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Magnolia Coffee

Costa Rica Las Lajas Black Diamond SL 28

Anaerobic NaturalLight★ 5.0 (5)Northscore 75
Origin
CR
Farm / Co-op
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Process
Anaerobic Natural
Altitude
1500–1500 m
Varietals
sl28
Harvest
2025
Weight
340g
Bag price
$30.00
Price / oz
$2.50/oz
Brew
filter

As cupped

blackberry · plum · cocoa powder · molasses

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Price and availability set by the roaster.

Roasts daily · ships in ~2d

Roasts most weekdays, so most orders ship within a day or two of the roast date.

“Coffees in our other collections are roasted daily or every other day Mon through Thursdays.” source ↗

Northscore

Quality score with explicit source coverage. Methodology

75

Moderate confidence

Confidence65% coverage / 3 of 4 signals

Enough source signal for comparison, but not every source family is present. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped and the remaining weights are renormalized.

Missing: SCA grade

  • Community sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    75/ 31% weight
  • Sensory average
    Mean of acidity, body, sweetness, balance, cleanliness
    75/ 38% weight
  • Coffee Review
    Mean score from coffeereview.com
    70/ 31% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Customer reviews (solid)
    Customers have rated this coffee 4.0+ stars with 5+ reviews
    +2

Base weighted score: 73.5 + bonuses = 75

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About Magnolia Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Well-regarded· sentiment 75/100

"Magnolia" is frequently mentioned in Reddit threads, but almost exclusively as a specific coffee variety (often from the roaster DAK or Redbird) rather than as a standalone roaster brand. Users describe the DAK "Magnolia" coffee as subtle, floral, and nutty. There is no significant community discussion regarding a roaster actually named "Magnolia Coffee."

often confused with coffee variety namessubtle floral and nutty notesfrequently associated with DAK Coffee Roasterslack of brand-specific discussion
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