La Reserva
Washed77Cherry's Index
Cup profile
strawberry guava · watermelon · hibiscus · apricot · pink grapefruit
- Fruit
- Citrus
- Floral
- Origin
- Antioquia, CO
- Producer
- Juan Felipe
- Farm / Co-op
- Finca La Reserva
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1800–2200 m
- Varietals
- caturra
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $27.00
- Price / oz
- $2.25/oz
- Brew
- espresso, filter, immersion, cold_brew
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Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
77
Strong
Confident
Confidence43% coverage / 3 of 7 signals
Enough independent signal to score at face value; no shrinkage applied.
How confidence affects the score
Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. 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, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 90/ 12% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 80/ 42% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 70/ 47% weightCoffee ReviewMean score from coffeereview.com
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
Flavor wheelestimated
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)
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Who Are Some of the Best Mail Order Roasters?
- r/Coffee · ↑ · 2018 Good Food Awards - Coffee
- 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.