Colombia Astrid Medina
Washed80Cherry's Index
Cup profile
grapefruit · green apple · yellow peach · black tea · cane sugar
- Origin
- Tolima, CO
- Producer
- Astrid Medina
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1900–1900 m
- Varietals
- caturra
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 2.2 lb
- Bag price
- JPY 98.00
- Price / oz
- $0.02/oz
- Brew
- —
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Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
80
Strong
Preliminary
Confidence33% coverage / 3 of 7 signals
Score is partially shrunk toward a neutral 50 — read directionally until more source families land.
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 18% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 90/ 30% weightYouTube reviewsSentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
- 85/ 55% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 80/ 15% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Renormalized base 85.8 shrunk to 79.5 at 83% confidence = 80.
Sensory profileestimated
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Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
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About Leaves Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Cult favorite· sentiment 85/100
Leaves Coffee Roasters, based in Tokyo, is highly regarded by those who have visited or ordered from them. Users specifically praise the exceptional clarity and cleanliness of their roasts, particularly their Ethiopian and Kenyan offerings. They are frequently mentioned in the context of Tokyo's high-end coffee scene alongside other respected roasters like Glitch and Apollon Gold.
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