Taste of Prodigal Sampler
Cherrybook Index
44sparse
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 1 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$3.12/oz$33.00 for 300g
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Catalog summary
This lot, not yet indexed (1 of 7 signals on file).
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- Weight
- 300g
- Bag price
- $33.00
- Price / oz
- $3.12/oz
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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.
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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