Pepe Jijón
Ecuador
Washed69Cherry's Index
Cup profile
honey · yellow apple · white flowers
- Fruit
- Floral
- Sugar and spice
- Origin
- Imbabura, EC
- Producer
- Pepe Jijon
- Farm / Co-op
- Finca Soledad
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1515 m
- Varietals
- sidra
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 250g
- Bag price
- EUR 55.00
- Price / oz
- $7.16/oz
- Brew
- filter, espresso
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Cherrybook last checked this listing 14 days ago.
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
69
Noted
Sparse signal
Confidence23% coverage / 2 of 7 signals
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. Missing sources are dropped, remaining weights are renormalized, and the result is shrunk toward a neutral 50 baseline by 43% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 85/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 80/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +-0Stale-stock demotionThis lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
Renormalized base 83.9 shrunk to 69.5 at 57% confidence + bonuses = 69.
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 5
- Clean
- 5
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
2 videos · 16k combined views
2 videos cover Manhattan Coffee Roasters from reviewers European Coffee Trip, Coffee Reviews.