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Highwire Coffee Roasters

Mayan Harvest Women's Group, Mexico

Cherrybook Index

71Noted

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

Price position

$2.26/oz$24.75 for 310g

Typical band for this profile $1.60 to $3.05 (process unlisted single-origin lots (variety unlisted, retail bags); USD listings; roast unlisted in stock). Where it sits

Catalog summary

A lot from Chiapas, Mexico, indexed 71 on sparse evidence and priced inside the typical band for its listed profile.

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

Price and availability set by the roaster.

Batch roasted weekly · ships in ~2d

Roasted on a scheduled weekly rhythm. Very fresh if you order right after a roast day; less so near the end of the cycle.

“We roast online orders Monday to Thursday. Orders placed by 12pm will be roasted the following roast day and shipped by the next day.” source ↗

Cherrybook last checked this listing today.

Roaster’s notes

milk chocolate · almond · brown sugar

  • Cocoa and nut
  • 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.

Mayan Harvest Women's Group, Mexico by Highwire Coffee Roasters
Farm / Co-op
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Process
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Altitude
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Varietals
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Harvest
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Weight
310g
Bag price
$24.75
Price / oz
$2.26/oz
Brew
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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.

$2.26/oz

typically $1.60 to $3.05

Where it sits

61 process unlisted single-origin lots (variety unlisted, retail bags); USD listings; roast unlisted in stock

typical band this lot

Limited listing details: 77th percentile of 61 process unlisted single-origin lots (variety unlisted, retail bags); USD listings; roast unlisted in stock right now.

Some variety, process or origin details are missing. This comparison does not qualify the coffee for a value recommendation.

What moves this price

cheaper×1.00pricier
  • Roaster brand and sourcing×1.10
  • Variety not listed×0.96
  • Altitude 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: process, variety, roast level, altitude

Cherrybook Index (CBI)

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

71

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 82.3 shrunk to 68.5 + bonuses = 71.

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

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    94/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    40/ 22% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Sprudge press coverage
    This roaster has been featured by Sprudge
    +2

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About Highwire Coffee Roasters

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 94/100

Two Reddit posts give Highwire Coffee Roasters strongly favorable marks. One home barista said The Core produced an Americano better than Starbucks. Another called the Batak Sumatra the best coffee they had tried and praised its nuance, balance, and smoothness.

The Core AmericanoBatak Sumatrabalance and nuance
Threads cited (2)

Press · Sprudge

On YouTube

Meet the roaster on camera

3 videos

About the roasterShop tour

Ground Control Coffee Brewer @ Highwire Coffee Roasters, Oakland, CA

Eli Salomon · 12.8K views on YouTube

Watch on YouTube

This video covers Highwire Coffee Roasters; it is general roaster coverage.

Cherrybook summary of the video

Founders of Highwire Coffee Roasters discuss their adoption of the Ground Control brewer across their cafes, detailing how the vacuum-brewing technology allows precise recipe tuning and consistent extraction for both hot batch brews and iced lattes.

Inside this video

From Eli Salomon:

“Ground Control was one of those things that once we discovered it, we really saw like, wow, this is distinctly different from other equipment on the market.”
“One of the things that I was drawn to with Ground Control is the ability to dial in specific recipes by coffee.”
“The resolution of control is very high in getting the textures and flavors you want out of coffee.”

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