Juneteenth Limited Release
WashedMedium-Light★ 4.9 (338)· not counted
Cherrybook Index
69Noted
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$2.50/oz$25.00 for 283g
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Buyers
★ 4.9from 338 on-shop ratings · not counted in the Index
Catalog summary
A washed lot from Kericho County, Kenya, indexed 69 on sparse evidence.
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
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Roasts daily
Roasts most weekdays, so most orders ship within a day or two of the roast date.
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Roaster’s notes
hibiscus · cherry · baking spice · caramel
- Fruit
- Floral
- Sugar and spice
Open the flavor wheel
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
- Kericho County, KE
- Producer
- Boma Farmers Cooperative Society
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1550–1950 m
- Varietals
- —
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 283g
- Bag price
- $25.00
- Price / oz
- $2.50/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
69
Noted
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 80.8 shrunk to 67.7 + bonuses = 69.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 88/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 55/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +1Editorial coverage clusterThis roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
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On-shop ratings · this coffee
4.9/ 5· 338 public ratings on Red Bay Coffee’s product page
via judgemePublic aggregate shown on this lot’s page on Red Bay Coffee’s storefront. Cherrybook stores the average and count, plus a small set of recent identity-free excerpts when the provider makes them available.
How ratings count toward the Index
To count toward Cherrybook Index, an aggregate must come from a supported source, match this product, include at least 5 ratings, and have been refreshed within 90 days. Its weight is 12% for 5–24 ratings, 15% for 25–99, or 18% for 100 or more. Higher tiers require another base signal; a ratings-only lot stays at 12%.
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About Red Bay Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Cult favorite· sentiment 88/100
Two Reddit posters praise Red Bay. One names it as a favorite Oakland roaster; another reports a Brazilian Cake Lady espresso with creamy body, balanced acidity, and no added bitterness.
Oakland favoritebalanced espresso
Threads cited (2)
- r/Coffee · 95↑ · What's your favorite local roaster in every city you've lived in/spent significant time in
Favorite local roaster from every city I've lived in/spent at least 2 months in: Oakland CA USA: Red Bay Coffee Munich Germany: Man Vs Machine Prague CZ: Doubleshot Bridgton/Denmark ME USA: Maine Morning Micro Brooklyn NY: Grumpy Jerusalem Israel: there isn't really a bean one as far as I know (?), but good ol' Turkish
- r/espresso · 8↑ · Can someone help me make sense of this?
...ecause I had never really messed with long ratios before, I gave it a shot and I have to say I'm a bit surprised. Here's what I did: * 18 grams of Red Bay's Brazilian Cake Lady (medium roast) * 52 grams out (1:\~2.9) in about 35 seconds I expected noticeably thinner mouthfeel and I expected bitter notes to begin to
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