Ethiopia Chelbesa One — Filter
Washed Kurume & Wolisho
Washed
Cherrybook Index
64sparse
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
US$2.17/ozCAD 27.00 for 250g
Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.
Catalog summary
A washed lot from Gedeb, Ethiopia, not yet indexed (2 of 7 signals on file).
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
No longer available at the roaster
Last verified 58 days ago.
Roaster’s notes
honeydew · apricot · white flower
- Fruit
- Floral
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Mapped from the roaster’s tasting notes to the SCA flavor wheel; Cherrybook’s interpretation of the stated notes, not the roaster’s own categorization.
- Origin
- Gedeb, ET
- Producer
- SNAP Specialty Coffee
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1950–2200 m
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 250g
- Bag price
- CAD 27.00
- Price / oz
- US$2.17/oz
- Brew
- —
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 58 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
64
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 75.2 shrunk to 64.5 = 64.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 78/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 65/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 5
- Body
- 2
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 5
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Subtext Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 78/100
Two Reddit posts provide mixed Subtext evidence. A Mejorado produced very sweet or floral cups depending on bloom temperature; a longtime fan found one reserve batch more developed and disappointing than usual.
sweet Mejoradofavorite with a disappointing batch
Threads cited (2)
- r/pourover · 36↑ · Bloom temperature experimentation
...and full temp blooms while keeping everything else the same, and I find that I prefer different temps for each coffee. For example, brewing a washed Abel Salinas Mejorado from Subtext, the full temp bloom produces a very brown sugar forward cup; absurdly sweet. The 60C bloom on the other hand made the cup almost per
- r/pourover · 3↑ · Subtext Reserve Beans
Just picked up the Francy Marin washed Pink Bourbon... two brews in and feeling a little disappointed. Subtext has always been a favourite but this batch seems a little more developed than usual. Anyone have the same experience?
On YouTube
2 videos · 3k combined views
Subtext Coffee Roasters has 1 video on their channel; 1 video comes from outside reviewers (blogTO).
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