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El Salvador - El Carmen | Elite Bourbon

WashedLight75Cherry's Index

Cup profile

pecan · chocolate · cherry · orange · caramel

  • Fruit
  • Citrus
  • Cocoa and nut
  • Sugar and spice
El Salvador - El Carmen | Elite Bourbon by Rogue Wave Coffee
Origin
SV
Farm / Co-op
El Carmen
Process
Washed
Altitude
1300–1300 m
Varietals
bourbon
Harvest
—
Weight
350g
Bag price
CAD 16.50
Price / oz
$0.94/oz
Brew
—

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

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Cherry's Index

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

75

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
    80/ 22% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Sprudge press coverage
    This roaster has been featured by Sprudge
    +2
  • World Coffee Championships finalist lot
    This roaster sourced a World Coffee Championships finalist routine
    +3

Renormalized base 83.9 shrunk to 69.5 at 57% confidence + bonuses = 75.

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
3
Body
3
Sweetness
4
Balance
4
Clean
4

Flavor wheelestimated

Comps & alternatives

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About Rogue Wave Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 85/100

Rogue Wave Coffee is highly regarded in the community, frequently cited for their helpful educational resources and thoughtful customer service, such as including seasoning beans with grinder purchases. Users praise their flavorful, high-quality offerings, particularly their unique processing experiments like the 'Sangria' process. While one user struggled with brewing their beans, the consensus remains very positive, with many enthusiasts actively seeking out their specific roasts and guides.

helpful educational contentthoughtful customer serviceflavorful, unique roastsfrequent recommendationshigh-quality light/medium roasts
Threads cited (8)

Press · Sprudge

On YouTube

8 videos · 42k combined views

8 videos from Rogue Wave Coffee's own channel.

From Rogue Wave Coffee

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$0.94/oz· 17 CAD/bag

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