COLOMBIA Excelso
WashedNorthscore 76
- Origin
- CO
- Producer
- —
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1400–2000 m
- Varietals
- castillo, caturra, colombia
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 369g
- Bag price
- $20.50
- Price / oz
- $1.57/oz
- Brew
- —
As cupped
chocolate · cherry · cranberry · orange
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Northscore
Quality score with explicit source coverage. Methodology
76
Limited signal
Confidence45% coverage / 2 of 4 signals
Treat this as a directional read until more source families land. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped and the remaining weights are renormalized.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review
- 85/ 44% weightCommunity sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 65/ 56% weightSensory averageMean of acidity, body, sweetness, balance, cleanliness
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
Base weighted score: 73.9 + bonuses = 76
Sensory profileestimated
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Tasting flight
Taste this against three others Cherry picks.
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Sump Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Cult favorite· sentiment 85/100
Sump Coffee is highly regarded within the specialty coffee community, frequently cited as a top-tier roaster doing "great things." Visitors to their St. Louis location praise the cozy atmosphere and the quality of their in-house pourovers and espresso. Customers are consistently impressed by the accuracy of their tasting notes and the unique, high-quality flavor profiles of their beans, including experimental processes. While generally beloved, some users have noted quirks in their online pricing structure regarding bulk bag sizes.
high-quality, unique flavor profilesaccurate tasting notescozy cafe atmosphereconsistent espresso and pourover qualityquirky online bulk pricing
Threads cited (10)
- r/pourover · 124↑ · March Madness: Favorite American Roaster
- r/pourover · 114↑ · Cupping and Comparing High Clarity / Low Body Unimodal Burrs - 64mm SSP Multipurpose, 58mm
- r/pourover · 66↑ · What’s everyone’s top 5 favorite roasters in 2025?
- r/pourover · 55↑ · STL Pourovers - Sump, Comet, Upshot
- r/espresso · 50↑ · Confused - Is this normal?
- r/Coffee · 43↑ · The Importance of Particle Size- Scott Carey from Sump Coffee
- r/Coffee · 36↑ · Sump Coffee documentary, very philosophical
- r/pourover · 31↑ · Insane Beans from Sump
- r/Coffee · 28↑ · Secret Santa Aftermath
- r/Coffee · 26↑ · 50 MORE Coffee Roasters to Follow on Instagram and their websites.
Press · Sprudge
- New Study Finds Moderate Coffee Consumption Linked With Lower Stress & Anxiety2026-03-26·sprudge
Two to three cups of coffee daily may be able to keep your stress levels down.
- Coffee Consumption Linked With Higher Chronic Pain In Older Individuals2025-12-10·sprudge
The downside of coffee consumption.
On YouTube · Reviewers discussing Sump Coffee
YouTube reviewers have published 5 popular videos about Sump Coffee (45,577 combined views). Channels include Hypegirl Creative, STL Curator, sumpcoffee.