Nicaragua Cup of Excellence #25
NaturalMedium-Light65Noted

- Origin
- Matagalpa, NI
- Producer
- Viento Del Espiritu Santo
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Natural
- Altitude
- 1200–1200 m
- Varietals
- java
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 425g
- Bag price
- $18.00
- Price / oz
- $1.20/oz
- Brew
- espresso, filter, french_press
As cupped
caramel · red apple · pecan · granny smith apple
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
65
Noted
Confident
Confidence43% coverage / 3 of 7 signals
Enough independent signal to score at face value; no shrinkage applied. 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 0% so a single thin signal can’t carry the score on its own.
Missing: SCA grade, YouTube reviews, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 70/ 42% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 65/ 12% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 55/ 47% weightCoffee ReviewMean score from coffeereview.com
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
- +1Editorial coverage clusterThis roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
- +-0Stale-stock demotionThis lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
Base weighted score: 62.4 + bonuses = 65
Sensory profile
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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 Press Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 70/100
The provided Reddit threads do not contain any mentions of Press Coffee Roasters. The search results discuss coffee equipment like French presses, grinders, and roasting tools, but the roaster itself is absent from the conversation. As per instructions, I am defaulting to a neutral/positive sentiment floor of 70.
no community mentions founddiscussions focused on equipmentneutral presence
Threads cited (8)
- r/pourover · ↑ · Filter paper press
- r/pourover · ↑ · Lido 2: How does it stack up today?
- r/espresso · ↑ · Shardor 64mm flat burr zero point
- r/roasting · ↑ · SR800 Alternate Knob Design
- r/pourover · ↑ · Electric Kettle Budget
- r/espresso · ↑ · Best coffee only espresso all in one machine [$2000]
- r/espresso · ↑ · Espresso machine broken- very frustrating [Espressione Combination Espresso and Drip Coffe
- r/roasting · ↑ · Only collecting temp... Is Artisan overkill?
Press · Sprudge
- La Marzocco Becomes First Espresso Machine Manufacturer To Achieve B Corp Certification2026-05-29·sprudge
They achieved an impact score of 84.4.
- Ducati Just Made A $3,000 Espresso Machine That Only Runs On Coffee Pods2026-05-22·sprudge
The Barista M3 1926 Limited Edition makes only one kind of sense.
Press Coffee Roasters
$1.20/oz· $18/bag