Kayu - Filter
Single Origin
Light
Cherrybook Index
53sparse
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$2.23/oz$26.75 for 340g
Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.
Catalog summary
A lot from Murang'a, Kenya, not yet indexed (2 of 7 signals on file).
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
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Roaster’s notes
strawberry · white tea · citrus · sweet
- Fruit
- Citrus
- Floral
- Sugar and spice
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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
- Murang'a, KE
- Producer
- Kayu Coffee Factory
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- —
- Altitude
- 1650 m
- Varietals
- —
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $26.75
- Price / oz
- $2.23/oz
- Brew
- filter
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
53
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 55.2 shrunk to 53.0 = 53.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 58/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 45/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 5
- Body
- 2
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 5
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
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Community reputation · Reddit
Mixed reviews· sentiment 58/100
Two Reddit posts give mixed but meaningful Ritual evidence. One treats Ritual as a commercial quality benchmark; another calls its Quilanga a nice bag while finding the roast slightly too developed and less acidic than preferred.
commercial roast benchmarkQuilanga roast balance
Threads cited (2)
- r/roasting · 12↑ · The setup of John Battaglia (Ritual Coffee Roasters)
Weird- my brother just came back from SF yesterday and brought me a bag of Quilanga (ecuador) from Ritual. I had never heard of them before. It's a nice bag- but I feel it was pushed a tad too far and lost some acidity.
- r/roasting · 5↑ · how important is equipment?
I've been roasting for a bit but my coffee has always turned out a bit one dimensional, especially when compared to the likes of four barrel / ritual. Do air poppers deliver an inferior product compared to fancier drum roasters? Rather, how important is the speed of the roast?
On YouTube
4 videos · 72k combined views
Ritual Coffee Roasters has 1 video on their channel; 3 videos come from outside reviewers (Andy Kang, Brian Castellani, WholeFoodsMarket).
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