El Vergel Decaf — Espresso
Colombia
NaturalDark79Cherry's IndexDecaf
Cup profile
sweet baked apple · prunes · dark chocolate
- Fruit
- Cocoa and nut
- Origin
- Tolima, CO
- Producer
- Elias & Shady Bayter
- Farm / Co-op
- El Vergel Estate
- Process
- Natural
- Altitude
- 1450–1450 m
- Varietals
- caturra
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 250g
- Bag price
- EUR 14.00
- Price / oz
- $1.81/oz
- Brew
- —
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Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
79
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
- 85/ 55% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 85/ 30% weightYouTube reviewsSentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
- 85/ 15% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Renormalized base 85.0 shrunk to 78.9 at 83% confidence = 79.
Sensory profile
- Body
- 4
Flavor wheelestimated
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Manhattan Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Cult favorite· sentiment 85/100
Manhattan Coffee Roasters is frequently discussed alongside top-tier European specialty roasters, known for offering high-end, world-class light roasts and experimental or co-fermented beans. Mentioned alongside elite names like Sey, DAK, and La Cabra, they are often sought out by enthusiasts looking for exceptional origin coffees and unique processing methods, though some note the higher price point or shipping costs outside of Europe.
world-class light roastsexperimental and co-ferment processingelite European roasterhigh end pricing and shippingfrequently grouped with Sey and DAK
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On YouTube
1 video · 13k combined views
Coverage from European Coffee Trip highlights Manhattan Coffee Roasters as a large, highly organized production facility in Rotterdam. Reviewers and founders emphasize a realistic, factory-style approach to roasting rather than romanticized notions. The facility tour showcases serious scale with advanced equipment like a Typhoon roaster alongside dedicated quality control and sourcing efforts.
Rotterdam production facilityAnti-romanticized factory approachTyphoon roaster equipmentQuality control and sourcing