Astro Explore Blend
Seasonal Explore Blend
Medium★ 4.5 (4)
Cup profile
red berries · malted milk biscuits · dark chocolate · red apple · citrus · grapefruit · raspberry jam
- Fruit
- Citrus
- Cocoa and nut
- Origin
- CO
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- —
- Altitude
- —
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 250g
- Bag price
- GBP 13.00
- Price / oz
- $1.97/oz
- Brew
- espresso
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Roasts to order · ships in ~1d
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.
“All our coffee is roasted to order which means it is packed and dispatched before it has had time adequately 'de-gas'.” source ↗
Cherrybook last checked this listing 3 days ago.
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
59
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/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 60/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +-4Stale-stock demotionThis lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
Renormalized base 71.7 shrunk to 62.5 at 57% confidence + bonuses = 59.
Sensory profile
- Body
- 4
Flavor wheelestimated
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
Buyer reviews · this coffee
4.5/ 5· 4 reviews on North Star Coffee Roasters’s product page
via judgemeAggregate of star ratings buyers left on this lot’s page on North Star Coffee Roasters’s storefront. Cherrybook stores the average + count, not the individual reviews; tap through to read what buyers wrote.
Read all 4 reviews on North Star Coffee Roasters →Last refreshed Jul 13, 2026
About North Star Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 75/100
North Star Coffee Roasters is viewed as a reliable, high-quality UK roaster. They are frequently mentioned alongside other well-regarded roasters like Square Mile and Horsham, indicating they are considered a peer in the specialty coffee space. Users appreciate their offerings, including their decaf options, and they are a go-to choice for those seeking light to medium, fruit-forward coffees.
well-regarded UK roasterfruit-forward profilesfrequently grouped with top-tier roastersquality decaf options
On YouTube
2 videos · 3k combined views
North Star Coffee Roasters has 1 video on their channel; 1 video comes from outside reviewers (Zettle by PayPal).
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