Ethiopia Shantawene
NaturalMedium-LightSCA cup 94.0
Cherrybook Index
68Noted
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Confident: 3 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
—$69.00
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Catalog summary
A natural lot from Sidama, Ethiopia, indexed 68 on confident evidence.
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
No longer available at the roaster
Last verified 112 days ago.
Roaster’s notes
blackberry · honey · floral · dark chocolate
- Fruit
- Floral
- Cocoa and nut
- Sugar and spice
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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
- Sidama, ET
- Producer
- Shantawene Washing Station
- Farm / Co-op
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- Process
- Natural
- Altitude
- —
- Varietals
- —
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- —
- Bag price
- $69.00
- Price / 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 112 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
68
Noted
Confident
Confidence3 of 7 signals on file
Enough independent signal to score at face value; no shrinkage applied.
How confidence affects the score
Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 45% 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 0% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
Missing: Reddit sentiment, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 70/ 49% weightSCA gradeRoaster-published cupping score
- 70/ 40% weightCoffee ReviewMean score from coffeereview.com
- 50/ 11% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
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