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Square Mile Coffee Roasters

Calamar

WashedLight

Cup profile

raspberry · hibiscus · honey

  • Fruit
  • Floral
  • Sugar and spice
Calamar by Square Mile Coffee Roasters
Origin
Huila, CO
Farm / Co-op
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Process
Washed
Altitude
—
Varietals
pink_bourbon
Harvest
—
Weight
400g
Bag price
GBP 29.75
Price / oz
$2.68/oz
Brew
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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 81 days ago. It now returns a not-found or members-only response — we’ve archived the buy link so we don’t send anyone to a dead page. The notes, sensory chart, and editorial context below remain useful as a record of what this lot offered.

No longer available at the roaster

Last verified 81 days ago.

Cherry's Index

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

65

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
    80/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    60/ 22% weight

Renormalized base 75.7 shrunk to 64.8 at 57% confidence = 65.

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
4
Body
2
Sweetness
4
Balance
4
Clean
4

Flavor wheelestimated

Comps & alternatives

Tasting flight

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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.

well-known UK roasterreliable brew guidesdistinct filter and espresso offeringsjames hoffmann association
Threads cited (10)

On YouTube

8 videos · 611k combined views

Square Mile Coffee Roasters has 1 video on their channel; 7 videos come from outside reviewers (James Hoffmann, Bellwether Coffee, The Girl in the Cafe TV, and others).

From Square Mile Coffee Roasters

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