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Variety Coffee Roasters

Nkanda

WashedNorthscore 45
Origin
Ngozi, BI
Farm / Co-op
Altitude
1700–2190 m
Varietals
red_bourbon
Harvest
Weight
300g
Bag price
$25.00
Price / oz
$2.36/oz
Brew

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 ↗

Northscore

Quality score with explicit source coverage. Methodology

45

Moderate confidence

Confidence65% 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.

Missing: SCA grade

  • Sensory average
    Mean of acidity, body, sweetness, balance, cleanliness
    70/ 38% weight
  • Coffee Review
    Mean score from coffeereview.com
    60/ 31% weight
  • Community sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    0/ 31% weight

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About Variety Coffee Roasters

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 95/100

Glitch Coffee Roasters in Japan is widely regarded by the coffee community as a "white whale" destination. Visitors consistently report that the experience lives up to the significant hype, particularly praising their light roast profiles, pronounced tasting notes, and the ability to choose specific bean varieties for different brew methods. While the Tokyo location is noted for long lines, the Osaka location is frequently recommended as a more accessible alternative. The consensus is that the in-store experience is exceptional, though some enthusiasts find the retail price of their beans difficult to justify for home brewing.

destination coffee experienceexceptional light roastspronounced tasting noteshighly professional staffpremium price pointworth the hype
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On YouTube · Reviewers discussing Variety Coffee Roasters

YouTube reviewers have published 8 popular videos about Variety Coffee Roasters (19,160,286 combined views). Channels include Curious Channel, Ethan Chlebowski, European Coffee Trip and others.