Hambela — Filter
Natural
Cherrybook Index
70Noted
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Confident: 3 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
US$1.91/ozEUR 14.50 for 250g
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Catalog summary
A natural lot from Guji, Ethiopia, indexed 70 on confident evidence.
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
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Cherrybook last checked this listing 101 days ago.
Roaster’s notes
cacao nibs · ripe cherry · blueberry · 70% chocolate
- Fruit
- Cocoa and nut
Open the flavor wheel
Mapped from the roaster’s tasting notes to the SCA flavor wheel; Cherrybook’s interpretation of the stated notes, not the roaster’s own categorization.
- Origin
- Guji, ET
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Natural
- Altitude
- 2200–2400 m
- Varietals
- Heirloom
- Harvest
- 2024
- Weight
- 250g
- Bag price
- EUR 14.50
- Price / oz
- US$1.91/oz
- Brew
- filter
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
Cherrybook Index (CBI)
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
70
Noted
Confident
Confidence3 of 7 signals on file
Enough independent signal to score at face value; no shrinkage applied.
How confidence affects the score
Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 43% of the signal universe on file. Missing sources are dropped, remaining weights are renormalized, and the result is shrunk toward a neutral 50 baseline by 0% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
Missing: SCA grade, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 72/ 42% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 70/ 12% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 65/ 47% weightCoffee ReviewMean score from coffeereview.com
Bonuses applied
- +1Editorial coverage clusterThis roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
Base weighted score: 68.5 + bonuses = 70
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 3
- Body
- 4
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
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About Nomad Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 72/100
Three Reddit contributions give Nomad Coffee a mixed but favorable product picture. One Moka-pot brew of Tropical Fruit had an intense cheese-like aroma. Another brewer found regrinding two Nomad coffees greatly improved clarity, balance, and fruit notes. A third praised a molasses-process coffee as strongly sweet and called Nomad excellent.
Tropical Fruit aromaregrinding and claritymolasses-process coffee
Threads cited (3)
- r/Coffee · 108↑ · Why does my coffee smell strongly of parmesan cheese?
**What I did:** 3 cup Moka pot 20 clicks comandante Aeropress filter "Tropical Fruit" from Nomad I brewed starting with preheated water on a medium heat, lowering as the brewer filled. Brew time was roughly 30 - 40 seconds. The brewer and cups were clean with no residual soap. The coffee smelled extremely badly of stro
- r/Coffee · 47↑ · Not telling you to try regrinding, but also do it
...lance increased significantly and a tropical storm hit my tongue with acidity, sweetness, and great vibes. The coffee was an Ethiopian Ayla competition lot from nomad roasters in Barcelona and although I'd been having decent results with it, I was struggling to bring out the pineapple and cherry notes that I could t
- r/Coffee · 9↑ · Molasses processing? Anyone tried that ever? Looking for info/resources
...ested below but processed in a similar way as honey, etc. V60 or French Press I found a bit full on, it is a very strong sweet taste, but an inverted aeropress either as a mock espresso or cut with oat milk was fantastic…. Genuinely! Also a v60 over ice worked really well as it softened it somewhat. Nomad are excell
On YouTube
4 videos · 131k combined views
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