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Quills Coffee

Blacksmith — Espresso Blend

WashedMedium★ 4.7 (49)75Strong
Blacksmith — Espresso Blend by Quills Coffee
Origin
CO
Producer
—
Farm / Co-op
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Process
Washed
Altitude
—
Varietals
other
Harvest
—
Weight
357g
Bag price
$20.00
Price / oz
$1.59/oz
Brew
espresso

As cupped

cherry · honey · toasted almond

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Batch roasted weekly

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 4 days a week.” source ↗

Cherry's Index

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

75

Strong

Preliminary

Confidence35% coverage / 3 of 7 signals

Score is partially shrunk toward a neutral 50 — read directionally until more source families land. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped, the remaining weights are renormalized, and the result is shrunk toward a neutral 50 baseline by 13% so a single thin signal can’t carry the score on its own.

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

  • Buyer reviews
    On-shop star ratings (Yotpo, Reviews.io, Okendo, Loox, Stamped, Judge.me)
    93/ 34% weight
  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    75/ 51% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    50/ 14% 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
    +-1

Renormalized base 77.7 shrunk to 74.2 at 88% confidence + bonuses = 75.

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Buyer reviews · this coffee

4.7/ 5· 49 reviews on Quills Coffee’s product page
via judgeme

Aggregate of star ratings buyers left on this lot’s page on Quills Coffee’s storefront. Cherrybook stores the average + count, not the individual reviews; tap through to read what buyers wrote.

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About Quills Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Well-regarded· sentiment 75/100

Quills Coffee is recognized by the Reddit coffee community as a reliable and established name in the Louisville and Indianapolis specialty coffee scenes. Users mention them alongside other respected roasters, and they are explicitly described as "good" by those who have visited their shops. There is no negative feedback or criticism regarding their quality or service in the provided threads.

established specialty roasterreliable qualityLouisville and Indianapolis presencefrequently recommended alongside peers
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Press · Sprudge

On YouTube

2 videos · 6k combined views

2 videos cover Quills Coffee from reviewers Seattle Coffee Gear, Jordan Duhe'.

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