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Tim Wendelboe

Gachatha

Washed72Cherry's Index

Cup profile

blackcurrants · blackberries · raisins

  • Fruit
Gachatha by Tim Wendelboe
Origin
Nyeri, KE
Farm / Co-op
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Process
Washed
Altitude
—
Harvest
—
Weight
311g
Bag price
$19.00
Price / oz
$1.73/oz
Brew
—

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Cherry's Index

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

72

Noted

Sparse signal

Confidence23% coverage / 2 of 7 signals

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. 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.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    95/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    60/ 22% weight

Renormalized base 87.4 shrunk to 71.5 at 57% confidence = 72.

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
5
Body
3
Sweetness
4
Balance
4
Clean
5

Flavor wheelestimated

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About Tim Wendelboe

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 95/100

Tim Wendelboe is widely regarded as a titan of the specialty coffee world, particularly famous for his pioneering Nordic light roast style. Reddit users frequently group him alongside elite roasters like Sey and praise his offerings—such as specific farm lots, washed coffees, and budget-friendly test roasts—for their incredible clarity, floral notes, and sweetness. While subscription shipping times and international costs can occasionally pose hurdles depending on the destination, the beans themselves command immense respect and are a frequent benchmark for light-roast lovers.

pioneering Nordic light roastexceptional clarity and floralstest roasts as a great valuefrequently benchmarked with Seywashed coffees standard-bearer
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On YouTube

8 videos · 295k combined views

Tim Wendelboe has 5 videos on their channel; 3 videos come from outside reviewers (ROEST Coffee, Roaster Kat, Bob van G).

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