Kenya Gititu
Washed67Cherry's Index
Cup profile
cranberry apple crisp · pear compote · dark chocolate · muscovado sugar · pink grapefruit
- Fruit
- Citrus
- Cocoa and nut
- Sugar and spice

- Origin
- Kiambu, KE
- Producer
- Smallholder Farmers
- Farm / Co-op
- Gititu Coffee Factory
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1400–1600 m
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $29.00
- Price / oz
- $2.42/oz
- Brew
- filter, espresso, immersion, cold_brew
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Cherrybook last checked this listing 7 days ago.
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
67
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 78.9 shrunk to 66.6 = 67.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 80/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 75/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
Flavor wheelestimated
Price contextmodeled
What this profile typically sells for across the catalog.
$2.42/oz
typically $1.70 to $2.77
typical band this lot
71st percentile of 218 Kenya washed lots in stock right now.
What moves this price
- Kenya originx1.07
- Washed processx0.97
- Roaster brand and sourcingx1.03
How this estimate works
A statistical model, refit weekly across the in-stock catalog, estimates what a coffee with this exact profile typically sells for per ounce. Each multiplier compares one trait against the average lot in this market; the roaster line covers brand and sourcing together, which this model cannot separate. Bag size is shown separately, priced at the rate observed across sizes of the same coffee, because it says nothing about the coffee itself. The model reads listed attributes only: the quality of the specific lot in the bag is not observable, so a price above the typical band is not evidence of overpricing.
Not listed by the roaster: roast level
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About JBC Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 80/100
JBC Coffee Roasters is recognized in community discussions as a quality mail-order roaster, particularly noted for its Ethiopian offerings and fruit-forward single origins. Customers have highlighted their house blends and award-winning beans positively, with users frequently discussing specific origins like the Gedeb and Refisa. While some individuals note the typical challenges of extracting specific tasting notes or dialing in espresso, the overall presence of JBC in the threads is favorable and consistent.
mail order roasterfruit-forward ethiopiansaward-winning selectionshouse blends
Threads cited (10)
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- r/espresso · ↑ · Are people lying about how good their espresso shots taste?
- r/Coffee · ↑ · I turned my son into a coffee snob!
- r/espresso · ↑ · Single origin Yemeni Natural from JBC - 19g in, 42g out ~23s. Prepared twice!
- r/pourover · ↑ · Great Ethiopian Fruit Forwards
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Pallette question
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Tasting notes?
- r/espresso · ↑ · JBC Nano Genji on a DE1 Pro with LRV2 Profile
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Why does my armpit smell distinctly bad after drinking coffee?
On YouTube
3 videos · 47k combined views
3 videos cover JBC Coffee Roasters from reviewers ibmadison, Fellow.