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Joe Coffee Company

Half Moon (Half Caff)

Medium★ 4.9 (12)Northscore 61
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Farm / Co-op
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Weight
425g
Bag price
$11.00
Price / oz
$0.73/oz
Brew
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As cupped

walnut · sticky toffee pudding · vanilla bean

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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.

“All coffee is roasted to order to ensure freshness.” source ↗

Northscore

Quality score with explicit source coverage. Methodology

61

Limited signal

Confidence45% coverage / 2 of 4 signals

Treat this as a directional read until more source families land. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped and the remaining weights are renormalized.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review

  • Sensory average
    Mean of acidity, body, sweetness, balance, cleanliness
    65/ 56% weight
  • Community sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    50/ 44% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Customer reviews (strong)
    Customers have rated this coffee 4.5+ stars with 10+ reviews
    +3

Base weighted score: 58.3 + bonuses = 61

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About Joe Coffee Company

Community reputation · Reddit

Polarizing· sentiment 50/100

Joe Coffee Company is recognized as a prominent NYC-based roaster, often appearing in discussions regarding coffee recommendations for the city. However, community feedback on their actual coffee is mixed; one user reported consistent issues with bitter acidity and sharp sourness across multiple varietals when brewing with a V60, despite attempting to adjust their technique.

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On YouTube · Reviewers discussing Joe Coffee Company

YouTube reviewers have published 8 popular videos about Joe Coffee Company (68,539 combined views). Channels include Big Review TV, Coffee Coffee Coffee And Books, JamesKnellerMD and others.

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