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Honduras Norman Castellanos

WashedLightCherry’s Index 70
Honduras Norman Castellanos by Kurasu
Origin
HN
Farm / Co-op
—
Process
Washed
Altitude
—
Varietals
pacas
Harvest
—
Weight
350g
Bag price
$36.30
Price / oz
$2.94/oz
Brew
—

As cupped

floral aroma · orange · pear · apricot · gyokuro-like rich umami

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Cherry's Index

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

70

Sparse signal

Confidence23% coverage / 2 of 7 signals

Score is heavily shrunk toward 50; treat as a placeholder until more sources arrive. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped, the remaining weights are renormalized, and the result is shrunk toward a neutral 50 baseline by 43% so a single thin signal can’t carry the score on its own.

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

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    85/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    70/ 22% weight

Bonuses applied

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

Renormalized base 81.7 shrunk to 68.3 at 57% confidence + bonuses = 70.

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Reference · About the varietal & origin

About Kurasu

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 85/100

Kurasu is highly regarded in the coffee community, primarily as a trusted source for brewing education, recipes, and high-quality Japanese coffee gear. Users frequently cite their instructional videos and blog content as go-to resources for techniques like the 4:6 method and various dripper recipes. While they are also a roaster, the community discourse focuses more heavily on their role as a knowledgeable authority and retailer of specialty brewing equipment.

trusted brewing resourceexcellent instructional contentpopular for coffee gearwell-regarded recipesJapanese specialty coffee aesthetic
Threads cited (10)

Press · Sprudge

On YouTube

4 videos · 94k combined views

Kurasu has 3 videos on their channel; 1 video comes from outside reviewers (Daddy Got Coffee).

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