Ecuador | Abel Salinas
WashedMedium-Light
Cherrybook Index
55sparse
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$2.33/oz$28.00 for 340g
Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.
Catalog summary
A washed lot from Loja, Ecuador, not yet indexed (2 of 7 signals on file).
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
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Cherrybook last checked this listing 73 days ago.
Roaster’s notes
pear · nectarine · white flower · citrus · quince · lemon · gummy candy sweetness
- Fruit
- Citrus
- 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.
- Origin
- Loja, EC
- Producer
- Abel Salinas
- Farm / Co-op
- Finca Arashi
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1890 m
- Varietals
- Mejorado
- Harvest
- 2025
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $28.00
- Price / oz
- $2.33/oz
- Brew
- —
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
55
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 58.7 shrunk to 55.0 = 55.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 90/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 50/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 2
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
Comps & alternatives
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About ILSE Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Polarizing· sentiment 50/100
ILSE Coffee is included in catalog projects tracking specialty roasters, varietals, and pricing comparisons across multiple threads. One thread discusses a bag of Colombia Luis Robinson Cuellar Gesha priced at $27.00 for 250g. Another thread mentions receiving two bags described as having roast defects tasting of raw wood. A separate thread reviews Ethiopia Banko Gotiti, noting flavors of lemongrass, citrus, wood, and a subtle yellow fruit, describing it overall as good while having had better washed Ethiopians.
catalog projectpricingroast defectstasting notes
Threads cited (6)
- r/pourover · 136↑ · Coffees by Varietal & Varietal Family (40 roasters, 485 products)
…e, Equator, Five Petal Coffee, Flower Child, Frequent, George Howell, Goshen Coffee, H&S Coffee Roasters, Heart Roasters, HEX Coffee Roasters, Hydrangea, Ilse, JBC, Kafiex Roasters, Klatch, Lennys Lab, Little Waves, Metric Coffee, Moonwake, Onyx, Partners Coffee, Passenger, PERC, Prodigal, Red Rooster, Regalia, S&W, S
- r/pourover · 73↑ · "Which roasters never miss?" post - rough response summary
…2| |Scenery|1|2| |Shoelace|1|2| |Black Oak|1|1| |Ceto|1|1| |Coffeeworks|1|1| |Color|1|1| |Dune|1|1| |Flowerchild|1|1| |Goldenstate|1|1| |Hayb|1|1| |Heart Coffee Roasters|1|1| |Ilse|1|1| |JBC|1|1| |Libertario Roasters|1|1| |Mirror|1|1| |Olympia Coffee Roasters|1|1| |Promethium|1|1| |Regalia|1|1| |Revel|1|1| |Strait|1|1
- r/pourover · 71↑ · Coffees by Varietal & Varietal Family, updated (85 roasters, 1101 products)
…Coffee, Flower Child, Frequent, Friedhats Coffee, George Howell, GLITCH, Goshen Coffee, Gracenote, H&S, Hatch Coffee, Heart Roasters, HEX, Hydrangea, Ilse, JBC, Kafiex Roasters, Klatch, La Cabra (US), Leaves Coffee, Lenny's Lab, Little Waves, Little Wolf, Luna Coffee, Mad Lab Coffee, Manhattan Coffee, Metric Coffee, M
- r/pourover · 19↑ · La Pradera Gesha - 5 different roaster prices
…| |[flower child coffee](https://flowerchildcoffee.com/products/robinson-luis)|250|$30.00|$12.00| |[prodigal coffee](https://getprodigal.com/products/finca-la-pradera-geisha)|250|$29.00|$11.60| |[ilse coffee](https://ilsecoffee.com/collections/all-products/products/colombia-luis-robinson-cuellar-gesha)|250|$27.00|$10.
- r/pourover · 5↑ · Roast defects - how often does it happen?
…aw wood. It would be only one bag of the batch and the other ones from the same roaster were delicious. In the last 2 months this happened with: * 2 bags of Ilse (one bought, one subscription) * 1 bag of La Cabra * 1 bag of Rogue Wave In the years of ordering coffee, I’ve never had this happen with coffees from Regali
- r/pourover · 3↑ · Coffee discussion
Ethiopia Banko Gotiti by [Ilse](https://ilsecoffee.com/) \- The roaster notes peach rings, lemongrass, tropical citrus. I get what they're describing as lemongrass. Citrus and wood. The yellow fruit comes on the back end but I would describe it more as nectarine than peach. You know how nectarines look like peaches but
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