Persephone Blend

Name: Persephone Blend
Brand: Intelligentsia Coffee
SKU: intelligentsia-persephone-blend
Price: 27.00 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

WashedLight

Cherrybook Index

60sparse

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

Price position

$2.25/oz$27.00 for 340g

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Catalog summary

A washed lot, not yet indexed (2 of 7 signals on file).

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

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Roasts to order · ships in ~3d

Your bag is roasted after you order; expect a short delay before it ships, but it arrives as fresh as the roaster can make it.

“signature blends, roasted to order” source ↗

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Cherrybook last checked this listing 132 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

maraschino cherry · pomegranate · tamarind

Fruit

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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.

Persephone Blend by Intelligentsia Coffee

Origin: —
Producer: —
Farm / Co-op: —
Process: Washed
Altitude: —
Varietals: —
Harvest: —
Weight: 340g
Bag price: $27.00
Price / oz: $2.25/oz
Brew: —

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

Cherrybook Index (CBI)

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

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 62.9 shrunk to 57.4 + bonuses = 60.

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

Reddit sentiment
Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
72/ 78% weight
Roaster transparency
Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
30/ 22% weight

Bonuses applied

Sprudge press coverage
This roaster has been featured by Sprudge
+2
Editorial coverage cluster
This roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
+1

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity: 5
Body: 2
Sweetness: 4
Balance: 4
Clean: 4

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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.

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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

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