Yemen Auction — Best of 2025 Archive Release
NaturalLight71Cherry's Index
- Origin
- YE
- Producer
- —
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Natural
- Altitude
- —
- Varietals
- —
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 272g
- Bag price
- $80.00
- Price / oz
- $8.34/oz
- Brew
- —
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Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
71
Noted
Preliminary
Confidence28% coverage / 2 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 30% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings, Roaster transparency
- 80/ 36% weightYouTube reviewsSentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
- 75/ 64% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
Renormalized base 76.8 shrunk to 68.8 at 70% confidence + bonuses = 71.
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
Taste this against three others Cherry picks.
Brew a set side-by-side. Cherry varies the picks along axes that pair with this lot; origin, process, roast, or producer; so you learn the difference, not just drink four good cups.
Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Modcup Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 75/100
Modcup Coffee is recognized by community members as a local specialty roaster based in Jersey City, NJ, with a thread highlighting their delicious local roasts. (Note: One thread comment also likely confuses them with the similarly named Madcap in a subscription pricing discussion).
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Press · Sprudge
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On YouTube
2 videos · 8k combined views
Coverage highlights Modcup Coffee as a micro roastery in Jersey City Heights focused on absolute freshness. Reviewers and interviews emphasize their small batch roasting philosophy and their aggressive timeline for consuming beans quickly after roasting. The founders position themselves against industry norms regarding coffee freshness.
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