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Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters

Finca Sumava Black Moon

Anaerobic WashedDark

Cherrybook Index

71Noted

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

$2.98/oz$21.00 for 200g

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Catalog summary

An anaerobic Washed lot from West Valley, Costa Rica, indexed 71 on sparse evidence.

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Roaster’s notes

sangria · tamarind · lychee

  • Fruit
  • Citrus
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Mapped from the roaster’s tasting notes to the SCA flavor wheel; Cherrybook’s interpretation of the stated notes, not the roaster’s own categorization.

Finca Sumava Black Moon by Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters
Farm / Co-op
Finca Sumava
Altitude
1700 m
Varietals
Other
Harvest
—
Weight
200g
Bag price
$21.00
Price / oz
$2.98/oz
Brew
filter, espresso

from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated

Cherrybook Index (CBI)

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology

71

Noted

Sparse signal

Confidence2 of 7 signals on file

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. This coffee has 23% of the signal universe on file. 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.

The math on file: renormalized base 87.3 shrunk to 71.5 = 71.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    88/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    85/ 22% weight

Comps & alternatives

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About Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 88/100

Two independent Reddit comments give Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters strongly favorable but limited evidence. One contributor named its Jose Cuellar among their favorite coffees of the year. Another included Phil & Sebastian among Canadian roasters with great coffee.

Jose Cuellar coffeefavorite-of-year mentionCanadian roaster recommendation
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On YouTube

Meet the roaster on camera

5 videos

About the roasterBrand film

Phil & Sebastian Coffee | The Ampersand Strikes Again

Coffee Showcase · 30K views on YouTube

Watch on YouTube

This video covers Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters; it is general roaster coverage.

Cherrybook summary of the video

A reflection on the branding of Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters, focusing on their distinct ampersand logo and how the company built an identity where the symbol stands in for the name.

Inside this video

From Coffee Showcase:

“Not a lot of companies are able to shift their identity to a logo that does not include their name.”
“The ampersand strikes again.”

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Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters

$2.98/oz· $21.00 a bag

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