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Verve Coffee Roasters

Ethiopia Mustefa Abakeno

WashedLight

Cherrybook Index

75Strong

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

$1.92/oz$23.00 for 340g

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Catalog summary

A washed lot from Jimma, Ethiopia, indexed 75 on sparse evidence.

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

No longer available at the roaster

Last verified 0 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

pear · marmalade · pine

  • Fruit
  • Citrus
  • Unclassified
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Ethiopia Mustefa Abakeno by Verve Coffee Roasters
Origin
Jimma, ET
Farm / Co-op
Beshasha Kebele
Process
Washed
Altitude
1950–2100 m
Varietals
Heirloom
Harvest
—
Weight
340g
Bag price
$23.00
Price / oz
$1.92/oz
Brew
espresso, filter, immersion

from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated

From the editors

This lot is no longer available at the roaster.

We last reached the roaster’s page for this coffee 0 days ago. It now returns a not-found or members-only response, so we’ve archived the buy link rather than send anyone to a dead page. The notes, sensory chart, and editorial context below remain useful as a record of what this lot offered.

Cherrybook Index (CBI)

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

75

Strong

Sparse signal

Confidence2 of 7 signals on file

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. This coffee has 23% of the signal universe on file. 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.

The math on file: renormalized base 89.1 shrunk to 72.5 + bonuses = 75.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    93/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    75/ 22% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Roast Magazine Roaster of the Year
    This roaster has been recognized as Roaster of the Year by Roast Magazine within the last decade
    +2
  • Editorial coverage cluster
    This roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
    +1

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About Verve Coffee Roasters

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 93/100

Two Reddit posters strongly praise Verve. One names it among favorite high-quality roasters; another calls Verve 1950 an absolute favorite and says all sampled Verve coffees outperformed the poster's home roasts.

favorite roaster1950 coffee
Threads cited (2)
  • r/roasting · 8↑ · Procuring high-quality green beans

    I have really started enjoying great coffee over the last year and want to try home roasting. My favorite roasters are Heart, Verve, Intelligentsia, George Howell, Culture, and whoever roasts for Kaffee 1668. Couple of questions: 1. How much quality is sacrificed roasting at home versus what is possible using a large c

  • r/roasting · 4↑ · Help me get a better roast out of my Quest M3 with graphs!

    ...ted burnt/baked with less clarity 2.5/5. https://s4.postimg.org/fc27lwznx/El_Salv_Tashi_Washed_2.jpg During my tasting at the shop, I was lucky to meet Kevin from Verve coffee, and he cupped along with my samples. We cupped 3 Verve coffees. My absolute favorite of the bunch is their 1950. All of the verve coffees we

On YouTube

7 videos · 71k combined views

Verve Coffee Roasters has 1 video on their channel; 6 videos come from outside reviewers (Bran, Brian Quan, Talks at Google, and others).

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