Nicaragua Los Delirios Pacamara
WashedDark
Cherrybook Index
67Noted
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Confident: 3 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$2.30/oz$23.00 for 283g
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Catalog summary
A washed lot from Estelí, Nicaragua, indexed 67 on confident evidence.
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
No longer available at the roaster
Last verified 22 days ago.
Roaster’s notes
green apple · caramel · lemon curd
- Fruit
- Citrus
- Sugar and spice
Open the flavor wheel
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.
- Origin
- Estelí, NI
- Producer
- Norman Canales
- Farm / Co-op
- Los Delirios
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1500–1650 m
- Varietals
- Pacamara
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 283g
- Bag price
- $23.00
- Price / oz
- $2.30/oz
- Brew
- filter
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 22 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
67
Noted
Confident
Confidence3 of 7 signals on file
Enough independent signal to score at face value; no shrinkage applied.
How confidence affects the score
Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 43% 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 0% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
Missing: SCA grade, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 75/ 12% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 72/ 42% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 55/ 47% weightCoffee ReviewMean score from coffeereview.com
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
- +1Editorial coverage clusterThis roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
Base weighted score: 64.4 + bonuses = 67
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 4
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 3
- Clean
- 4
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Intelligentsia Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 72/100
Two Reddit contributions give Intelligentsia Coffee a positive but qualified picture. One commenter praised the brews at a Chicago location. A home brewer found older Intelligentsia beans good but slightly ashy when steeped too long.
Chicago brewshome brewingroast character
Threads cited (2)
- r/pourover · 36↑ · The original Intelligentsia location is now mainly using Aeropress…
The bigger Intelligentsia location in the loop uses a pour steady to make up to ~4 V60 at once. These machines are crazy expensive, so I’m guessing they don’t want to proliferate them. They make great brews though. I do hope Intelli can make a better AP than me. I’m useless with that thing.
- r/Coffee · 20↑ · Sour vs stale, and different types of stale?
...o long ago vs. ground too long ago staleness have different stale flavors. My timeline of realization went like this: Early December- gifted a bag of roasted in October Intelligentsia beans, put them in the freezer knowing I would get a good grinder soon. Mid December- bought some specialty coffee locally about 5 da
Press · Sprudge
- The Collar Club, A Luxury Dog Spa Cafe In West Hollywood With Intelligentsia Coffee2025-06-10·sprudge
Pooches and pour-overs.
- Here’s The Greatest Coffee Tiramisu Recipe Ever (Featuring Intelligentsia Coffee + Snapchill)2024-05-31·sprudge
How to make a tiramisu with Intelligentsia Cold Coffee and Biscoff cookies.
On YouTube
Meet the roaster on camera
From the roasterBrand film
Inside Intelligentsia | Great Coffee Is Our Obsession
Intelligentsia Coffee · 4.7K views on YouTube
Watch on YouTubeThis video covers Intelligentsia Coffee; it is general roaster coverage.
Cherrybook summary of the video
A brand overview video showcasing Intelligentsia Coffee's meticulous approach to roasting, sourcing, and quality control. The team highlights their dedication to freshness, precision, and highlighting the natural attributes of coffee.
Inside this video
From Intelligentsia Coffee:
“Great coffee is not the result of chance, it's by design.”
“We roast each and every order directly before it ships out. It's as fresh as humanly possible.”
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