Carmen Estate Espresso
WashedNorthscore 72
- Origin
- PA
- Producer
- —
- Farm / Co-op
- Carmen Estate
- Altitude
- —
- Varietals
- caturra
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 300g
- Price / oz
- $2.22/oz
- Brew
- —
As cupped
plum · nougat · black tea
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Roasts to order · ships in ~4d
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.
“To send the freshest coffee possible, please allow 1-2 days for orders to be processed and roasted” source ↗
Northscore
Quality score with explicit source coverage. Methodology
72
Limited signal
Confidence45% coverage / 2 of 4 signals
Treat this as a directional read until more source families land. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped and the remaining weights are renormalized.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review
- 80/ 44% weightCommunity sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 60/ 56% weightSensory averageMean of acidity, body, sweetness, balance, cleanliness
Bonuses applied
- +3World Coffee Championships finalist lotThis roaster sourced a World Coffee Championships finalist routine
Base weighted score: 68.9 + bonuses = 72
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Monogram Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 80/100
Monogram Coffee is highly regarded within the Canadian specialty coffee scene and is frequently cited as a top-tier roaster by enthusiasts. Users often praise their light roasts, particularly their fruit-forward Gesha offerings, noting high quality and excellent extraction potential. While generally well-loved, experiences can vary; one user reported disappointment with a specific decaf offering, highlighting the subjective nature of their flavor profiles. Overall, they are viewed as a significant step up in quality for those transitioning from commodity coffee.
high-quality light roastsfruit-forward profilestop-tier Canadian roasterexcellent for espresso and pour-overconsistent quality upgrade
Threads cited (10)
- r/pourover · 463↑ · We never know what the future holds
- r/espresso · 217↑ · Monogram Coffee's Gesha Village Extraction Stills
- r/Coffee · 170↑ · What price point do you find is the transition point from ‘ok’ brand to ‘great’ beans?
- r/pourover · 88↑ · 2025 - Year in Coffee
- r/pourover · 85↑ · Encore vs. Ode Gen 2 vs. 078 - A Casual's Perspective & Blind Tasting
- r/pourover · 83↑ · Most Memorable Coffees of 2024, Country by Country
- r/espresso · 64↑ · Any Canadians on here have recommendations for roasters that ship here?
- r/pourover · 53↑ · 3 years of Garbage - 30 KG of coffee - 1.3 million MG of caffine
- r/pourover · 48↑ · Coolest wife ever
- r/pourover · 45↑ · Same decaf beans, different roasters
On YouTube · Reviewers discussing Monogram Coffee
YouTube reviewers have published 3 popular videos about Monogram Coffee (8,187 combined views). Channels include Coffee Reviews, Stronghold Cast Global, That Food Cray !!!.