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Parlor Coffee

Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Chelbessa

WashedNorthscore 81
Origin
Yirgacheffe, ET
Farm / Co-op
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Altitude
1900–2200 m
Varietals
heirloom
Harvest
—
Weight
227g
Price / oz
$2.62/oz
Brew
—

As cupped

honey · bergamot · raspberry

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Roasts to order · ships in ~2d

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 of our coffee is roasted to order, and we work hard to fulfill orders as quickly as possible. We roast coffee five days a week, Sunday through Thursday” source ↗

Northscore

Quality score with explicit source coverage. Methodology

81

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

  • Community sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    85/ 44% weight
  • Sensory average
    Mean of acidity, body, sweetness, balance, cleanliness
    75/ 56% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Roast Magazine Roaster of the Year
    This roaster has been recognized as Roaster of the Year by Roast Magazine within the last decade
    +2

Base weighted score: 79.4 + bonuses = 81

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About Parlor Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 85/100

Parlor Coffee is held in high regard by the specialty coffee community, particularly for their light roasts. Users frequently praise their Ethiopian offerings, noting that they perform exceptionally well across various brew methods, including V60 and espresso. While mentions are often brief, they consistently associate the roaster with high-quality, specialty-grade beans.

excellent light roastshigh-quality Ethiopian beansversatile for different brew methodswell-regarded specialty roaster
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YouTube reviewers have published 5 popular videos about Parlor Coffee (4,592,320 combined views). Channels include BKON Brew, Epicurious, Fellow and others.

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