El Higuerón
Washed Sidra
Washed80Cherry's Index
Cup profile
caramel apple · watermelon · pomegranate
- Fruit
- Sugar and spice

- Origin
- Huila, CO
- Producer
- Fabiola Ortega and Julio Muñoz
- Farm / Co-op
- El Higueron
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1750–1900 m
- Varietals
- sidra
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 150g
- Bag price
- $22.00
- Price / oz
- $4.16/oz
- Brew
- —
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Batch roasted weekly
Roasted on a scheduled weekly rhythm. Very fresh if you order right after a roast day; less so near the end of the cycle.
“NEW CUTOFF FOR ORDERS: TUESDAY AT 6AM Next Roast Date: 7/7” source ↗
Cherrybook last checked this listing 3 days ago.
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
80
Strong
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/ 55% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 85/ 30% weightYouTube reviewsSentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
- 80/ 15% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
Renormalized base 84.2 shrunk to 78.3 at 83% confidence + bonuses = 80.
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- 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 Regalia Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Cult favorite· sentiment 85/100
Regalia Coffee is well-regarded among specialty coffee enthusiasts, particularly those who favor light roasts and Nordic-style profiles. They are frequently grouped alongside respected specialty roasters like Sey and Prodigal for their approach to lighter roasts and single-origin offerings. Customers discuss and enjoy their experimental processes, clean flavor profiles, and specific origins like their Ethiopian coffees.
Light roast focusNordic style profileExperimental processesGrouped with top specialty roasters
Threads cited (10)
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Decaf Gripes - Roasters, Please Don't Do This
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Tricolate Infodump
- r/Coffee · ↑ · My One Week Long Light Roast Cold Brew Experiment
- r/espresso · ↑ · Revisiting Caffe Crema/Coffee Shots: An Updated Recipe
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Water Composition and Buying Local
- r/pourover · ↑ · Nordic Style roasters in the US
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Questions on Experimental Coffee Processes
- r/pourover · ↑ · Yesterday's Coffee - Nguisse Nare from Regalia
- r/pourover · ↑ · Coffee tastes different day to day - suddenly losing sweetness
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Fear of Channeling
Press · Sprudge
- Help Regalia Roasting Collective Rebuild After A Fire2022-04-29·sprudge
They look to raised $80,000 to help with rebuilding costs.
- Paolo Maliksi Of Regalia Collective: The Sprudge Twenty Interview2021-06-10·sprudge
We interview 2021 Sprudge Twenty inductee Paolo Maliksi of Regalia Collective in New York.
- Inside Regalia Roasting Collective, A Shared Roasting Space In Long Island City2019-06-19·sprudge
Regalia Roasting Collective in Long Island City, New York.
On YouTube
3 videos · 6k combined views
Outside coverage highlights Regalia Coffee as the driving force behind Multimodal, a shared roasting collective and incubator space. Reviewers emphasize the collaborative and accessible nature of the setup, which allows new brands to roast with low financial risk. The initiative is portrayed as community-focused, welcoming anyone interested in coffee production to build a business.
Multimodal roasting collectiveLow-risk business incubatorShared equipment modelCommunity-focused production