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Kenya | Embu AA

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Kenya | Embu AA by Quills Coffee
Origin
Embu, KE
Farm / Co-op
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Process
Washed
Altitude
1300–1900 m
Harvest
—
Weight
340g
Bag price
$26.00
Price / oz
$2.17/oz
Brew
espresso, filter, immersion

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

As cupped

grapefruit · mango · iced tea

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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 ↗

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Cherry's Index

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

65

Noted

Sparse signal

Confidence23% coverage / 2 of 7 signals

Score is heavily shrunk toward 50; treat as a placeholder until more sources arrive. 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 43% so a single thin signal can’t carry the score on its own.

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  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    75/ 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

Renormalized base 72.8 shrunk to 63.1 at 57% confidence + bonuses = 65.

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About Quills Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Well-regarded· sentiment 75/100

Quills Coffee is recognized by the community as a reliable, established name in the specialty coffee scene, particularly in Louisville. Users speak of them as a known quantity, with one user explicitly noting that their coffee is "good, for sure." There is no negative feedback or criticism present in the provided threads.

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On YouTube

2 videos · 6k combined views

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