Expect Brown Sugar Sweetness, Black Current Acidity, and Hazelnut Undertones from this washed.
Cauca, CO · Washed
Brown SugarBlack CurrantHazelnut
$1.50/oz
Roaster
Portola Coffee Roasters
Costa Mesa, CAportolacoffee.com ↗
- Coffees in catalog
- 7
- Also available
- 3
- Avg Cherry's Index (limited data)
- 47.0
- Reddit sentiment
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FreshnessRoast cadence not disclosed
OriginsCO
How Cherry’s Index is calculatedavg coverage 5% · limited data
Coverage is below 50%. Most of this roaster’s lots are scored off roaster-level signals (Reddit + YouTube) without per-lot SCA grades, Coffee Review entries, or published buyer reviews. With limited signal, scores are also pulled toward a neutral 50 baseline by the Cherry’s Index methodology, so lots can read flatter than the actual cup quality differences between them. The avg Cherry’s Index reflects general reputation more than per-lot quality.
Roaster signals
Apply to every lot from this roaster.
- Reddit—weight 18%
- YouTube—weight 10%
Per-lot signals (averaged)
Vary across lots; averaged over 7 in-stock lots.
- SCA gradenot on file · weight 25%
- Coffee Reviewnot on file · weight 20%
- Buyer reviewsnot on file · weight 12%
- Cherrybook reader ratingsnot on file · weight 5%
- Transparency25.8/1006/7 lots · weight 5%
Base components are renormalized over whatever signals are available for each lot. SCA + Coffee Review are capped at 40% combined to keep the cupping story from dominating. Bonuses (accolades, awards, editorial coverage) and freshness decay are applied on top.
On YouTube
3 videos · 8k combined views
3 videos cover Portola Coffee Roasters from reviewers Quest of Growth, Let’s Get Coffee, The Search For The Perfect Cup.
Flagship cafe
Retail location
Costa Mesa, CA
Open in maps →Seed-city fallback applied (Costa Mesa, CA); the website didn't expose a specific flagship address. LLM-finder notes: The provided website text does not contain any physical address information for a flagship cafe or headquarters.
The catalog
7 in stock
Roaster flags Apple, Hibiscus, and Rosehip Shells in the cup.
$0.69/oz
Roaster flags Clementine, Almond Brittle, and Honeysuckle in the cup.
$1.25/oz
Roaster flags Malic Sweetness, Buttery Walnut Like Texture, and Cinnamon in the cup.
Medium-LightMalic AcidWalnutCinnamon
$1.25/oz
Ga
Not much signal yet; the detail page has what we know.
$1.00/oz
Also available · subscriptions, sample packs, gear
Not much signal yet; the detail page has what we know.
$0.81/oz
Taste data is still sparse; open the detail page before judging this lot.
$0.62/oz
For roasters
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