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Presta Coffee Roasters

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Colombia · Decaf

Roaster well regarded on Reddit

In common: Both from Tolima, Colombia · Both Caturra · Both list brown sugar and cocoa notes
Different: $0.36/oz less

$20.0010 oz · 2 more sizes

Shipping from $9.76Free shipping over $75

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Sidekick (Decaf)

Colombia · Washed · Medium · Decaf

Coffee Review 92

In common: Both from Colombia · Both Caturra · Both list brown sugar and cocoa notes
Different: Washed, not natural · $0.44/oz less

$23.0012 oz · 1 more size

Shipping $5.00

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Firelight Coffee

Decaf El Vergel Tolima

Colombia · Washed · Medium · Decaf

4.7 from 7 buyers

In common: Both from Tolima, Colombia · Both Caturra · Both list brown sugar notes
Different: Washed, not natural · $0.77/oz less

$19.0012 oz · 1 more size

Shipping from $6.60Free shipping over $40

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Great Circle Coffee

San Agustin EA Decaf

Colombia · Washed · Medium · Decaf

In common: Both from Colombia · Both Caturra · Both list brown sugar and cocoa notes
Different: Washed, not natural · $0.36/oz less

$24.0012 oz · 1 more size

Shipping $5.00

Kiss the Hippo Coffee, London, London

Colombia, El Indio Decaf

Name: Colombia, El Indio Decaf
Brand: Kiss the Hippo Coffee
SKU: kiss-the-hippo-colombia-el-indio-decaf
Price: 15.50 GBP
Availability: InStock

Mainly fruit, some cocoa, some sugar

In stock at Kiss the Hippo Coffee. We don't carry it yet.

GBP 15.50250g bag
At Kiss the Hippo Coffee

About Colombia, El Indio Decaf

How is it rated?

73Cherrybook Index, from 2 independent sources.

YouTube reviewers, on the roaster85
What the roaster discloses85
Reddit, on the roaster68

+2Roaster featured by Sprudge

With this little evidence the score is pulled toward a neutral 50; more signals will move it.

Whether we sell a coffee never changes its score. How the Index works

What will it taste like?

Mainly fruit, some cocoa, some sugar.

Fruit33%
Cocoa and nut33%
Sugar and spice33%

The roaster’s notes: blackberry jam, treacle, cacao.

See these notes on the flavor wheel

Mapped from the roaster’s tasting notes to the SCA flavor wheel: our reading of their notes, not the roaster’s own categories.

How does the price compare?

$2.36an ounce. Similar coffees run $2.45 to $3.90.

$2.45$3.90

What moves the price

Roaster brand and sourcing+23%
Colombia origin+4%
Decaf−4%

A statistical model, refit weekly across the in-stock catalog, estimates what coffees with these listed traits sell for per ounce.

Back of the bag

What Kiss the Hippo Coffee publishes about this coffee.

Origin: Tolima, CO
Producer: ASOPEP & ASCISP cooperatives, around 175 smallholder growers
Farm or co-op: El Indio Program
Process: Natural
Variety: Caturra
Altitude: 1500 to 2150 m
Harvest: 2026
Decaf: Yes
Bag: 250g

The variety and the origin

About Kiss the Hippo Coffee

The roaster’s page

Press · Sprudge

World Class Coffee Finds A Home In The London Burbs At Kiss The Hippo
2020-03-02·sprudge
Kiss The Hippo in London, England.

Meet the roaster on camera

3 videos

About the roasterShop tour

The secret behind Kiss The Hippo coffee roastery

Beans · 7.9K views on YouTube

Watch on YouTube

This video covers Kiss the Hippo Coffee; it is general roaster coverage.

Cherrybook summary of the video

This video provides a tour of Kiss the Hippo Coffee roastery, showcasing their roasting setup, packing area, and quality control room. Head of coffee Joshua Tarlo and head roaster Rosa demonstrate their software-guided roasting process and nitrogen-flushing packaging methods.

Inside this video

From Beans:

“This is where we profile all of our coffees by using two different software systems.”

“To make sure that all our coffee is coming out consistent before we send it out for baristas to use on the bar.”

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Across the coverage of Kiss the Hippo Coffee

Reviewers and shop tour hosts characterize Kiss the Hippo Coffee as an award-winning London roaster with bright, modern, and welcoming cafe spaces. Outside coverage highlights their meticulous behind-the-scenes operations, including software-guided roast profiling and nitrogen-flushing packaging to ensure strict consistency. Reviewers emphasize both their strong retail presence and their rigorous, quality-focused production methods.

Bright and modern cafe spaces · Award-winning coffee reputation · Software-guided roast profiling · Nitrogen-flushing packaging methods · Rigorous quality control processes

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