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Costa Rica - Alejo Castro Volcancito

NaturalMedium★ 4.7 (6)Cherry’s Index 73
Costa Rica - Alejo Castro Volcancito by Nektar Coffee Roasters
Producer
Alejo Castro
Farm / Co-op
Volcan Azul
Process
Natural
Altitude
1550–1650 m
Varietals
—
Harvest
—
Weight
300g
Bag price
CAD 21.00
Price / oz
$1.44/oz
Brew
—

As cupped

blackberry · black plum · spices

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Cherry's Index

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology

73

Preliminary

Confidence35% coverage / 3 of 7 signals

Score is partially shrunk toward a neutral 50 — read directionally until more source families land. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped, the remaining weights are renormalized, and the result is shrunk toward a neutral 50 baseline by 13% so a single thin signal can’t carry the score on its own.

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  • Buyer reviews
    On-shop star ratings (Yotpo, Reviews.io, Okendo, Loox, Stamped, Judge.me)
    92/ 34% weight
  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    70/ 51% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    65/ 14% weight

Renormalized base 76.7 shrunk to 73.4 at 88% confidence = 73.

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Buyer reviews · this coffee

4.7/ 5· 6 reviews on Nektar Coffee Roasters’s product page
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About Nektar Coffee Roasters

Community reputation · Reddit

Well-regarded· sentiment 70/100

Nektar Coffee Roasters is recognized within the Canadian coffee community as a reputable roaster, appearing in curated lists of recommendations for those seeking domestic options. It is important to note that mentions of "Blak Nektar" in other threads refer to a completely different entity (an equipment retailer) and should not be conflated with the Quebec-based coffee roaster. There is no evidence of negative sentiment regarding the roaster's coffee quality or service.

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