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Stumptown Coffee Roasters

Hair Bender — Ground

Dark

Cup profile

citrus · dark chocolate · raisin

  • Fruit
  • Citrus
  • Cocoa and nut
Hair Bender — Ground by Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Origin
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Producer
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Farm / Co-op
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Altitude
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Varietals
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Harvest
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Weight
340g
Bag price
$19.00
Price / oz
$1.58/oz
Brew
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from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated

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Cherry's Index

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology

58

Confident

Confidence53% coverage / 4 of 7 signals

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

How confidence affects the score

Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. 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, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings

  • YouTube reviews
    Sentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
    85/ 19% weight
  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    72/ 34% weight
  • Coffee Review
    Mean score from coffeereview.com
    50/ 38% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    20/ 9% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Editorial coverage cluster
    This roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
    +1
  • Stale-stock demotion
    This lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
    +-4

Base weighted score: 61.3 + bonuses = 58

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
2
Body
4
Sweetness
4
Balance
4
Clean
3

Flavor wheelestimated

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About Stumptown Coffee Roasters

Community reputation · Reddit

Well-regarded· sentiment 72/100

Stumptown is recognized across the community as an established specialty coffee name, often mentioned as an early introduction to specialty coffee or referenced for classic blends like Holler Mountain. While some threads discuss larger industry dynamics or look for home-roasting equivalents to their profile, the brand is generally treated as a familiar baseline in specialty coffee conversation.

well-known specialty pioneerclassic blends (Holler Mountain)PNW staple
Threads cited (10)

On YouTube

8 videos · 2040k combined views

Outside coverage of Stumptown Coffee Roasters highlights their collaborative role in educational brew guides and their hands-on roasting operations in Brooklyn. Reviewers and media features, such as collaborations with Bon Appétit, demonstrate the brand's commitment to sharing accessible brewing techniques for methods like the Aeropress, Hario V60, and French press. Additionally, Associated Press shop tours emphasize their meticulous roasting process using traditional equipment like Probat roasters to highlight sweetness and flavor development from green bean to finished product.

Collaborative educational brew guidesProbat roaster operationFlavor and sweetness developmentAccessible brewing techniques

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