Decaf Ethiopia Guji Benti Natural

Name: Decaf Ethiopia Guji Benti Natural
Brand: Ruby Coffee Roasters
SKU: ruby-decaf-ethiopia-guji-benti-natural
Price: 34.00 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

NaturalLightDecaf

Cherrybook Index

74Noted

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Confident: 3 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

$2.83/oz$34.00 for 340g

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Catalog summary

A natural lot from Guji, Ethiopia, indexed 74 on confident evidence.

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

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Cherrybook last checked this listing 103 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

apricot · mango · honey · orange zest

Fruit
Citrus
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.

Decaf Ethiopia Guji Benti Natural by Ruby Coffee Roasters

Origin: Guji, ET
Producer: Eyasu Worasa
Farm / Co-op: Benti Nenka village
Process: Natural
Altitude: 1900–2180 m
Varietals: Heirloom
Harvest: —
Weight: 340g
Bag price: $34.00
Price / oz: $2.83/oz
Brew: —

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

Noted

Confident

Confidence3 of 7 signals on file

Enough independent signal to score at face value; no shrinkage applied.

How confidence affects the score

Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 43% 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 0% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.

Missing: SCA grade, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings

Reddit sentiment
Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
84/ 42% weight
Roaster transparency
Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
80/ 12% weight
Coffee Review
Mean score from coffeereview.com
60/ 47% weight

Bonuses applied

Sprudge press coverage
This roaster has been featured by Sprudge
+2

Base weighted score: 72.4 + bonuses = 74

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity: 4
Body: 2
Sweetness: 4
Balance: 3
Clean: 3

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About Ruby Coffee Roasters

Community reputation · Reddit

Well-regarded· sentiment 84/100

Two Reddit contributions praise Ruby. One calls it a very good example of a quality-focused roaster using more development; a separate office brew reportedly impressed coworkers.

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Threads cited (2)

r/Coffee · 56↑ · Are US specialty roasters leaning away from light roast coffee?
...which is obviously intentional. All of that is to say I don’t think this is necessarily a trend—quality-minded roasters tend to roast “lighter” and have done so for a while. But there are certainly some very good roasters that do roast with significantly more development, if that’s what you like (Ruby a good example
r/Coffee · 13↑ · Best approach for a small office?
...press is out, and even the Chemex or CleverDripper doesn’t easily produce that much coffee. I almost think that getting better beans (they have okay beans but were blown away when I used Ruby beans in the clever dripper) and a drip machine is the most reasonable… but that doesn’t feel like a “great” solution. Though

Press · Sprudge