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Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

Los Lajones Catuai

Anaerobic NaturalLightSCA 87.0Northscore 57
Origin
PA
Farm / Co-op
Los Lajones
Process
Anaerobic Natural
Altitude
2400–2400 m
Varietals
catuai
Harvest
—
Weight
230g
Bag price
GBP 14.25
Price / oz
$2.23/oz
Brew
espresso, filter

As cupped

raspberry · passion fruit · melon

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Roasts to order · ships in ~2d

Your bag is roasted after you order — expect a short delay before it ships, but it arrives as fresh as the roaster can make it.

“All the coffees you buy from us are hand-roasted to order. That means we wait until we receive your order before we fire up the roaster.” source ↗

Northscore

Quality score with explicit source coverage. Methodology

57

Moderate confidence

Confidence70% coverage / 3 of 4 signals

Enough source signal for comparison, but not every source family is present. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped and the remaining weights are renormalized.

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  • Community sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    75/ 29% weight
  • Sensory average
    Mean of acidity, body, sweetness, balance, cleanliness
    65/ 36% weight
  • SCA grade
    Roaster-published cupping score
    35/ 36% weight

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About Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Well-regarded· sentiment 75/100

Union Hand-Roasted is recognized as a well-established UK roaster that is widely accessible. Community members mention them as a standard option for both everyday house blends and more experimental, unique offerings like their Ugandan Excelsa. While they are not the primary focus of most enthusiast discussions, they are viewed as a reliable, mainstream choice for those exploring specialty coffee.

widely accessible UK roasterreliable house blendsinteresting experimental releasesmainstream specialty option
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YouTube reviewers have published 6 popular videos about Union Hand-Roasted Coffee (229,120 combined views). Channels include Abel & Cole, Get Bean'd, Union Coffee and others.

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