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Sightglass Coffee

Mexico, Rancho La Perla, Antonia Fuentes

WashedMedium-Light

Cherrybook Index

73Noted

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

$2.33/oz$28.00 for 340g

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Catalog summary

A washed lot from Oaxaca, Mexico, indexed 73 on sparse evidence.

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

No longer available at the roaster

Last verified 0 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

pear · apricot · toffee

  • Fruit
  • Sugar and spice
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Mexico, Rancho La Perla, Antonia Fuentes by Sightglass Coffee
Farm / Co-op
Rancho La Perla
Process
Washed
Altitude
1500–1600 m
Varietals
Typica
Harvest
—
Weight
340g
Bag price
$28.00
Price / oz
$2.33/oz
Brew
filter, espresso, immersion

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 0 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

73

Noted

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 86.7 shrunk to 71.1 + bonuses = 73.

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

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    90/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    75/ 22% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Sprudge press coverage
    This roaster has been featured by Sprudge
    +2
  • Editorial coverage cluster
    This roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
    +1
  • Stale-stock demotion
    This lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
    +-1

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
4
Body
3
Sweetness
4
Balance
4
Clean
4

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About Sightglass Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 90/100

Two Reddit posts describe positive Sightglass experiences. One strongly recommends both the coffee and customer service; another reports a Yirgacheffe becoming balanced, sweet, and very good after dial-in changes.

coffee and customer serviceYirgacheffe dial-in
Threads cited (2)
  • r/Coffee · 26↑ · My foray into putting roasted beans in the freezer

    ...em in the freezer and they'll keep fresh longer. In a way, this was going to be a test of that. Yesterday, I took these beans out. They're Honduras Nueva Esperanza from Sightglass roasters, which are fantastic roasters with great customer service, cant recommend them enough. They were roasted december 30, 2019, and

  • r/Coffee · 8↑ · V60: do certain beans respond poorly to Hoffman method?

    I've used it to great success before, but I was surprised at how poorly my coffee tasted when using it for my new beans. I have a bag of Ethiopian Yirgacheffe from Sightglass, and I attempted to dial in using Hoffman's V60 method and adjusting grind size. My coffee was bitter and harsh on first sips no matter what grin

Press · Sprudge

On YouTube

Meet the roaster on camera

6 videos

About the roasterShop tour

George Howell at Sightglass Coffee

GeorgeHowellCoffeeCo · 1.3K views on YouTube

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This video covers Sightglass Coffee; it is general roaster coverage.

Cherrybook summary of the video

Coffee educator George Howell visits Sightglass Coffee in San Francisco to tour their cafe and roastery spaces, sampling and discussing different single origin coffees. He reflects on the shift toward light roast profiles in modern cafes, comparing washed and natural processing methods.

Inside this video

From GeorgeHowellCoffeeCo:

“Thank goodness the darkness is dispersing and light is arriving.”
“It's really refreshing to see these new cafes, these new roasteries, really taking a light roast direction.”

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