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Chelbesa Danche, Prodigal Coffee
Prodigal Coffee, Boulder, CO

Chelbesa Danche

Mostly fruit, a little citrus, a little floral

In stock at Prodigal Coffee. We don't carry it yet.

$24.00250g bag
At Prodigal Coffee

About Chelbesa Danche

How is it rated?

62Cherrybook Index, from 2 sources.

  • YouTube, on the roaster85
  • What the roaster discloses80
  • Reddit, on the roaster48

With this little evidence the score is pulled toward a neutral 50; more signals will move it.

Whether we sell a coffee never changes its score. How the Index works

What will it taste like?

Mostly fruit, a little citrus, a little floral.

  • Fruit71%
  • Citrus14%
  • Floral14%

The roaster’s notes: orange, tart cherry, rose, pineapple, grape, raspberry, powdered sugary blueberries.

See these notes on the flavor wheel

Mapped from the roaster’s tasting notes to the SCA flavor wheel: our reading of their notes, not the roaster’s own categories.

How does the price compare?

$2.72an ounce. Similar coffees run $2.20 to $3.51.

What moves the price

  • Roaster brand and sourcing+21%
  • High altitude (2200 m)+8%
  • Light roast+6%
  • Washed process−4%

A statistical model, refit weekly across the in-stock catalog, estimates what coffees with these listed traits sell for per ounce.

Back of the bag

What Prodigal Coffee publishes about this coffee.

Origin
Gedeb, ET
Process
Washed
Variety
Kurume, Other
Altitude
2200 m
Roast
Light
Bag
250g
Suggested brew
filter

The variety and the origin

About Prodigal Coffee

The roaster’s page

Meet the roaster on camera

4 videos

About the roasterShop tour

Inside the Roastery at Prodigal (behind the scenes tour)

Roaster Kat · 8.6K views on YouTube

Watch on YouTube

This video covers Prodigal Coffee; it is general roaster coverage.

Cherrybook summary of the video

This video provides a tour of the Prodigal Coffee roastery, highlighting their roasting process, equipment, and green coffee storage. It also touches on their team structure and their approach to sourcing and roasting.

Inside this video

From Roaster Kat:

“We roast fast, so we're six batches an hour at full capacity.”
“We keep all the green that we're going to roast that week out so it comes up to room temp.”

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Across the coverage of Prodigal Coffee

Outside coverage of Prodigal Coffee, led by industry figure Scott Rao, emphasizes a highly technical and precise approach to coffee roasting. Reviewers and tour features highlight their focus on equipment mechanics, such as burner capacity and bean probe placement, alongside efficient production methods like high-speed roasting. Overall, coverage portrays Prodigal as a scientifically driven roastery rooted in deep roasting expertise.

Technical roasting focus · Scott Rao expertise · Equipment optimization · High-speed roasting workflow · Precise batch sizing

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