The Fermentation Project Collection
Light
- Origin
- Antigua, GT
- Producer
- Hector and Lilian Leal
- Farm / Co-op
- Finca San Miguel Urias
- Process
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- Altitude
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- Varietals
- —
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 1.0 lb
- Bag price
- $35.00
- Price / oz
- $2.19/oz
- Brew
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from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
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Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
64
Sparse signal
Confidence18% coverage / 1 of 7 signals
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. Missing sources are dropped, remaining weights are renormalized, and the result is shrunk toward a neutral 50 baseline by 55% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings, Roaster transparency
- 80/ 100% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
Renormalized base 80.0 shrunk to 63.5 at 45% confidence = 64.
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