Colombia El Silencio
WashedDark
Cherrybook Index
69Noted
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$2.38/oz$28.50 for 340g
Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.
Catalog summary
A washed lot from Cauca, Colombia, indexed 69 on sparse evidence.
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
No longer available at the roaster
Last verified 3 days ago.
Roaster’s notes
apricot · honey · fuji apple
- Fruit
- Sugar and spice
Open the flavor wheel
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
- Cauca, CO
- Producer
- Robinson Rivera
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1740 m
- Varietals
- Caturra
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $28.50
- Price / oz
- $2.38/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 3 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
69
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 78.3 shrunk to 66.3 + bonuses = 69.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 82/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 65/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
- +1Editorial coverage clusterThis roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Temple Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 82/100
Five Reddit contributors give a largely positive view of Temple Coffee Roasters with one value caveat. One describes brighter, nutty, and toasted flavors from Guatemala Hunapu. Another calls the Dharma blend an all-time favorite espresso. A repeat buyer says about 24 of 25 bags were exceptional and appreciates free brewed samples in Temple cafes. Another says Wonderblend had been great, while a Sacramento visitor says their cafe drink was good but not worth a seven-dollar latte price.
Guatemala Hunapu flavorsDharma espresso blendconsistent bags and cafe samplesWonderblendcafe value
Threads cited (5)
- r/Coffee · 720↑ · Day 2 without a cigarette and holy shit
...t was brewing!! I always do a V60 in the morning and I do a coffee club so I've always got pretty good beans. The one I made today was a Guatemalan Hunapu from Temple Coffee Roasters in Sacramento, CA. While it brewed, I noticed a nutty and kind of toasted smell. After I poured my cup, I sipped it and I couldn't bel
- r/espresso · 126↑ · Not the grinder I wanted to use
Temple as in Sacramento Temple?:) espresso as in the Dharma blend? If so, that is a true shame. My all time favorite espresso blend
- r/Coffee · 125↑ · Some coffee just sucks...
My suggestion is to wait for a response from Temple Coffee. I have purchased approximately 25 bags of their coffee and all but one has been exceptional, IMHO. They may offer to send a replacement bag. I appreciate how they offer free brewed samples in their cafes - a practice that I wish other roasters would follow too
- r/Coffee · 15↑ · Extraction of blends vs single origins
I have only bought single origins for the last couple years, but ventured to try wonderblend by temple. It has been great so far, but made me raise the question: Are the two different origins in a blend extracted at different rates? Essentially, are the Colombian grounds under extracted and the Ethiopian grounds over e
- r/espresso · 3↑ · Where to go in Sacramento?
I'm looking for recommendations in Sacramento (downtown area, preferably) Thanks! Edit: thank you for the recommendations! I went to Temple. It was good, but not $7 latte good. I'll try Scorpio next time.
Press · Sprudge
- Build-Outs Of Summer: Temple Coffee Roasters In Sacramento, CA2019-09-23·sprudge
Temple Coffee Roasters in Sacramento, California.
On YouTube
Meet the roaster on camera
About the roasterBrew guide
The Art of Roasting at Temple Coffee
Wendy Walker · 5.6K views on YouTube
Watch on YouTubeThis video covers Temple Coffee Roasters; it is general roaster coverage.
Cherrybook summary of the video
This video features a roaster from Temple Coffee Roasters explaining their approach to roast profiling. The roaster demonstrates how they manipulate heat and airflow during the roasting process to highlight specific flavor compounds in the coffee.
Inside this video
From Wendy Walker:
“My philosophy on roasting is really to accentuate the desirable flavors of the coffee and take out the less desirable flavors of the coffee.”
“The profiling process starts with understanding what you like about a coffee and understanding how those flavor traits react with different types of heat manipulation.”
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