Organic Peru Sol Naciente Gesha Inka
WashedLight75Cherry's Index
Cup profile
plumcot · caramel · lime curd
- Fruit
- Citrus
- Sugar and spice
- Origin
- Cusco, PE
- Producer
- Julio Cesar Arotaype Huayllas
- Farm / Co-op
- Sol Naciente
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 2200–2500 m
- Varietals
- other
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 250g
- Bag price
- $35.00
- Price / oz
- $3.97/oz
- Brew
- —
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Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
75
Noted
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
- 80/ 12% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 75/ 42% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 65/ 47% weightCoffee ReviewMean score from coffeereview.com
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
- +2Roast Magazine Roaster of the YearThis roaster has been recognized as Roaster of the Year by Roast Magazine within the last decade
Base weighted score: 70.9 + bonuses = 75
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 2
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
Flavor wheelestimated
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
Taste this against three others Cherry picks.
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Kickapoo Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 75/100
Kickapoo Coffee Roasters is appreciated by community members for their light roasts, fruit-forward single origins (such as their Ethiopian offerings and the Muungano Congo), and offerings like their Supernova dark roast. While one user found a specific Colombian single origin too acidic, others praise their jammy flavor profiles and quality beans recommended by baristas. They maintain a solid, positive reputation as a specialty roaster worth trying.
fruit-forward light roastssingle originsjammy flavor profilesWisconsin roaster
Threads cited (10)
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Tried some new coffee blends last week as recommended, here. But I still find Stumptown's
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Horizon Line Coffee in Des Moines
- r/Coffee · ↑ · I think I'm in love with the Congo
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Kickapoo Supernova. My favorite dark roast!
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Best Coffee In Las Vegas?
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Old beans
- r/Coffee · ↑ · What are some good fruit forward light roast coffees right now?
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Which is more important, the roaster or the bean?
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Do you keep brew time consistent each time or do you alter it for each new roast of beans
- r/roasting · ↑ · Organic Honduras Royal Reserva
Press · Sprudge
- In Good Taste Episode Three: Appropriation In The Coffee Industry2021-03-19·sprudge
Host Ever Meister interviews Wonderstate Coffee co-founder TJ Semanchin and Lester Randall, a tribal chairman of the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas.
- Citing Appropriation, Kickapoo Coffee Announce They Will Change Names2019-04-18·sprudge
The new name is expected to take effect in early 2020.
- Kickapoo’s New Minimum Price Guarantee For Green Coffee Buying2017-03-13·sprudge
Kickapoo Coffee’s new minimum price guarantee hopes to raise stagnating coffee prices.
On YouTube
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