Faustino Flores Benegas, Peru
WashedLightSCA 88.0
- Origin
- Cajamarca, PE
- Producer
- Faustino Flores Benegas
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1824–1824 m
- Varietals
- bourbon
- Harvest
- 2025
- Weight
- 300g
- Bag price
- AUD 29.00
- Price / oz
- $1.93/oz
- Brew
- filter
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
As cupped
blood orange · raspberry · cacao
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Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
65
High confidence
Confidence58% coverage / 4 of 7 signals
Multiple independent source families support this score at full weight. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped, the remaining weights are renormalized, and the result is shrunk toward a neutral 50 baseline by 0% so a single thin signal can’t carry the score on its own.
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- 85/ 31% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 85/ 17% weightYouTube reviewsSentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
- 75/ 9% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 40/ 43% weightSCA gradeRoaster-published cupping score
Sensory profile
Flavor wheelestimated
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
Taste this against three others Cherry picks.
Brew a set side-by-side. Cherry varies the picks along axes that pair with this lot; origin, process, roast, or producer; so you learn the difference, not just drink four good cups.
Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Seven Seeds Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Cult favorite· sentiment 85/100
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