented and savory notes.

fruit-forward coffeesexperimental processingtop US roaster considerationunique flavor profiles
Threads cited (3)

On YouTube

6 videos · 22k combined views

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

Coverage from others

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