El Salvador Emerson Vasquez Pacamara

Name: El Salvador Emerson Vasquez Pacamara
Brand: Kurasu
SKU: kurasu-el-salvador-emerson-vasquez-pacamara-light-roast
Price: 45.10 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.29 (1 reviews)

WashedLight66Cherry's Index

Cup profile

floral · japanese pear · raisin · gyokuro · almond

Fruit
Floral
Cocoa and nut

El Salvador Emerson Vasquez Pacamara by Kurasu

Origin: SV
Producer: Emerson Vasquez
Farm / Co-op: —
Process: Washed
Altitude: —
Varietals: pacamara
Harvest: —
Weight: 350g
Bag price: $45.10
Price / oz: $3.65/oz
Brew: —

from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated

As cupped

floral · japanese pear · raisin · gyokuro · almond

Fruit
Floral
Cocoa and nut

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Cherry's Index

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

Noted

Sparse signal

Confidence23% coverage / 2 of 7 signals

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. 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.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings

Reddit sentiment
Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
85/ 78% weight
Roaster transparency
Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
65/ 22% weight

Bonuses applied

Sprudge press coverage
This roaster has been featured by Sprudge
+2
Stale-stock demotion
This lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
+-4

Renormalized base 80.7 shrunk to 67.6 at 57% confidence + bonuses = 66.

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity: 4
Body: 3
Sweetness: 3
Balance: 4
Clean: 4

Flavor wheelestimated

Comps & alternatives

Tasting flight

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In Cherry’s Lookbook

Bag design
The horizontal wrap label on Kurasu coffee bags
A wide, slate-blue label wraps horizontally across the matte white pouch, anchoring the text in a strict, vertical orientation. The Japanese and English tasting notes share the same typographic weight, forcing the reader to engage with both languages simultaneously. This layout choice transforms the technical information into a graphic element that defines the entire bag.

About Kurasu

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 85/100

Kurasu is highly regarded in the coffee community, particularly as a trusted source for Japanese brewing equipment, recipes, and coffee culture. Users frequently cite their instructional videos and recipes as reliable references for various brewers like the Kalita 155 and Origami. While their physical shop in Kyoto receives positive mentions for its atmosphere and quality, they are perhaps most widely recognized online as a go-to retailer for enthusiasts looking to source specific Japanese coffee gear.

trusted source for brewing recipesexcellent resource for Japanese coffee gearhigh-quality instructional contentpopular Kyoto coffee destinationwell-regarded by home brewers

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