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George Howell Coffee

Daterra Calabria

NaturalDark

Cherrybook Index

79Strong

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Confident: 3 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

$1.92/oz$23.00 for 340g

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Catalog summary

A natural lot from Cerrado, Brazil, indexed 79 on confident evidence.

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

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Cherrybook last checked this listing 13 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

cherry · walnut · dark chocolate

  • Fruit
  • Cocoa and nut
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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.

Daterra Calabria by George Howell Coffee
Farm / Co-op
Daterra
Process
Natural
Altitude
1097–1189 m
Harvest
2025
Weight
340g
Bag price
$23.00
Price / oz
$1.92/oz
Brew
espresso, 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

79

Strong

Confident

Confidence3 of 7 signals on file

Enough independent signal to score at face value; no shrinkage applied.

How confidence affects the score

Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 43% 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: SCA grade, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    86/ 42% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    80/ 12% weight
  • Coffee Review
    Mean score from coffeereview.com
    65/ 47% 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

Base weighted score: 75.5 + bonuses = 79

Sensory profile

Body
5
Sweetness
3
Balance
4

Comps & alternatives

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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

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On YouTube

Watch the reviews

12 videos

About this coffee

Episode 2: Coffee at home with George Howell

In Ayr's Kitchen

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What the reviewer said

From In Ayr's Kitchen, discussing Daterra Calabria:

“Monte Carlos which is from El Salvador a kind of a coffee coffee flavor”
“get the Monte Carlos which is this one and the Nanalat which is from Ethiopia and has more of the nuanced floral notes”

Tasting notes mentioned: floral

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George Howell Coffee

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