Stumptown Coffee Roasters Hair Bender edges out Lavazza Super Crema Whole Bean, 8.1 to 7.4. It wins on flavor & cup quality, quality & freshness, sourcing & transparency, while the Super Crema Whole Bean is stronger on value.
Flavor
How they taste.
Lavazza Super Crema Whole Bean
Stumptown Coffee Roasters Hair Bender
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- Hazelnut
- Brown Sugar
- Honey
- Dark Chocolate
- Raisin
- • New home espresso owners learning to dial in
- • Milk drinks on a budget
- • Super-automatic machines that need a forgiving bean
- • Home espresso and cappuccinos with a classic chocolate profile
- • A dependable grocery-store specialty bag
- • Households brewing several methods from one coffee
- Very low cost per cup in the 2.2 lb bag
- Forgiving to dial in and produces abundant crema
- Nutty, low-acid profile that suits lattes and cappuccinos
- Stumptown's own café espresso, tuned to work across espresso, drip, pour-over and French press
- Chocolate-forward profile with enough brightness to stay interesting in milk drinks
- Easy to find at grocery stores and on Amazon
- Robusta content tastes bitter or rubbery to some drinkers
- Bags often arrive months after roasting
- Origins are listed only by region, with no producers or percentages
- Grocery-store bags can be well past roast; buying direct is fresher
FAQ
Quick answers.
Which is better, Super Crema Whole Bean or Hair Bender?
Stumptown Coffee Roasters Hair Bender edges out Lavazza Super Crema Whole Bean, 8.1 to 7.4. It wins on flavor & cup quality, quality & freshness, sourcing & transparency, while the Super Crema Whole Bean is stronger on value.
Which costs less per cup?
Lavazza Super Crema Whole Bean works out to about $0.40 / cup and Stumptown Coffee Roasters Hair Bender to about $0.84 / cup, based on typical retail prices when we last checked.
How do you score them?
Both are scored on the same five-factor rubric — weighted for flavor or performance, quality, value, sourcing or build, and community sentiment — using public specs, verified creator reviews and community consensus.