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Small Planes Coffee

Ethiopia Abdo Aba Mecha

WashedLight

Cherrybook Index

70Noted

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

Price position

$1.83/oz$22.00 for 340g

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Catalog summary

A washed lot from Jimma, Ethiopia, indexed 70 on sparse evidence.

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

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Cherrybook last checked this listing 21 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

peach · black tea · cane sugar

  • Fruit
  • Floral
  • 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.

Ethiopia Abdo Aba Mecha by Small Planes Coffee
Origin
Jimma, ET
Farm / Co-op
—
Process
Washed
Altitude
1900–2100 m
Varietals
74110
Harvest
—
Weight
340g
Bag price
$22.00
Price / oz
$1.83/oz
Brew
filter, espresso

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

70

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 85.3 shrunk to 70.3 = 70.

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

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    91/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    65/ 22% weight

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
4
Body
2
Sweetness
4
Balance
4
Clean
5

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About Small Planes Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 91/100

Two Reddit posts praise Small Planes. One calls a roast excellent; another describes Arboretum espresso as extremely syrupy and sweet and says it prompted a bag purchase.

excellent roastsweet espresso
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