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Guatemalan Medium Roast
Medium
Cherrybook Index
62sparse
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$2.19/oz$21.86 for 283g
this lot $2.19$1.36$2.67
Typical band for this profile $1.36 to $2.67 (Guatemala process unlisted single-origin lots (variety unlisted, retail bags); USD listings in stock). Where it sits
Catalog summary
A lot from Huehuetenango, Guatemala, not yet indexed (2 of 7 signals on file) and priced inside the typical band for its listed profile.
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
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 ↗
Cherrybook last checked this listing today.
Roaster’s notes
red apple · hazelnut · milk chocolate
- Fruit
- Cocoa and nut
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
- 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 contextmodeled
A modeled range and current prices for comparable listings.
$2.19/oz
typically $1.36 to $2.67
Where it sits
27 Guatemala process unlisted single-origin lots (variety unlisted, retail bags); USD listings in stock
typical band this lot
96th percentile of 27 Guatemala process unlisted single-origin lots (variety unlisted, retail bags); USD listings in stock right now.
What moves this price
cheaper×1.00pricier
- Roaster brand and sourcing×1.04
- Process not listed×0.97
- Variety not listed×0.97
- Altitude not listed×0.97
How this estimate works
A statistical model, refit weekly across the in-stock catalog, estimates what a coffee with these listed attributes typically sells for per ounce. Each multiplier compares one trait against the average lot in this market; the roaster line covers brand and sourcing together, which this model cannot separate. Bag size is shown separately, priced at the rate observed across sizes of the same coffee, because it says nothing about the coffee itself. The distribution counts every in-stock listing in the comparison group, with at least 15 listings from three roasters and no roaster supplying more than 60% of it. Decaf, blends, variety segments, processing families and bag formats stay separate. Origin, roast and selling currency can broaden as the group label indicates. Prices are converted to USD per ounce; shipping and differences in tax treatment are not adjusted. The model reads listed attributes only: the quality of the specific lot in the bag is not observable, so a price above the typical band is not evidence of overpricing.
Some listing details are missing or have limited model coverage, so the typical band shown is wider than usual.
Not listed by the roaster: process, variety, altitude
Cherrybook Index (CBI)
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
62
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 77.6 shrunk to 65.8 + bonuses = 62.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 88/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 40/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +1Editorial coverage clusterThis roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
- +-5Stale-stock demotionThis lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 3
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
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
On YouTube
4 videos · 7k combined views
Red Bay Coffee has 1 video on their channel; 3 videos come from outside reviewers (CBS News, KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA, Visit Oakland).