Colombia Alexander Montealegre

Name: Colombia Alexander Montealegre
Brand: Kurasu
SKU: kurasu-colombia-alexander-montealegrelight-roast
Price: 33.00 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

WashedLight

Cherrybook Index

54sparse

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

$2.67/oz$33.00 for 350g

Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.

Catalog summary

A washed lot from Colombia, not yet indexed (2 of 7 signals on file).

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

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Cherrybook last checked this listing 94 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

floral · mandarin orange · baked apple · caramel · brown sugar

Fruit
Citrus
Floral
Sugar and spice

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Mapped from the roaster’s tasting notes to the SCA flavor wheel; Cherrybook’s interpretation of the stated notes, not the roaster’s own categorization.

Colombia Alexander Montealegre by Kurasu

Origin: Colombia
Producer: Alexander Montealegre
Farm / Co-op: —
Process: Washed
Altitude: —
Varietals: Castillo
Harvest: —
Weight: 350g
Bag price: $33.00
Price / oz: $2.67/oz
Brew: —

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

Cherrybook Index (CBI)

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

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 53.3 shrunk to 51.9 + bonuses = 54.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings

Roaster transparency
Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
65/ 22% weight
Reddit sentiment
Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
50/ 78% weight

Bonuses applied

Sprudge press coverage
This roaster has been featured by Sprudge
+2

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity: 4
Body: 3
Sweetness: 4
Balance: 4
Clean: 4

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About Kurasu

Community reputation · Reddit

Polarizing· sentiment 50/100

One thread author notes visiting Kurasu during a trip to Japan. Another thread author mentions an iced pourover recipe similar to Kurasu's. A third thread author reports receiving a blend in their Kurasu Partner roast.

Japan coffee spotsiced pourover recipePartner roast

Threads cited (3)

r/pourover · 45↑ · Coffee spots Japan
So I’m heading for Japan for the second time. Last year I’ve been to glitch, swamp, kurasu and mels. Do any of you have some great coffee spots to visit. We’ll be visiting Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto so any recommendations for those cities would be greatly appreciated.
r/pourover · 43↑ · Leave your best pourover tips
…ircular moment) 2. Keeping the 2nd pour a bit agressive and 3rd pour real gentle and slow brings out more flavours 3. Iced pourover (my own recipe, similar to kurasu iced pourover recipe) tastes better than nrml hot pourover (it might be just for me, since i can drink instantly after brewing with great flavours) 4. Co
r/pourover · 29↑ · Is blends going to be the next big trend?
…really control taste and aromas in the very near future. She elaborated plenty about growing seasons, varietals etc but it’s what she felt was coming and in my Kurasu Partner roast this month I indeed got my first blend, almost unexpectedly. Just sharing for the love of coffee, the community takes, not fighting etc lo