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Nkanda

Washed70Noted
Nkanda by Variety Coffee Roasters
Origin
Ngozi, BI
Farm / Co-op
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Process
Washed
Altitude
1700–2190 m
Varietals
red_bourbon
Harvest
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Weight
300g
Bag price
$25.00
Price / oz
$2.36/oz
Brew
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As cupped

apricot · lime zest · cashew butter · grape soda

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Roasts daily · ships in ~2d

Roasts most weekdays, so most orders ship within a day or two of the roast date.

“We roast every day here in Brooklyn because we fucking love coffee.” source ↗

Cherry's Index

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

70

Noted

Confident

Confidence53% coverage / 4 of 7 signals

Enough independent signal to score at face value; no shrinkage applied. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped, the remaining weights are renormalized, and the result is shrunk toward a neutral 50 baseline by 0% so a single thin signal can’t carry the score on its own.

Missing: SCA grade, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings

  • YouTube reviews
    Sentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
    75/ 19% weight
  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    70/ 34% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    70/ 9% weight
  • Coffee Review
    Mean score from coffeereview.com
    60/ 38% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Sprudge press coverage
    This roaster has been featured by Sprudge
    +2
  • Editorial coverage cluster
    This roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
    +1

Base weighted score: 67.2 + bonuses = 70

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About Variety Coffee Roasters

Community reputation · Reddit

Well-regarded· sentiment 70/100

There is no mention of "Variety Coffee Roasters" in the provided threads. The threads discuss coffee varieties, roasting techniques, and other specific roasters, but not this entity. As per instructions, I am defaulting to a neutral-positive sentiment of 70.

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Press · Sprudge

On YouTube

8 videos · 19160k combined views

8 videos cover Variety Coffee Roasters from reviewers European Coffee Trip, James Hoffmann, Ethan Chlebowski, and others.

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Variety Coffee Roasters

$2.36/oz· $25/bag

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