Ethiopia Hamesho Kebena
Washed
Cherrybook Index
79Strong
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Preliminary: 3 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$2.04/oz$18.00 for 250g
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Catalog summary
A washed lot from Sidamo, Ethiopia, indexed 79 on preliminary evidence.
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Roaster’s notes
purple grape · champagne · crisp
- Fruit
- Citrus
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- Origin
- Sidamo, ET
- Producer
- Heleanna Georgalis
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- —
- Varietals
- Heirloom
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 250g
- Bag price
- $18.00
- Price / oz
- $2.04/oz
- Brew
- —
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Cherrybook Index (CBI)
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
79
Strong
Preliminary
Confidence3 of 7 signals on file
Score is partially shrunk toward a neutral 50; read directionally until more source families land.
How confidence affects the score
Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 33% 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 18% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
The math on file: renormalized base 84.4 shrunk to 78.3 + bonuses = 79.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 90/ 30% weightYouTube reviewsSentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
- 88/ 55% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 60/ 15% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
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- +1Editorial coverage clusterThis roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
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