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Hydrangea Coffee

Gesha - Hybrid Washed - Cerro Azul, Cafe Granja La Esperanza

Hybrid Washed

Cherrybook Index

65Noted

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

Price position

$7.41/oz$35.00 for 134g

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Catalog summary

A hybrid Washed lot from Valle del Cauca, Colombia, indexed 65 on sparse evidence.

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

No longer available at the roaster

Last verified 69 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

peach ramune · jasmine · citron

  • 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 - Hybrid Washed - Cerro Azul, Cafe Granja La Esperanza by Hydrangea Coffee
Farm / Co-op
Cerro Azul
Process
Hybrid Washed
Altitude
1752–1941 m
Varietals
Geisha
Harvest
—
Weight
134g
Bag price
$35.00
Price / oz
$7.41/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 69 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 75.8 shrunk to 64.8 = 65.

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

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    76/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    75/ 22% weight

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
5
Body
2
Sweetness
4
Balance
5
Clean
5

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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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Threads cited (2)

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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