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Verve Coffee Roasters

Costa Rica Santa Rosa 1900 Espresso

Yellow HoneyMediumNorthscore 71
Origin
Tarrazú, CR
Farm / Co-op
Finca La Obediencia
Process
Yellow Honey
Altitude
1900–2000 m
Varietals
catuai
Harvest
—
Weight
340g
Bag price
$27.00
Price / oz
$2.25/oz
Brew
espresso

As cupped

red apple · raw honey · milk chocolate

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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.

“Orders placed after 8 am PST on Fridays will roast and ship the following Monday.” source ↗

Northscore

Quality score with explicit source coverage. Methodology

71

Limited signal

Confidence45% coverage / 2 of 4 signals

Treat this as a directional read until more source families land. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped and the remaining weights are renormalized.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review

  • Community sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    75/ 44% weight
  • Sensory average
    Mean of acidity, body, sweetness, balance, cleanliness
    65/ 56% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Sprudge press coverage
    This roaster has been featured by Sprudge
    +2

Base weighted score: 69.4 + bonuses = 71

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About Verve Coffee Roasters

Community reputation · Reddit

Well-regarded· sentiment 75/100

Verve is recognized as a staple, accessible specialty roaster, particularly within the California coffee scene. While it is frequently mentioned alongside other prominent West Coast roasters like Ritual, it is generally viewed as a reliable, high-quality option for both espresso and filter brewing. Community discussion often centers on its availability as a standard benchmark for home baristas rather than as a niche or experimental roaster.

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Press · Sprudge

On YouTube · Reviewers discussing Verve Coffee Roasters

YouTube reviewers have published 8 popular videos about Verve Coffee Roasters (54,424 combined views). Channels include AeroPress, Artisti Coffee Roasters., Brian Quan and others.

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