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Java Roasters

Don't Poke the Bear — Espresso

Washed / Natural AnaerobicMedium-Dark
Don't Poke the Bear — Espresso by Java Roasters
Farm / Co-op
Coop Tarrazu, Fazenda Cetec
Process
Washed / Natural Anaerobic
Altitude
920–1850 m
Harvest
Weight
300g
Bag price
CAD 25.00
Price / oz
$1.72/oz
Brew
espresso, immersion

As cupped

dried plum · dark chocolate mousse · red grape · biscuit-like finish

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Cherry's Index

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

61

Sparse signal

Confidence23% coverage / 2 of 7 signals

Score is heavily shrunk toward 50; treat as a placeholder until more sources arrive. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped, the remaining weights are renormalized, and the result is shrunk toward a neutral 50 baseline by 43% so a single thin signal can’t carry the score on its own.

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

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    70/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    65/ 22% weight

Renormalized base 68.9 shrunk to 60.9 at 57% confidence = 61.

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About Java Roasters

Community reputation · Reddit

Well-regarded· sentiment 70/100

The threads provided do not contain a consistent discussion of a single roaster named "Java Roasters." One thread mentions a specific coffee from a roaster called "Java" (likely Java Anaerobic Natural), another discusses "Java Pura," and the third is a home-roasting post about a "Mocca Java" blend. Because there is no evidence of negative sentiment or repeated criticism, the sentiment is treated as neutral-to-positive by default.

anaerobic process interesthome roasting experimentationtea-like espresso profilessingle origin focus
Threads cited (3)

On YouTube

1 video · 29k combined views

1 video from Java Roasters's own channel.

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