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Rogue Wave Coffee

Panama - Bambito Estate Red Bourbon

NaturalMedium-LightNorthscore 79
Origin
PA
Farm / Co-op
Bambito Estate
Altitude
1660–1800 m
Varietals
red_bourbon
Harvest
—
Weight
200g
Price / oz
$2.28/oz
Brew
espresso, filter

As cupped

apricot · blueberry · fig · chocolate · floral

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Northscore

Quality score with explicit source coverage. Methodology

79

Limited signal

Confidence45% coverage / 2 of 4 signals

Treat this as a directional read until more source families land. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped and the remaining weights are renormalized.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review

  • Community sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    80/ 44% weight
  • Sensory average
    Mean of acidity, body, sweetness, balance, cleanliness
    70/ 56% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Sprudge press coverage
    This roaster has been featured by Sprudge
    +2
  • World Coffee Championships finalist lot
    This roaster sourced a World Coffee Championships finalist routine
    +3

Base weighted score: 74.4 + bonuses = 79

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About Rogue Wave Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Well-regarded· sentiment 80/100

Rogue Wave is widely recognized within the specialty coffee community as a high-quality Canadian roaster. They are frequently cited alongside other top-tier roasters in recommendations and are noted for maintaining a helpful, publicly accessible database of brewing recipes for their coffees. While they are a staple for Canadian coffee enthusiasts, their reach extends to US-based multi-roaster cafes that curate high-end international selections.

high-quality Canadian roasterhelpful brewing recipe databasefrequently recommended in multi-roaster listsconsistent specialty coffee staple
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Press · Sprudge

On YouTube · Reviewers discussing Rogue Wave Coffee

YouTube reviewers have published 7 popular videos about Rogue Wave Coffee (38,915 combined views). Channels include Rogue Wave Coffee Co.

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