Peru El Cautivo
WashedLight
Cherrybook Index
62sparse
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$1.92/oz$23.00 for 340g
Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.
Catalog summary
A washed lot from Cajamarca, Peru, 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 51 days ago.
Roaster’s notes
milk chocolate · caramel · papaya · plum · chocolate chip cookies · vanilla custard · cola · fig compote · tamarind · cinnamon
- Fruit
- Cocoa and nut
- 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.
- Origin
- Cajamarca, PE
- Producer
- Porfirio Correa
- Farm / Co-op
- Chirinos
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1850–1900 m
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $23.00
- Price / oz
- $1.92/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
62
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 71.1 shrunk to 62.1 = 62.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 75/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 70/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Speckled Ax
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 70/100
Two Reddit threads are positive about Speckled Ax, with one freshness caveat. A brewer called the Birddog coffee awesome but said its flavor seemed to fade around two and a half weeks after roast. In a Portland discussion, a recent visitor praised the staff and coffee and said the bags tasted as good from their home machine as they had in the shop.
Birddog flavor and freshnessstaff and cafe experienceat-home cup consistency
Threads cited (2)
- r/pourover · 8↑ · Portland Maine Roaster’s
Portland Maine Roaster’s Thoughts on Speckled Ax, Tandem coffee, Coffee by Design, any other comments or experiences with them Just had speckled axe last week and took home a couple of bags. Great staff, even better coffee. Strange observation, but it tastes just as good coming out of my machine as it did at the store
- r/espresso · 3↑ · Beans losing flavor too fast…
...ng my Bambino Plus and I continue to aim for 18g in, 36g out in 30 seconds. Using the Saint Anthony PF double basket, single wall. Any ideas? I could swap to the IMS which I haven’t been a huge fan of for fresh beans tbh. Medium roast. This happened with Speckled Ax Birddog (which is awesome btw) and Red Bird Espres