Chelbesa One — Espresso

Name: Chelbesa One — Espresso
Brand: Prodigal Coffee
SKU: prodigal-chelbesa-one-espresso
Price: 27.00 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Washed

Cherrybook Index

52sparse

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

Price position

$2.69/oz$27.00 for 285g

Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.

Catalog summary

A washed lot from Gedeb, Ethiopia, not yet indexed (2 of 7 signals on file).

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

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Cherrybook last checked this listing 43 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

apricot · grape · black tea · mandarin orange · pomegranate · pineapple · lemon

Fruit
Citrus
Floral

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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.

Chelbesa One — Espresso by Prodigal Coffee

Origin: Gedeb, ET
Producer: SNAP Specialty Coffee
Farm / Co-op: —
Process: Washed
Altitude: —
Varietals: Kurume,Other
Harvest: —
Weight: 285g
Bag price: $27.00
Price / oz: $2.69/oz
Brew: 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

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 53.9 shrunk to 52.2 = 52.

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

Roaster transparency
Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
75/ 22% weight
Reddit sentiment
Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
48/ 78% weight

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity: 5
Body: 2
Sweetness: 4
Balance: 4
Clean: 5

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About Prodigal Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Polarizing· sentiment 48/100

Two independent Reddit contributions give Prodigal Coffee limited and mixed evidence. One home espresso drinker said they regularly bought light roasts including Prodigal and found that longer ratios and lower doses materially improved those coffees. Another found Prodigal inconsistent, with more misses and fewer hits than Sey.

light-roast espressodose and ratio adjustmentscoffee consistencycomparison with Sey

Threads cited (2)

r/espresso · 15↑ · My most significant discovery so far in pulling light roast espresso
...h the variable of dose. I own an 18 gram Decent basket and have always pulled 18 gram shots. I also always purchase lighter roast espresso (Dak, Black and White, Prodigal). I’ve had great success with longer ratio shots with Extractamundo Dos, but I could never pull a 2:1 shot without this underlying acidity that ne
r/pourover · 3↑ · Coffee Subscription Questions
No I don’t think so. I find prodigal a bit inconsistent and generally more misses and fewer hits than those of Sey. What are you looking to change by moving from Sey?

On YouTube

4 videos · 17k combined views

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