Ethiopia Bench Maji
WashedLight
Cherrybook Index
69Noted
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$1.95/oz$25.00 for 363g
this lot $1.95$2.08$3.36
Typical band for this profile $2.08 to $3.36 (washed single-origin lots (gesha, retail bags); USD listings; light roast in stock). Where it sits
Catalog summary
A washed lot from Bench Maji, Ethiopia, indexed 69 on sparse evidence and priced below the typical band for its listed profile.
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
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.
“Roast days are Monday - Thursday. All orders are roasted and shipped on the next roast day after your order is placed” source ↗
Cherrybook last checked this listing today.
Roaster’s notes
apricot · jasmine · melon
- Fruit
- Floral
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
- Bench Maji, ET
- Producer
- Gesha Village
- Farm / Co-op
- Gesha Karmach Farm
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1900–2100 m
- Harvest
- 2025
- Weight
- 363g
- Bag price
- $25.00
- Price / oz
- $1.95/oz
- Brew
- —
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.
$1.95/oz
typically $2.08 to $3.36
Priced below what this profile typically sells for
Where it sits
19 washed single-origin lots (gesha, retail bags); USD listings; light roast in stock
typical band this lot
16th percentile of 19 washed single-origin lots (gesha, retail bags); USD listings; light roast in stock right now.
What moves this price
cheaper×1.00pricier
- Gesha variety×1.60
- Roaster brand and sourcing×0.78
- High altitude (2000 m)×1.08
- Light roast×1.06
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.
Cherrybook Index (CBI)
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
69
Noted
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 91.3 shrunk to 73.7 + bonuses = 69.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 93/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 85/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +-5Stale-stock demotionThis lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
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
About Roseline Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Cult favorite· sentiment 93/100
Two Reddit contributors give strong Roseline endorsements. One calls a Roseline coffee among the best they have had; another places Roseline among the greatest roasters they have found.
favorite roasterexceptional coffee
Threads cited (2)
- r/Coffee · 8↑ · Shoutout to the great customer service at Roseline!
one of the best coffees i’ve ever had was from roseline! love them!
- r/roasting · 6↑ · Oh lawdy help me! I'm hooked!
...ver of speciality coffee for probably 15 or more years now. Had the pleasure of living in close proximity to a couple of the greatest roasters I've found (Heart & Roseline), but now I'm back home in Chicago, which is sadly kind of a dark roast kind of town. Anyway, I've entertained the idea of home roasting for a lo