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Equator Coffees

Equator Blend

Medium-DarkSCA cup 92.0

Cherrybook Index

61

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. High confidence: 4 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

$1.54/oz$18.50 for 340g

Typical band for this profile $1.17 to $2.31 (process unlisted blend lots (variety unlisted, retail bags); USD listings; dark roast in stock). Where it sits

Catalog summary

This lot, not yet indexed (4 of 7 signals on file) and priced inside the typical band for its listed profile.

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

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Roasts to order

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.

We roast to order in small batches at our roastery located at 115 Jordan Street, San Rafael, CA, 94901. source ↗

Cherrybook last checked this listing today.

Roaster’s notes

cedar · apricot · marzipan · milk_chocolate · nutmeg

  • Fruit
  • Cocoa and nut
  • Sugar and spice
Open the flavor wheel

Mapped from the roaster’s tasting notes to the SCA flavor wheel; Cherrybook’s interpretation of the stated notes, not the roaster’s own categorization.

Equator Blend by Equator Coffees
Origin
Producer
Farm / Co-op
Process
Altitude
Varietals
Harvest
Weight
340g
Bag price
$18.50
Price / oz
$1.54/oz
Brew

from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated

Price contextmodeled

A modeled range and current prices for comparable listings.

$1.54/oz

typically $1.17 to $2.31

Where it sits

210 process unlisted blend lots (variety unlisted, retail bags); USD listings; dark roast in stock

typical band this lot

48th percentile of 210 process unlisted blend lots (variety unlisted, retail bags); USD listings; dark roast in stock right now.

What moves this price

cheaper×1.00pricier
  • Roaster brand and sourcing×1.07
  • Dark roast×0.94
  • Origin not listed×0.95
  • Process not listed×0.97
How this estimate works

A statistical model, refit weekly across the in-stock catalog, estimates what a coffee with these listed attributes typically sells for per ounce. Each multiplier compares one trait against the average lot in this market; the roaster line covers brand and sourcing together, which this model cannot separate. Bag size is shown separately, priced at the rate observed across sizes of the same coffee, because it says nothing about the coffee itself. The distribution counts every in-stock listing in the comparison group, with at least 15 listings from three roasters and no roaster supplying more than 60% of it. Decaf, blends, variety segments, processing families and bag formats stay separate. Origin, roast and selling currency can broaden as the group label indicates. Prices are converted to USD per ounce; shipping and differences in tax treatment are not adjusted. The model reads listed attributes only: the quality of the specific lot in the bag is not observable, so a price above the typical band is not evidence of overpricing.

Some listing details are missing or have limited model coverage, so the typical band shown is wider than usual.

Not listed by the roaster: origin, process, variety, altitude

Cherrybook Index (CBI)

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology

61

High confidence

Confidence4 of 7 signals on file

Multiple independent source families support this score at full weight.

How confidence affects the score

Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 63% of the signal universe on file. Missing sources are dropped, remaining weights are renormalized, and the result is shrunk toward a neutral 50 baseline by 0% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.

Missing: YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    80/ 29% weight
  • SCA grade
    Roaster-published cupping score
    60/ 35% weight
  • Coffee Review
    Mean score from coffeereview.com
    60/ 28% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    30/ 8% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Sprudge press coverage
    This roaster has been featured by Sprudge
    +2
  • Editorial coverage cluster
    This roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
    +1
  • Stale-stock demotion
    This lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
    +-5

Base weighted score: 63.3 + bonuses = 61

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
2
Body
4
Sweetness
4
Balance
4
Clean
4

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About Equator Coffees

Community reputation · Reddit

Well-regarded· sentiment 80/100

Three Reddit posters describe Equator coffees ranging from excellent to technique-sensitive. One says Ethiopia Suke Quto produced possibly the best cup they had ever made with a 4:6 Chemex method. Another uses Equator's Ethiopia Sidama Ardi as a positive benchmark. A third initially struggled with Thailand Doi Pangkhon but brewed a good cup after grinding an hour ahead and letting the grounds rest.

Ethiopia Suke QutoEthiopia Sidama ArdiThailand Doi Pangkhon brewing
Threads cited (3)
  • r/Coffee · 36↑ · Tetsu 4:6 in a 3-Cup Chemex Just Blew My Mind

    ...my 3-cup Chemex for which I had no set recipe/method. Today just to change it up, I tried the 3-Cup Chemex again (currently brewing Ethiopian Suke Quto beans from Equator Coffees). First cup was 20 on the Encore, 60g bloom, and one solid pour after. 300g/20g. It was good! Nothing crazy, kinda lacking flavor. But not

  • r/pourover · 11↑ · Orea V3 Early Impressions

    ...med with this particular bean. I can get a serviceable cup out of it with my V60 but it hasn’t been as good as some of the Ethiopians I’ve recently purchased from Black & White or Equator Coffees’ Ethiopia Sidama Ardi. The first cup I made using the Orea provided pulse pour recipe was extremely underwhelming. The co

  • r/Coffee · 7↑ · How do I brew with a high blooming coffee in a V60?

    I have been brewing coffee in a V60 for a while now (getting coffee from a Trade subscription) and I recently got a bag of Thailand Doi Pangkhon from Equator Coffees. I brewed with my preferred 4:6 method and also a method I got from Baratza. With both methods, in the bloom, this coffee swells up like crazy. Both cups.

Press · Sprudge

On YouTube

8 videos · 69k combined views

Equator Coffees has 5 videos on their channel; 3 videos come from outside reviewers (Seattle Coffee Gear, Rogers tv, Adventures of Susan and Rich).

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