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George Howell Coffee

Colombia Las Flores Java Experimental

ExperimentalLight

Cherrybook Index

74Noted

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

Price position

$5.62/oz$45.00 for 227g

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Catalog summary

An experimental lot from Huila, Colombia, indexed 74 on sparse evidence.

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

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Cherrybook last checked this listing 136 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

violet · grape gum · candied lime

  • Fruit
  • Citrus
  • Floral
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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.

Colombia Las Flores Java Experimental by George Howell Coffee
Origin
Huila, CO
Farm / Co-op
Las Flores
Altitude
1750 m
Varietals
Java
Harvest
2024
Weight
227g
Bag price
$45.00
Price / oz
$5.62/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
5
Body
3
Sweetness
5
Balance
4
Clean
4

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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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Inside the Roastery at George Howell (Behind the Scenes Roastery Tour)

Roaster Kat · 5.7K views on YouTube

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Cherrybook summary of the video

This video provides a tour of the George Howell Coffee roastery, showcasing their quality control lab, green coffee storage, and roasting equipment, including their Loring S70 roaster. It also highlights their commitment to air quality in the facility, featuring a unique living moss wall for natural CO2 filtration.

Inside this video

From Roaster Kat:

“This is our quality control lab. We have our two QA Q graders here.”
“We have our newest roaster, our Loring S70. We do our full bag batch sizes on that roaster.”

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George Howell Coffee

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