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Landrace — Washed — Tariku Kare

Washed

Washed78Cherry's Index

Cup profile

tangerine · raspberries · yellow florals

  • Fruit
  • Citrus
  • Floral
Landrace — Washed — Tariku Kare by Hydrangea Coffee
Producer
Tariku Kare
Farm / Co-op
Refisa Washing Station
Process
Washed
Altitude
2070–2070 m
Varietals
74158,74165
Harvest
—
Weight
247g
Bag price
$23.00
Price / oz
$2.64/oz
Brew
—

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

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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 ↗

Cherry's Index

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

78

Strong

Preliminary

Confidence33% coverage / 3 of 7 signals

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. 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.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings

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

Renormalized base 83.5 shrunk to 77.6 at 83% confidence = 78.

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
4
Body
2
Sweetness
4
Balance
4
Clean
4

Flavor wheelestimated

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.

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Reference · About the varietal & origin

About Hydrangea Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 85/100

Hydrangea is consistently viewed as a high-quality roaster that belongs in the conversation with other top-tier specialty roasters. Users appreciate their ability to deliver excellent, fruit-forward coffees, particularly from Ethiopia. They are also noted for offering unique, experimental, and sometimes polarizing flavor profiles, such as their fermented Colombian beans, which are described as interesting and intense.

fruit-forward Ethiopian coffeeexperimental and funky processinghigh-quality specialty roasterconsistent shipping performanceunique flavor profiles
Threads cited (3)

On YouTube

6 videos · 20k combined views

Outside coverage characterizes Hydrangea Coffee as a niche, passion-driven project that has gained significant traction within the light roast community. Reviewers highlight the founder's focus on sourcing unique, high-quality beans for a curated subscription experience. The roastery is noted for its operational setup within a collaborative, multi-use facility in Berkeley that shares space with wine makers and equipment repair services.

Niche light roast focusFounder-led passion projectCurated subscription modelCollaborative production environmentSpecialized sourcing philosophy

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