Guatemala Santa Clara — Filter / Espresso
Washed
Washed
Cherrybook Index
53sparse
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
US$1.77/ozCAD 31.50 for 360g
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Catalog summary
A washed lot from Antigua, Guatemala, not yet indexed (2 of 7 signals on file).
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
No longer available at the roaster
Last verified 37 days ago.
Roaster’s notes
maple syrup · yellow plum · balanced · malt
- Fruit
- Cocoa and nut
- Sugar and spice
Open the flavor wheel
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
- Antigua, GT
- Producer
- Ricardo Zelaya
- Farm / Co-op
- Finca Santa Clara
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1650–1700 m
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 360g
- Bag price
- CAD 31.50
- Price / oz
- US$1.77/oz
- Brew
- filter, espresso
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
From the editors
This lot is no longer available at the roaster.
We last reached the roaster’s page for this coffee 37 days ago. It now returns a not-found or members-only response, so we’ve archived the buy link rather than send anyone to a dead page. The notes, sensory chart, and editorial context below remain useful as a record of what this lot offered.
Cherrybook Index (CBI)
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
53
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 55.4 shrunk to 53.1 = 53.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 75/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 50/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 3
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About The Barn Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Polarizing· sentiment 50/100
One thread author's partner ordered The Barn on pour over at a multi-roaster cafe. Another thread author received beans from The Barn through a monthly Kumquat subscription and asked for brewing advice. A third thread author purchased new beans from The Barn and asked about resting and brewing.
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Threads cited (3)
- r/pourover · 17↑ · Dak and The Barn at Revolver
…their coffee. Not a big fan of the automated Curtis pourover and sometimes their coffee selection is fairly dark. I ordered Dak on espresso, and my partner got The Barn on pour over. The Dak espresso was by far the best espresso I’ve had in a cafe in over a year. Absolutely phenomenal mouth feel clean complex, just st
- r/pourover · 9↑ · Advice brewing The Barn beans?
Advice brewing The Barn beans?
- r/pourover · 4↑ · New Beans!
I decided to try out new beans from The Barn, this is what I got! The roast date is 4th august and currently ive put them away to rest. If anyone has tried these, please let me know how to go about brewing/resting!
On YouTube
Meet the roaster on camera
About the roasterInterview
Roaster Stories: The Barn Coffee Roasters | European Coffee Trip x IKAWA
European Coffee Trip · 54.3K views on YouTube
Watch on YouTubeThis video covers The Barn Coffee Roasters; it is general roaster coverage.
Cherrybook summary of the video
This video features an interview with Ralf Rüller, the founder of The Barn Coffee Roasters in Berlin. He discusses his journey from London to Berlin, his philosophy on sourcing and roasting, and the importance of building a community with farmers and customers.
Inside this video
From European Coffee Trip:
“I'm very close to the product and in that sense, I'm also very close to the baristas and the head barista and the quality on my bar.”
“The roasting you learn by roasting. You can do roast classes. I've never done a roast class. I'm very self-educated.”
“I think the roast philosophy is very close to the sourcing philosophy. I think they are connected.”
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