Costa Rica Sonora Estate — Espresso
Single Origin Espresso
NaturalDark
Cherrybook Index
72Noted
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Confident: 3 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$2.50/oz$30.00 for 340g
this lot $2.50$1.87$2.99
Typical band for this profile $1.87 to $2.99 (natural single-origin lots (other named varieties, retail bags); USD listings; dark roast in stock). Where it sits
Catalog summary
A natural lot from Central Valley, Costa Rica, indexed 72 on confident evidence and priced inside the typical band for its listed profile.
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
Price and availability set by the roaster.
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Roaster’s notes
blackberry jam · spiced rum · lemon curd
- Fruit
- Citrus
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
- Central Valley, CR
- Producer
- Alberto and Diego Guardia
- Farm / Co-op
- Sonora Estate
- Process
- Natural
- Altitude
- 1250 m
- Varietals
- Bourbon
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $30.00
- Price / oz
- $2.50/oz
- Brew
- espresso
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
Price contextmodeled
A modeled range and current prices for comparable listings.
$2.50/oz
typically $1.87 to $2.99
Where it sits
34 natural single-origin lots (other named varieties, retail bags); USD listings; dark roast in stock
typical band this lot
Broad comparison: 79th percentile of 34 natural single-origin lots (other named varieties, retail bags); USD listings; dark roast in stock right now.
This group broadens origin, roast or selling market to find enough lots. It does not qualify this coffee for a value recommendation.
What moves this price
cheaper×1.00pricier
- Roaster brand and sourcing×1.10
- Dark roast×0.97
- Costa Rica origin×1.03
- Other listed varieties×0.97
At 340 g, this bag runs about 2% less per ounce than a typical 288 g bag; that is pack size, not the coffee.
How this estimate works
A statistical model, refit weekly across the in-stock catalog, estimates what a coffee with these listed attributes typically sells for per ounce. Each multiplier compares one trait against the average lot in this market; the roaster line covers brand and sourcing together, which this model cannot separate. Bag size is shown separately, priced at the rate observed across sizes of the same coffee, because it says nothing about the coffee itself. The distribution counts every in-stock listing in the comparison group, with at least 15 listings from three roasters and no roaster supplying more than 60% of it. Decaf, blends, variety segments, processing families and bag formats stay separate. Origin, roast and selling currency can broaden as the group label indicates. Prices are converted to USD per ounce; shipping and differences in tax treatment are not adjusted. The model reads listed attributes only: the quality of the specific lot in the bag is not observable, so a price above the typical band is not evidence of overpricing.
Cherrybook Index (CBI)
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
72
Noted
Confident
Confidence3 of 7 signals on file
Enough independent signal to score at face value; no shrinkage applied.
How confidence affects the score
Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 43% 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 0% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
Missing: SCA grade, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 82/ 42% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 75/ 12% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 55/ 47% weightCoffee ReviewMean score from coffeereview.com
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
- +1Editorial coverage clusterThis roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
Base weighted score: 68.6 + bonuses = 72
Comps & alternatives
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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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