La Palta - Peru
WashedLight
Cherrybook Index
52sparse
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 1 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
US$2.33/ozJPY 2000.00 for 150g
Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.
Catalog summary
A washed lot from Cajamarca, Peru, not yet indexed (1 of 7 signals on file).
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
No longer available at the roaster
Last verified 38 days ago.
Roaster’s notes
blueberry · red apple · apricot · cocoa
- Fruit
- Cocoa and nut
Open the flavor wheel
Mapped from the roaster’s tasting notes to the SCA flavor wheel; Cherrybook’s interpretation of the stated notes, not the roaster’s own categorization.
- Origin
- Cajamarca, PE
- Producer
- Merly Leon
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 2236 m
- Varietals
- Bourbon
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 150g
- Bag price
- JPY 2000.00
- Price / oz
- US$2.33/oz
- Brew
- —
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
From the editors
This lot is no longer available at the roaster.
We last reached the roaster’s page for this coffee 38 days ago. It now returns a not-found or members-only response, so we’ve archived the buy link rather than send anyone to a dead page. The notes, sensory chart, and editorial context below remain useful as a record of what this lot offered.
Cherrybook Index (CBI)
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
52
Sparse signal
Confidence1 of 7 signals on file
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. This coffee has 5% of the signal universe on file. Missing sources are dropped, remaining weights are renormalized, and the result is shrunk toward a neutral 50 baseline by 88% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
The math on file: renormalized base 65.0 shrunk to 51.9 = 52.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, Reddit sentiment, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 65/ 100% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Sensory profile
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 5
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 5
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Light Up Coffee
On YouTube
Meet the roaster on camera
About the roasterInterview
[Collaboration] 5 steps that got Yuma Kawano of LIGHT UP COFFEE hooked on coffee
/岩崎泰三 -Coffee Journalist Taizo Iwasaki - · 48.4K views on YouTube
Watch on YouTubeThis video covers Light Up Coffee; it is general roaster coverage.
Cherrybook summary of the video
The video features an interview with Yuma Kawano of Light Up Coffee at their Kichijoji location. It highlights Kawano's philosophy on coffee, his focus on single-origin beans, and the shop's efficient, minimalist operation.
Inside this video
From /岩崎泰三 -Coffee Journalist Taizo Iwasaki -:
“あんまり他の人とこうコラボしたり絡んだりっていう印象もないですし、ご自身が考えてるコーヒーへの愛、コーヒーへの哲学をただただ真っ直ぐな瞳で語る。”
“8年貯めたこのオペレーションのスムーズさがあるんで、絶対いけます。”
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