APICUC - Guatemala Specialty Coffee
WashedMedium68Cherry's Index
Cup profile
milk chocolate · apricot · plum · honey · sweet · silky · round · caramel · apple · cherry · baking spices
- Fruit
- Cocoa and nut
- Sugar and spice
- Origin
- Huehuetenango, GT
- Producer
- Various Smallholders
- Farm / Co-op
- Asociacion de Apicultores y Cafifultores de Union Cantinil (APICUC)
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1300–2000 m
- Varietals
- bourbon
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 425g
- Bag price
- $24.00
- Price / oz
- $1.60/oz
- Brew
- —
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Cherrybook last checked this listing 14 days ago.
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
68
Noted
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
- 82/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 75/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Renormalized base 80.5 shrunk to 67.5 at 57% confidence = 68.
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 3
- Body
- 4
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 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
About Panther Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 82/100
Panther Coffee is recognized as a staple of the Miami coffee scene and appreciated nationally among specialty coffee enthusiasts. Users frequently praise specific offerings like their espresso and the '1927' blend, noting their smooth, full-bodied profile suited for milk drinks and espresso. While one user initially struggled with extraction parameters due to switching from darker commercial roasts to Panther's denser beans, the community quickly provided helpful guidance to dial them in successfully. Overall, they are grouped alongside respected regional roasters and enjoyed as a go-to local or subscription option.
Miami specialty staplegreat for espressofull-bodied roastsdense bean selectionwell-regarded regional roaster
Threads cited (10)
- r/Coffee · ↑ · A Visitor’s Review of Miami Coffee
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Anyone from Miami familiar with Panther could help me out? Regarding brewing their beans a
- r/Coffee · ↑ · What brewing method and device is best for me based on my taste preferences?
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Blue Bottle expansion on TV news
- r/espresso · ↑ · Wildflower Honey and Cinnamon Latte with Oat Milk. Espresso by Panther Coffee in FL.
- r/Coffee · ↑ · /r/Coffee, who is your favorite roaster in your local city?
- r/Coffee · ↑ · My latest routine
- r/espresso · ↑ · Your favorite Coffee roasters
- r/espresso · ↑ · I love espresso afternoons. Just tried Panther 1927 and it’s amazing.
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Winners of 2015 GoodFoodAwards Coffee
On YouTube
2 videos · 11k combined views
2 videos cover Panther Coffee from reviewers hungryinbrooklyn, Eater.