Kenya Kirinyaga
WashedDark65Cherry's Index
Cup profile
grapefruit · cherry · shortbread cookie
- Fruit
- Citrus
- Origin
- Kirinyaga, KE
- Producer
- Rung’eto Cooperative
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1600–1800 m
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $20.50
- Price / oz
- $1.71/oz
- Brew
- filter, espresso
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Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
65
Noted
Sparse signal
Confidence23% coverage / 2 of 7 signals
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. 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.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 80/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 65/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Renormalized base 76.7 shrunk to 65.4 at 57% confidence = 65.
Flavor wheelestimated
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
Taste this against three others Cherry picks.
Brew a set side-by-side. Cherry varies the picks along axes that pair with this lot; origin, process, roast, or producer; so you learn the difference, not just drink four good cups.
Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Kaldi's Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 80/100
In the Reddit coffee community, 'Kaldi' is almost exclusively discussed as a manufacturer of home coffee roasting equipment (such as the Kaldi Wide, Mini, and Fortis) rather than as a coffee bean roaster. Users frequently share their experiences with these drum roasters as part of their progression in the hobby, often modifying them with sensors like Phidgets. While there is occasional mention of the brand in broader coffee contexts, the community sentiment is focused on the hardware's utility for home roasting enthusiasts.
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Threads cited (10)
- r/roasting · 94↑ · I started a business roasting on a popper, then a 300g Kaldi wide, and after 2.5 years, I'
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- r/espresso · 72↑ · Beginners setup - sub 400 euro
- r/roasting · 64↑ · Roaster List 2021
- r/roasting · 57↑ · My roasting setup - Kaldi Wide.
- r/roasting · 55↑ · Kaldi wide + Phidgets
- r/roasting · 55↑ · My first roast with a Kaldi Mini. Beans are a natural process from Burundi I got from Swee
- r/espresso · 52↑ · 11 New Coffee Deals This Week [USA Only]
- r/Coffee · 48↑ · This Week in Coffee; Tuesday 15th of August '23
- r/roasting · 47↑ · r/roasting progression: Air popper/ Behmor+ /2nd Behmor/ Kaldi Fortis.
On YouTube
1 video · 50k combined views
1 video covers Kaldi's Coffee from reviewer Amena Teferi.