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Saint Frank Coffee

Burundi Bumba Hill Natural — Espresso

Natural

Cherrybook Index

59sparse

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

$2.18/oz$24.00 for 312g

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Catalog summary

A natural lot from Kayanza, Burundi, not yet indexed (2 of 7 signals on file).

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

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Cherrybook last checked this listing 48 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

chocolate · raspberries · rose aromatics · orange citrus

  • Fruit
  • Citrus
  • Floral
  • Cocoa and nut
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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.

Burundi Bumba Hill Natural — Espresso by Saint Frank Coffee
Farm / Co-op
Long Miles Coffee Project
Process
Natural
Altitude
1700 m
Varietals
Bourbon
Harvest
Weight
312g
Bag price
$24.00
Price / oz
$2.18/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

59

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 65.8 shrunk to 59.1 = 59.

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

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    66/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    65/ 22% weight

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
4
Body
3
Sweetness
4
Balance
4
Clean
4

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About Saint Frank Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Mixed reviews· sentiment 66/100

Three Reddit contributions give a mixed-to-positive view of Saint Frank Coffee. One drinker loved Little Brother and called it a favorite chocolate-style blend, while another praised Bourbon Rosado's pink lemonade and grapefruit notes. A separate Bay Area taster said Saint Frank served the area's worst pourover among the shops they had tried.

Little Brother chocolate-style blendBourbon Rosado fruit notesone negative pourover report
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On YouTube

6 videos · 45k combined views

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Saint Frank Coffee

$2.18/oz· $24.00 a bag

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