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George Howell Coffee

Yemen Haraz Bani Murrah Lot R4

Haraz

NaturalLight

Cherrybook Index

74Noted

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

$21.32/oz$85.00 for 113g

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Catalog summary

A natural lot from Dhamar, Yemen, indexed 74 on sparse evidence.

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

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Cherrybook last checked this listing 45 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

peach · butterscotch · honey blossom

  • Fruit
  • Floral
  • Sugar and spice
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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.

Yemen Haraz Bani Murrah Lot R4 by George Howell Coffee
Farm / Co-op
Bani Murrah
Process
Natural
Altitude
2347 m
Varietals
Other
Harvest
2026
Weight
113g
Bag price
$85.00
Price / oz
$21.32/oz
Brew
filter

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

Cherrybook Index (CBI)

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

74

Noted

Sparse signal

Confidence2 of 7 signals on file

Score is heavily shrunk toward 50; treat as a placeholder until more sources arrive.

How confidence affects the score

Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 23% 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 43% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.

The math on file: renormalized base 85.8 shrunk to 70.6 + bonuses = 74.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    86/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    85/ 22% 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

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
4
Body
3
Sweetness
5
Balance
4
Clean
3

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About George Howell Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 86/100

Two independent Reddit comments give George Howell Coffee strongly favorable but limited evidence. One home roaster said matching George Howell's roast quality was extremely difficult. Another said a frozen Borboya retained the coffee's integrity.

roast qualityfrozen Borboya
Threads cited (2)
  • r/roasting · 11↑ · Freezing GREEN !?!

    I've had frozen coffee from friends who roast/home roast as well as George Howell's Borboya. It's definitely possible to keep the integrity of the coffee intact. Vac pack + a freezer that sits at 0F or below that doesn't get opened often is the best way to go.

  • r/roasting · 8↑ · Procuring high-quality green beans

    ...it's not very hard to home roast and get "good coffee". However, my experience is that it is extremely hard to match what you can buy from Verve, George Howell, etc, and that you should not get into roasting with that goal in mind. Equipment vs. Technique, I'll say both. Obviously, if I had the same equipment as Ver

Press · Sprudge

On YouTube

Meet the roaster on camera

10 videos

About the roasterInterview

What's Brewing? Ep #2: George Howell talks about Coffee - Roasting and Brewing

trueimagesphoto · 8K views on YouTube

Watch on YouTube

This video covers George Howell Coffee; it is general roaster coverage.

Cherrybook summary of the video

George Howell, founder of George Howell Coffee, sits down at Rise Studio Cafe to discuss the craft and science of coffee roasting and brewing. He covers roast profiles from light to dark, the impact of cracking and moisture loss, and breaks down the nuances of various brew methods from Chemex to espresso and siphon.

Inside this video

From trueimagesphoto:

“Roasting is an incredibly... we're like farmers and processors in some, we're all just learning because specialty coffee is literally still in a learning stage.”
“The ideal coffee house, way out there in the future, is like a wine store.”
“We're in the coffee business. We are not in the roaster business. We are not in the machine business.”

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George Howell Coffee

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