Costa Rica Don Joel
WashedLightSCA 87.0★ 4.0 (1)Northscore 59

- Origin
- CR
- Producer
- Don Joel
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1600–1600 m
- Varietals
- villa_sarchi
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $25.00
- Price / oz
- $2.08/oz
- Brew
- —
As cupped
mango · peach · melon
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Northscore
Quality score with explicit source coverage. Methodology
59
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.
Missing: Coffee Review
- 75/ 29% weightCommunity sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 70/ 36% weightSensory averageMean of acidity, body, sweetness, balance, cleanliness
- 35/ 36% weightSCA gradeRoaster-published cupping score
Sensory profileestimated
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Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
Taste this against three others Cherry picks.
Brew a set side-by-side. Cherry varies the picks along axes that pair with this lot; origin, process, roast, or producer; so you learn the difference, not just drink four good cups.
Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Zoka Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 75/100
Zoka Coffee is recognized as a Seattle-based roaster with a local presence. Community feedback is limited but positive, with users specifically noting enjoyment of their Columbia roast in a Chemex and their Paladino blend for espresso. There is also minor recognition of the brand appearing on vintage espresso cups.
Seattle-based roastersolid espresso blendsgood for manual brewinglimited online discussion
Threads cited (6)
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- r/Coffee · 3↑ · My morning brew. Zoka Columbia Roast in a Chemex. Really tasty stuff!
On YouTube
8 videos · 30k combined views
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