The Fermentation Project Tasting Kit
Guatemala
Medium-Light
Cherrybook Index
55sparse
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 1 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
—EUR 25.00
Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.
Catalog summary
A lot from Antigua Valley, Guatemala, not yet indexed (1 of 7 signals on file).
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Roasts to order · ships in ~3d
Your bag is roasted after you order; expect a short delay before it ships, but it arrives as fresh as the roaster can make it.
“Any order placed before 09:00 will be roasted, hand-packed and sent within 3 business days.” source ↗
Cherrybook last checked this listing today.
- Origin
- Antigua Valley, GT
- Producer
- Hector and Lilian Leal
- Farm / Co-op
- Finca San Miguel Urias
- Process
- —
- Altitude
- 1460–1540 m
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- —
- Bag price
- EUR 25.00
- Price / oz
- —
- Brew
- —
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
Cherrybook Index (CBI)
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
55
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 18% 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 55% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
The math on file: renormalized base 63.0 shrunk to 55.9 + bonuses = 55.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings, Roaster transparency
- 63/ 100% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
Bonuses applied
- +1Editorial coverage clusterThis roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
- +-1Stale-stock demotionThis lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
Comps & alternatives
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Manhattan Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Mixed reviews· sentiment 63/100
Two independent Reddit threads give Manhattan Coffee Roasters a mixed picture. One drinker called several experimental coffees amazing, while a recent local buyer found three bags merely acceptable and below the roaster's previous standard.
experimental coffeesrecent consistency concernsmixed value assessment
Threads cited (2)
- r/Coffee · 78↑ · At what point am I simply only tasting what I taste because of heavy/experimental processi
Manhattan double fermentation thermal shock are amazing. Have had the Letty, Luna, and Salma Bermudez. Highly recommend
- r/pourover · 19↑ · New beans are in, my first month has been expensive..
...ave experience with all 3. Simon Levelt: no roast date, not technically specialty coffee. This is what i would use for guests who dont appreciate coffee as much. Manhattan: As mentioned many times before in this sub, they lost their edge. I got 3 bags from them recently, and I found them to be alright, but nowhere n
On YouTube
Meet the roaster on camera
About the roasterShop tour
What's Inside Manhattan Coffee Roasters' Space? A Tour with Esther Maasdam & Ben Morrow
European Coffee Trip · 14.4K views on YouTube
Watch on YouTubeThis video covers Manhattan Coffee Roasters; it is general roaster coverage.
Cherrybook summary of the video
This video provides a tour of the Manhattan Coffee Roasters facility in Rotterdam, highlighting their transition from a smaller space to a large, production-focused roastery. It details their equipment, including their Typhoon roaster, and their approach to quality control, sourcing, and collaboration.
Inside this video
From European Coffee Trip:
“I do always say it's a factory, 'cause I think a roastery gets romanticized quite a bit when in the end of the day it is a factory with a load of machinery that are being operated.”
“The new space that we're in now is almost 980 square meters. This is including offices, but of course the biggest area is the production floor itself.”
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