Ecuador | Hacienda La Papaya | Typica Mejorado Oak Barrel
ExperimentalLightNorthscore 77
- Origin
- EC
- Producer
- Juan Peña
- Farm / Co-op
- Hacienda La Papaya
- Process
- Experimental
- Altitude
- 1900–2100 m
- Varietals
- other
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $34.00
- Price / oz
- $2.83/oz
- Brew
- —
As cupped
blackberry · candy sugar · rose
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Northscore
Quality score with explicit source coverage. Methodology
77
Limited signal
Confidence45% coverage / 2 of 4 signals
Treat this as a directional read until more source families land. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped and the remaining weights are renormalized.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review
- 75/ 44% weightCommunity sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 70/ 56% weightSensory averageMean of acidity, body, sweetness, balance, cleanliness
Bonuses applied
- +5Multi-time Cup of Excellence finalistThis producer has multiple Cup of Excellence finishes
Base weighted score: 72.2 + bonuses = 77
Sensory profileestimated
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About La Barba Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 75/100
La Barba is widely regarded by the Reddit community as an underrated roaster based in Salt Lake City. Users frequently praise their light roasts, particularly their ability to produce vibrant, fruity, and nuanced profiles like the Hacienda La Papaya Typica Mejorado. While some users find their medium-to-dark roast offerings to be underwhelming or "meh," the consensus is that they are a high-quality roaster that deserves more recognition.
underrated SLC roasterexcellent light roastsvibrant and fruity profilesmedium-dark roasts can be underwhelminglocal favorite