Milk Blend Espresso
Natural74Noted
- Origin
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- Producer
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- Farm / Co-op
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- Process
- Natural
- Altitude
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- Varietals
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- Harvest
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- Weight
- 335g
- Bag price
- $12.00
- Price / oz
- $1.02/oz
- Brew
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from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Cherrybook last checked this listing 20 days ago.
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
74
Noted
Preliminary
Confidence28% coverage / 2 of 7 signals
Score is partially shrunk toward a neutral 50 — read directionally until more source families land. 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 30% so a single thin signal can’t carry the score on its own.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings, Roaster transparency
- 85/ 64% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 85/ 36% weightYouTube reviewsSentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
Bonuses applied
- +-0Stale-stock demotionThis lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
Renormalized base 85.0 shrunk to 74.5 at 70% confidence + bonuses = 74.
Comps & alternatives
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About Prodigal Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Cult favorite· sentiment 85/100
Prodigal is highly regarded by enthusiasts, frequently mentioned alongside other top-tier roasters like Sey and Black & White. Users appreciate their high-quality, light-roast offerings, and the roaster is noted for being transparent and communicative regarding business practices like shipping costs. While one user found a specific coffee underwhelming, they noted that adjusting their brewing method significantly improved the cup, reinforcing the roaster's reputation for high-quality, albeit technique-sensitive, beans.
high-quality light roaststransparent communicationfrequently compared to top-tier roasterstechnique-sensitive beanspremium pricing
Threads cited (5)
- r/pourover · ↑ · Iced Filter Coffee from Coffee Movement changed my cold coffee game
- r/espresso · ↑ · My most significant discovery so far in pulling light roast espresso
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- r/roasting · ↑ · Bad roast or brew?
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On YouTube
5 videos · 18k combined views
Outside coverage of Prodigal Coffee focuses heavily on the technical expertise and rigorous roasting methodology of founder Scott Rao. Reviewers emphasize the roastery's commitment to high-speed, high-capacity production cycles and precise environmental controls. The brand is consistently portrayed as a hub for professional-grade roasting education and data-driven process optimization.
Technical roasting precisionHigh-speed production cyclesData-driven process optimizationProfessional roasting education focusRigorous environmental control standards
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$1.02/oz· $12/bag