Rwanda Mbilima
WashedLight77Strong
- Origin
- Gakenke District, RW
- Producer
- Mbilima Washing Station
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- —
- Varietals
- bourbon
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $24.00
- Price / oz
- $2.00/oz
- Brew
- —
As cupped
tea · red berry · honeysuckle
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
Strong
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
- 60/ 15% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +1Editorial coverage clusterThis roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
Renormalized base 81.2 shrunk to 75.8 at 83% confidence + bonuses = 77.
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 Olympia Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Cult favorite· sentiment 85/100
Olympia Coffee Roasters is consistently regarded as a high-quality roaster within the community. Users frequently cite their beans as producing excellent results, with one user describing their 'Big Truck' espresso blend as the best shot they've ever had. While there is a mention of a slow drawdown with one of their decaf offerings, it is treated as an isolated brewing challenge rather than a quality issue, and the brand is generally associated with positive experiences.
high-quality beansexcellent espresso blendswidely respected roasterconsistent positive feedback
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On YouTube
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Outside coverage consistently portrays Olympia Coffee Roasters as a technically proficient and ethically driven organization. Reviewers highlight their deep commitment to direct trade and improving the livelihoods of coffee producers across multiple countries. Furthermore, the roaster is recognized for providing educational content that emphasizes the scientific relationship between roast profiles and extraction variables.
Direct trade focusProducer quality premiumsTechnical roasting expertiseEducational brewing approachSocially conscious business model
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