Pavement Dark - Dark Roast Blend
Natural / WashedMedium-Dark
Cup profile
dark chocolate · jammy fruit · caramel
- Fruit
- Cocoa and nut
- Sugar and spice
- Origin
- MX
- Producer
- —
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Natural / Washed
- Altitude
- —
- Varietals
- —
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 363g
- Bag price
- $16.99
- Price / oz
- $1.33/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 6 days ago.
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
45
Sparse signal
Confidence15% 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 63% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, Reddit sentiment, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 40/ 67% weightYouTube reviewsSentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
- 40/ 33% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
- +-3Stale-stock demotionThis lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
Renormalized base 40.0 shrunk to 46.3 at 38% confidence + bonuses = 45.
Sensory profile
- Body
- 4
Flavor wheelestimated
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Pavement Coffeehouse
Press · Sprudge
- Build-Outs Of Summer: Pavement Coffeehouse In Boston, MA2018-06-19·sprudge
Pavement Coffeehouse in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Build-Outs Of Summer: Pavement Coffeehouse’s Boston Refurb2013-09-19·sprudge
Vernacular slang from The Hub.
On YouTube
1 video · 5k combined views
Coverage of Pavement Coffeehouse in third party video focuses primarily on labor organizing rather than coffee quality or roasting style. A mini documentary by More Perfect Union details the successful unionization efforts of Boston baristas at the company. Reviewers and documentary subjects highlight concerns regarding management practices and toxic work environments as key catalysts for the movement. Ultimately, outside coverage frames Pavement as a prominent case study in contemporary coffee shop labor activism.
Successful barista unionizationBoston coffee scene labor historyManagement and workplace culture concernsShifting power to workers
Coverage from others