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Highwire Coffee Roasters

Ahuachapan, El Salvador

Cherrybook Index

72sparse

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 1 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

$1.91/oz$22.00 for 327g

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Catalog summary

A lot from El Salvador, not yet indexed (1 of 7 signals on file).

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

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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 76 days ago.

Ahuachapan, El Salvador by Highwire Coffee Roasters
Producer
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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
327g
Bag price
$22.00
Price / oz
$1.91/oz
Brew
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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

72

Sparse signal

Confidence1 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 18% 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 55% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.

The math on file: renormalized base 94.0 shrunk to 69.8 + bonuses = 72.

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

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    94/ 100% 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.

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Press · Sprudge

On YouTube

Meet the roaster on camera

3 videos

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

Eli Salomon · 12.8K views on YouTube

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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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Highwire Coffee Roasters

$1.91/oz· $22.00 a bag

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