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Quarter Horse Coffee

Bosque Lya

WashedMedium

Cherrybook Index

55sparse

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

Price position

US$1.41/ozGBP 12.00 for 320g

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Catalog summary

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

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Cherrybook last checked this listing 74 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

red fruit · pineapple · caramel

  • Fruit
  • 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.

Bosque Lya by Quarter Horse Coffee
Farm / Co-op
Finca Bosque Lya
Process
Washed
Altitude
1473–1650 m
Varietals
Red bourbon
Harvest
—
Weight
320g
Bag price
GBP 12.00
Price / oz
US$1.41/oz
Brew
espresso, 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

55

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 5% 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 88% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.

The math on file: renormalized base 70.0 shrunk to 52.5 + bonuses = 55.

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

  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    70/ 100% weight

Bonuses applied

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

Sensory profile

Body
3

Comps & alternatives

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What's the Giesen Industrial Roasting experience like? Neighbourhood Roasters / Quarterhorse Coffee

Giesen Roasting Solutions · 1K views on YouTube

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This video covers Quarter Horse Coffee; it is general roaster coverage.

Cherrybook summary of the video

Quarter Horse Coffee shares their experience scaling production with Giesen industrial roasters, moving from a Giesen 15 to a Giesen 30 and 60. The roasters praise Giesen's reliability, consistency, build quality, and responsive UK-based customer service, noting that the equipment has significantly improved their roasting operations and efficiency.

Inside this video

From Giesen Roasting Solutions:

“Consistent great quality of coffee; we find that sweetness is the main thing that comes out when roasting with a Giesen.”
“It's just helped us to scale. You get to a point and you physically can't roast much more coffee.”
“I think the airflow and pressure profiling is probably also what sets it apart and what we're really happy with.”

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Quarter Horse Coffee

US$1.41/oz· GBP 12.00 a bag

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