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Ecuador | Hacienda La Papaya | Typica Mejorado Anaerobic

Anaerobic NaturalLight71Noted
COE 2020#3
Ecuador | Hacienda La Papaya | Typica Mejorado Anaerobic by La Barba Coffee
Origin
Loja, EC
Producer
Juan Peña
Farm / Co-op
Hacienda La Papaya
Altitude
1900–2100 m
Harvest
—
Weight
340g
Bag price
$31.00
Price / oz
$2.58/oz
Brew
—

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

As cupped

guava · white grape · honey

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Cherry's Index

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

71

Noted

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.

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  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    80/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    75/ 22% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Multi-time Cup of Excellence finalist
    This producer has multiple Cup of Excellence finishes
    +5
  • Stale-stock demotion
    This lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
    +-0

Renormalized base 78.9 shrunk to 66.6 at 57% confidence + bonuses = 71.

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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
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