Elton Farms
WashedDark
Cup profile
orange marmalade · cardamom · fruit leather
- Fruit
- Citrus
- Sugar and spice
- Origin
- Mbeya, TZ
- Producer
- Elton Farm
- Farm / Co-op
- Elton Farm
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1600 m
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 369g
- Bag price
- $24.00
- Price / oz
- $1.84/oz
- Brew
- —
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Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
62
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
- 75/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 70/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
Renormalized base 71.1 shrunk to 62.1 at 57% confidence = 62.
Flavor wheelestimated
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Merit Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 70/100
Merit Coffee is mentioned briefly in passing by a user listing espresso blends they have tried (specifically their Wildcatter espresso blend), with no specific complaints or detailed discussion about the roaster itself.
espresso blends
Threads cited (7)
- r/Coffee · ↑ · In the interest of extending product longevity, is there any merit in leaving the lid off
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Are you supposed to be WOWed every bag?
- r/Coffee · ↑ · More light, bright, fruity, decaf recommendations
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Turkish Coffee methods
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Scent of Grinding Whole Beans vs Pre-ground
- r/roasting · ↑ · Do different beans have different first crack temperatures? Also a couple of ancillary que
- r/espresso · ↑ · Help with consistently sour shots [gaggia classic pro Evo/varia vs3 gen 2]
On YouTube
2 videos · 3k combined views
2 videos cover Merit Coffee from reviewers Flatland Cavalry, Lets Get Lexi (Alexis Pence).