Ecuador | Hacienda La Papaya | Typica Mejorado Anaerobic
Anaerobic NaturalLightCherry’s Index 72
COE 2020#3
- Origin
- Loja, EC
- Producer
- Juan Peña
- Farm / Co-op
- Hacienda La Papaya
- Process
- Anaerobic Natural
- Altitude
- 1900–2100 m
- Varietals
- typica_mejorado
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $31.00
- Price / oz
- $2.58/oz
- Brew
- —
As cupped
guava · white grape · honey
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
72
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
- 80/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 75/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +5Multi-time Cup of Excellence finalistThis producer has multiple Cup of Excellence finishes
Renormalized base 78.9 shrunk to 66.6 at 57% confidence + bonuses = 72.
Sensory profileestimated
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Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
Taste this against three others Cherry picks.
Brew a set side-by-side. Cherry varies the picks along axes that pair with this lot; origin, process, roast, or producer; so you learn the difference, not just drink four good cups.
Reference · About the varietal & origin
About La Barba Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 80/100
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
La Barba Coffee
$2.58/oz· $31/bag