Timor-Leste Samoro
WashedMedium-LightNorthscore 67
- Origin
- Ermera, TL
- Producer
- Samoro Cooperative
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1500–1600 m
- Varietals
- typica, other
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 250g
- Bag price
- GBP 13.00
- Price / oz
- $1.87/oz
- Brew
- —
As cupped
pear · sweet lemon · nougat
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 ↗
Northscore
Quality score with explicit source coverage. Methodology
67
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
- 75/ 44% weightCommunity sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 60/ 56% weightSensory averageMean of acidity, body, sweetness, balance, cleanliness
Sensory profileestimated
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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 North Star Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 75/100
North Star Coffee Roasters is recognized within the UK specialty coffee community as a reliable roaster. Users specifically highlight their decaf offerings as being high-quality and comparable to caffeinated roasts. Their base range is also noted as a solid, accessible entry point for those new to espresso.
reliable UK roasterhighly regarded decafaccessible base rangegood for espresso
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On YouTube · Reviewers discussing North Star Coffee Roasters
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