Justino Huamán
Washed Geisha
Washed
Cherrybook Index
52sparse
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$3.28/oz$33.00 for 285g
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Catalog summary
A washed lot from Cusco, Peru, not yet indexed (2 of 7 signals on file).
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
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Roaster’s notes
orange · mango · grape
- 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.
- Origin
- Cusco, PE
- Producer
- Justino Huamán
- Farm / Co-op
- Finca Limonniyoc
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 2100 m
- Varietals
- Geisha
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 285g
- Bag price
- $33.00
- Price / oz
- $3.28/oz
- Brew
- —
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
52
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
- 75/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 48/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
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
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Inside the Roastery at Prodigal (behind the scenes tour)
Roaster Kat · 7.8K views on YouTube
Watch on YouTubeThis 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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