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Hydrangea Coffee

Gesha - Washed - Finca Mi Finquita, Lot Y

Washed

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SHOULD you start a Coffee Subscription? Ft. Hydrangea Coffee Roasters

Brian Quan · 6.6K views on YouTube

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This video covers Hydrangea Coffee; it is general roaster coverage.

Cherrybook summary of the video

The video features an interview with Bill, the founder of Hydrangea Coffee Roasters, discussing the launch of his new coffee subscription service. It highlights his philosophy of sourcing unique, high-quality coffees and his goal to provide a curated experience for coffee enthusiasts.

Inside this video

From Brian Quan:

I run Hydrangea Coffee Roaster. I think it's uh moderately well known in the light roast community now.
It's a personal passion project that I do for fun.

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Across the coverage of Hydrangea Coffee

Reviewers and independent channels describe Hydrangea Coffee as a passionate, founder-driven micro-roastery that specializes in exceptionally unique and heavily processed experimental coffees. Outside coverage highlights founder Bill Li's focus on innovative fermentation techniques, such as Koji inoculation and carbonic maceration, aimed at delivering distinct and unconventional flavor profiles to enthusiasts. Operating out of a shared production space in Berkeley, the brand has quickly built a strong reputation within the light roast community for its curation of high-end, rare green coffees.

Focus on heavily processed and experimental coffees · Expertise in advanced fermentation techniques · Founder-driven passion project model · Strong reputation in the light roast community · Curated subscription offerings

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Washed

Cherrybook Index

74Noted

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Preliminary: 3 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

$12.24/oz$98.00 for 227g

Typical band for this profile $7.52 to $12.42 (washed single-origin lots (gesha, retail bags); USD listings; roast unlisted in stock). Where it sits

Catalog summary

A washed lot from Chiriqui, Panama, indexed 74 on preliminary evidence and priced inside the typical band for its listed profile.

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

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Price and availability set by the roaster.

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 ↗

Cherrybook last checked this listing today.

Roaster’s notes

jasmine · apricot · meyer lemon

  • Fruit
  • Citrus
  • Floral
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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.

Gesha - Washed - Finca Mi Finquita, Lot Y by Hydrangea Coffee
Farm / Co-op
Finca Mi Finquita
Process
Washed
Altitude
1650–2000 m
Varietals
Geisha
Harvest
Weight
227g
Bag price
$98.00
Price / oz
$12.24/oz
Brew

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

Price contextmodeled

A modeled range and current prices for comparable listings.

$12.24/oz

typically $7.52 to $12.42

Where it sits

24 washed single-origin lots (gesha, retail bags); USD listings; roast unlisted in stock

typical band this lot

88th percentile of 24 washed single-origin lots (gesha, retail bags); USD listings; roast unlisted in stock right now.

What moves this price

cheaper×1.00pricier
  • Gesha variety×2.35
  • Panama origin×1.43
  • Roaster brand and sourcing×1.34
  • Washed process×0.96

At 227 g, this bag runs about 3% more per ounce than a typical 294 g bag; that is pack size, not the coffee.

How this estimate works

A statistical model, refit weekly across the in-stock catalog, estimates what a coffee with these listed attributes typically sells for per ounce. Each multiplier compares one trait against the average lot in this market; the roaster line covers brand and sourcing together, which this model cannot separate. Bag size is shown separately, priced at the rate observed across sizes of the same coffee, because it says nothing about the coffee itself. The distribution counts every in-stock listing in the comparison group, with at least 15 listings from three roasters and no roaster supplying more than 60% of it. Decaf, blends, variety segments, processing families and bag formats stay separate. Origin, roast and selling currency can broaden as the group label indicates. Prices are converted to USD per ounce; shipping and differences in tax treatment are not adjusted. The model reads listed attributes only: the quality of the specific lot in the bag is not observable, so a price above the typical band is not evidence of overpricing.

Not listed by the roaster: roast level

Cherrybook Index (CBI)

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

74

Noted

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 78.6 shrunk to 73.6 = 74.

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

  • YouTube reviews
    Sentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
    85/ 30% weight
  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    76/ 55% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    75/ 15% 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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