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Kaldi's Coffee

Papua New Guinea Kinmuga

Washed66Cherry's Index

Cup profile

apricot · coconut · black tea · pineapple upside-down cake · crisp pear · dried stone fruit

  • Fruit
  • Floral
  • Sugar and spice
Papua New Guinea Kinmuga by Kaldi's Coffee
Producer
Farm / Co-op
Process
Washed
Altitude
1530–1830 m
Harvest
Weight
340g
Bag price
$22.00
Price / oz
$1.83/oz
Brew
filter, espresso

from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated

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Price and availability set by the roaster.

Price contextmodeled

What this profile typically sells for across the catalog.

$1.83/oz

typically $1.28 to $2.10

Where it sits

16 Papua New Guinea washed lots in stock

typical band this lot

88th percentile of 16 Papua New Guinea washed lots in stock right now.

What moves this price

cheaper×1.00pricier
  • Roaster brand and sourcing×0.89
  • Papua New Guinea origin×0.93
  • Washed process×0.97
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 distribution counts every in-stock lot in the comparison class, so it moves as the catalog does. 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

Cherry's Index

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

66

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 77.8 shrunk to 66.0 = 66.

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

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    80/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    70/ 22% weight

Flavor wheelestimated

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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.

home roasting hardwareroaster progression pathDIY modifications and sensorsdrum roaster enthusiasts
Threads cited (10)

On YouTube

1 video · 50k combined views

1 video covers Kaldi's Coffee from reviewer Amena Teferi.

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