Ecuador Abel Salinas — Filter
Mejorado
Washed76Cherry's Index
Cup profile
white cherry · vanilla · meyer lemon · elegant & complex
- Fruit
- Citrus
- Sugar and spice
- Origin
- Loja, EC
- Producer
- Abel Salinas
- Farm / Co-op
- Finca Arashi
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1890–1890 m
- Varietals
- other
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 250g
- Bag price
- CAD 43.00
- Price / oz
- $3.50/oz
- Brew
- filter
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 48 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 48 days ago.
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
76
Strong
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
- 85/ 30% weightYouTube reviewsSentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
- 80/ 55% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 80/ 15% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Renormalized base 81.5 shrunk to 76.0 at 83% confidence = 76.
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 2
- Sweetness
- 3
- 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 Subtext Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 80/100
Subtext Coffee Roasters is appreciated by specialty coffee enthusiasts, particularly for their washed light roasts and interesting reserve bean offerings (like Chiroso and Sidra). Users mention them alongside respected light roast names like Tim Wendelboe. While shipping and tariffs can occasionally cause minor hurdles for cross-border buyers, customers are generally enthusiastic about diving into their single-origin offerings from regions like Ecuador and Mexico.
washed light roastsreserve subscriptionshigh-end single originsrespected specialty roaster
Threads cited (7)
- r/pourover · ↑ · Bloom temperature experimentation
- r/espresso · ↑ · Any Canadians on here have recommendations for roasters that ship here?
- r/pourover · ↑ · Baller Tariff score(subtext)
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Advice on Price Point for Coffee Roasters for Home Use
- r/pourover · ↑ · Please Share Your Recipes for Naturals
- r/pourover · ↑ · Subtext Reserve Beans
- r/pourover · ↑ · I have no idea how to judge coffee with changing grind sizes
On YouTube
3 videos · 29k combined views
Outside coverage of Subtext Coffee Roasters highlights their identity as a Toronto-based roastery focused on hyper-local community engagement and seasonal sourcing. Reviewers and interviews emphasize their dedication to offering expressive, flavorful coffees featuring unique processing methods and diverse global origins. The roasters themselves articulate a philosophy centered on seasonality and bringing distinctive flavor profiles directly to their local area.
Seasonal coffee offeringsExpressive flavor profilesUnique processing methodsHyper-local community focusGlobal coffee sourcing
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Coverage from others