People Get Ready
Guatemalan Medium Roast
Medium66Cherry's Index
Cup profile
red apple · hazelnut · milk chocolate
- Fruit
- Cocoa and nut
- Origin
- Huehuetenango, GT
- Producer
- Felipe Martinez
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- —
- Altitude
- —
- Varietals
- —
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 283g
- Bag price
- $21.86
- Price / oz
- $2.19/oz
- Brew
- filter
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Roasts daily
Roasts most weekdays, so most orders ship within a day or two of the roast date.
“We roast coffee daily at our Public Roastery in East Oakland.” source ↗
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Cherrybook last checked this listing 13 days ago.
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
66
Noted
Preliminary
Confidence33% coverage / 3 of 7 signals
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. 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.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 85/ 30% weightYouTube reviewsSentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
- 75/ 55% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 40/ 15% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +1Editorial coverage clusterThis roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
- +-4Stale-stock demotionThis lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
Renormalized base 72.7 shrunk to 68.8 at 83% confidence + bonuses = 66.
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 3
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
Flavor wheelestimated
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
Taste this against three others Cherry picks.
Brew a set side-by-side. Cherry varies the picks along axes that pair with this lot; origin, process, roast, or producer; so you learn the difference, not just drink four good cups.
Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Red Bay Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 75/100
Red Bay Coffee is mentioned positively by community members, including as a favorite local roaster for Oakland, California, and by espresso enthusiasts experimenting with their beans (such as 'Brazilian Cake Lady' and other blends). While one user noted initial acidity with a standard ratio before adjusting their technique and basket size, the overall context reflects normal dial-in discussions rather than product criticism.
local favorite (Oakland)medium roastespresso use
On YouTube
3 videos · 5k combined views
Outside coverage portrays Red Bay Coffee as a pioneering force in Oakland that champions diversity and equity within the specialty coffee industry. Reviewers and feature segments highlight the company as a black-owned business committed to inclusive hiring practices and community representation. The roaster is positioned as a key player in the fourth wave of coffee, using its platform to shift industry culture and welcome underrepresented groups.
championing diversity and inclusionblack-owned business leadershipfourth wave coffee movementoakland community engagementshifting industry culture