Aquiares — Espresso
WashedMedium74Cherry's Index
Cup profile
milk chocolate · pecan · maple
- Cocoa and nut
- Sugar and spice

- Origin
- Cartago, CR
- Producer
- Aquiares Estate
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- —
- Varietals
- —
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 400g
- Bag price
- GBP 18.25
- Price / oz
- $1.74/oz
- Brew
- —
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Roasts daily
Roasts most weekdays, so most orders ship within a day or two of the roast date.
“We roast and ship coffee Monday through Friday. After you place your order, we'll process it on the next roast day and ship it within 24 hours of roasting.” source ↗
Cherrybook last checked this listing 10 days ago.
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
74
Noted
Preliminary
Confidence33% coverage / 3 of 7 signals
Score is partially shrunk toward a neutral 50 — read directionally until more source families land.
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 18% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 90/ 30% weightYouTube reviewsSentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
- 80/ 55% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 50/ 15% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Renormalized base 78.5 shrunk to 73.5 at 83% confidence = 74.
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 2
- Body
- 4
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
Flavor wheelestimated
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
Taste this against three others Cherry picks.
Brew a set side-by-side. Cherry varies the picks along axes that pair with this lot; origin, process, roast, or producer; so you learn the difference, not just drink four good cups.
Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Square Mile Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 80/100
Square Mile Coffee Roasters is well-regarded and frequently referenced in UK and international specialty coffee discussions. Users commonly cite their brewing guides (such as recommendations for the Clever Dripper and Hario Switch) as reliable standards, and they are recognized as a staple UK roaster. While one user questioned the value and profile excitement relative to price, and another struggled to dial in a gifted bag, the overall sentiment remains positive as a prominent and respected name in the specialty scene, partly owing to co-founder James Hoffmann's industry presence.
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Threads cited (10)
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On YouTube
8 videos · 622k combined views
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