Ethiopia Wasa Natural
NaturalLightCherry’s Index 77
- Origin
- Sidama, ET
- Producer
- Dukamo family
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Natural
- Altitude
- —
- Varietals
- other
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $27.00
- Price / oz
- $2.25/oz
- Brew
- —
As cupped
strawberry · cacao nib · lemonade
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Roasts daily
Roasts most weekdays, so most orders ship within a day or two of the roast date.
“We roast to order Monday through Friday. Our coffee ships on the same day it's roasted to make sure you’re enjoying it as fresh as possible.” source ↗
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
77
Preliminary
Confidence33% 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 18% so a single thin signal can’t carry the score on its own.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 85/ 55% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 85/ 30% weightYouTube reviewsSentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
- 65/ 15% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +1Editorial coverage clusterThis roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
Renormalized base 82.0 shrunk to 76.4 at 83% confidence + bonuses = 77.
Sensory profileestimated
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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
About Olympia Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Cult favorite· sentiment 85/100
Olympia Coffee Roasters is consistently regarded as a high-quality roaster within the coffee community. Users frequently cite their beans as producing excellent, flavorful cups, with one user describing their 'Big Truck' espresso blend as the best shot they've ever had. While there is one report of a difficult brew with a decaf bag, it is framed as an isolated technical issue rather than a quality complaint, and the brand is generally associated with positive experiences and reliable, fresh product.
high quality beansexcellent espresso blendsfresh roast dateswidely respected roaster
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On YouTube
5 videos · 72k combined views
Outside coverage highlights Olympia Coffee Roasters as a technically proficient entity within the specialty coffee industry. Reviewers emphasize the roaster's focus on educating consumers about the relationship between roast profiles and extraction variables. The content suggests that the roaster prioritizes precision and a deep understanding of coffee chemistry to achieve optimal brewing results.
Technical roasting expertiseFocus on extraction scienceEducational approach to brewingEmphasis on coffee solubility
From Olympia Coffee Roasters
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