Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Bolivia Samaipata Java, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Bolivia Samaipata Java; not a documentary photograph

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🇧🇴Bolivia

Bolivia Samaipata Java

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website

PROCESS NOT FULLY DISCLOSED

TagsBolivia Samaipata Java Orange Brown Sugar Milk Chocolate Arabica Single origin Rodríguez Family Intelligentsia Coffee Owned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)

🇧🇴BoliviaJava

Brand

Intelligentsia Coffee

Who owns the brand

A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)

Roaster website

Visit website

Country

🇧🇴Bolivia

Region

Samaipata

Town

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Farm / Station

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Farmer / Producer

Rodríguez Family

Species

Arabica

Type

Single origin

Grade

—

Variety

Java

Process

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Roast

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Tasting notes

Orange, Raw sugar, Milk chocolate

Fermentation

—

Drying

—

Product page

Roaster's site

Date reviewed

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Why some details are blank

FARMThe Rodríguez family operates four farms in Samaipata, but the exact release names none of them.
PROCESSRodríguez family Java appears in both natural and washed preparations elsewhere; the exact product page publishes no process.
ALTITUDENo lot-level elevation is published for this exact release; ranges from other family farms were not imported.
HARVESTNo crop year or harvest window is published for this exact release.
FERMENTATIONNo exact-release fermentation environment, duration, vessel, temperature or inoculation is published.
DRYING METHODNo exact-release drying surface, shade level, duration or endpoint is published.
FORMAL GRADEThe exact official page does not publish a formal green-coffee or cupping grade.
ROAST LEVELIntelligentsia does not publish a conventional light, medium or dark category; Cherrybook’s Dark label is catalog classification, not roaster-issued evidence.
SENSORY LABELThe exact page’s detailed orange/raw-sugar/milk-chocolate paragraph conflicts with its generic Apple + Raw Sugar flavor field.
PUBLIC SENTIMENT RATINGNo independent exact-release tasting review or qualifying numeric product rating was verified; catalog indexes and roaster-wide discussion were excluded.

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The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

Every link we could verify, traced in one place. Follow the chain as far as it goes — when the industry doesn't disclose a link, we say so instead of guessing.

01
The name on the bag
Bolivia Samaipata Java
Named on the bag
02
The brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Documented
03
The roaster
Intelligentsia Coffee
Documented
04
The variety
Java
Documented
05
The farm
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
06
The farmer
Rodríguez Family
Documented
07
The region
Samaipata
Named on the bag
08
The country
🇧🇴Bolivia
Documented

From the producer

The Rodríguez family is Intelligentsia’s longest-standing direct-trade partner in Bolivia and produced this Java lot in Samaipata.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia positions Samaipata as an emerging Bolivian specialty region distinct from its historic Caranavi sourcing.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This is a Java-cultivar release from the Rodríguez family’s newer Samaipata production, expanding the roaster’s Bolivian sourcing beyond Caranavi.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

Verified the exact offer

Added the live $30 USD price, retained the documented 340 g format, removed the placeholder grade and refreshed sold-out status through October 29, 2026.

Confirmed exact relationships

Retained the existing Rodríguez family producer and Java variety connections because both are explicitly stated on the current product page.

Resolved the sensory hierarchy

Kept the detailed orange, raw sugar and milk chocolate sensory copy as the structured profile while documenting the page’s conflicting generic Apple + Raw Sugar label.

Protected the farm and process boundary

Did not assign Floripondio, Tacu or another Rodríguez family farm, nor natural or washed processing, because the exact release names no farm or post-harvest protocol.

What was added?

Verified structured pricing, refreshed availability, relationship confirmation, sensory-source hierarchy and exact-lot provenance boundaries.

What wasn't added?

No farm, process, altitude, crop year, fermentation, drying method, formal grade, roast label, owner score or public cup score was inferred.

Why it matters

The Rodríguez family operates multiple Samaipata farms and produces Java with different processes; family- or region-level facts do not identify this lot’s farm or preparation.

What you might taste

The exact sensory paragraph lists orange, raw sugar and milk chocolate; the page’s generic flavor label separately says Apple + Raw Sugar.

Sources for these process claims

· https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/bolivia-samaipata-java
· https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/intelligentsia-bolivia-samaipata-java
· https://www.intelligentsia.com/pages/bolivia-origin
· https://melbournecoffeemerchants.com.au/harvest-update-bolivia/

Coffee profile

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

This coffee is in our database because we can reliably document it — but we haven't tasted and scored it yet, and we never publish a score we haven't earned.

Outside reviews and internet discussion — is kept clearly separate from our own review. When we taste it, our full review appears here.

The internet pulse

What the internet is saying about this coffee

Research complete — no qualifying reviews yet

Our research pipeline scanned public reviews, videos, forums and discussions for this coffee (last pass 2026-10-29) and found no independent review of this exact release that meets our verification standards. When qualifying sources appear, they'll be published here.

What we found

Cherrybook is an exact catalog but reports no SCA grade, Coffee Review score, exact YouTube review, on-shop ratings or Cherrybook tastings. Its 63 CBI is a sparse evidence-of-quality index using roaster-wide Reddit and transparency signals, not an exact-coffee cup score. Other Rodríguez family Java lots were excluded because they represent different farms, harvests or processes.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farmer: Rodríguez Family →

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Bolivia Samaipata Java

FROM THE BAGBACK TO THE LAND.

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLYDO TO THIS COFFEE?

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

What the internet is saying about this coffee

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