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From Brazil, not Costa Rica · $8.16/oz less
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Different
$8.49/oz less
$18.9912 oz

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4.8 from 46 buyers
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Both natural · Both list nutty notes
Different
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Costa Rica Sumava — Reserve, Temple Coffee Roasters
Temple Coffee Roasters, Sacramento, CA

Costa Rica Sumava — Reserve

Mostly fruit, some cocoa

In stock at Temple Coffee Roasters. We don't carry it yet.

$60.00170g bag
At Temple Coffee Roasters

About Costa Rica Sumava (Reserve)

How is it rated?

77Strong. Cherrybook Index, from 2 independent sources.

  • Reddit, on the roaster82
  • YouTube reviewers, on the roaster75
  • What the roaster discloses75
  • +2Roaster featured by Sprudge
  • +1Roaster covered three or more times in coffee trade press

With this little evidence the score is pulled toward a neutral 50; more signals will move it.

Whether we sell a coffee never changes its score. How the Index works

What will it taste like?

Mostly fruit, some cocoa.

  • Fruit67%
  • Cocoa and nut33%

The roaster’s notes: dried mango, fruit punch, pistachio.

See these notes on the flavor wheel

Mapped from the roaster’s tasting notes to the SCA flavor wheel: our reading of their notes, not the roaster’s own categories.

How does the price compare?

$10.01an ounce. Similar coffees run $2.52 to $4.02.

What moves the price

  • Roaster brand and sourcing+28%
  • Natural process+3%
  • Single origin+3%

A statistical model, refit weekly across the in-stock catalog, estimates what coffees with these listed traits sell for per ounce.

Back of the bag

What Temple Coffee Roasters publishes about this coffee.

Farm or co-op
Finca Sumava de Lourdes
Process
Natural
Variety
Starmaya
Altitude
1650 to 1750 m
Bag
170g
Suggested brew
filter, espresso

The variety and the origin

About Temple Coffee Roasters

The roaster’s page

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

Meet the roaster on camera

7 videos

About the roasterBrew guide

The Art of Roasting at Temple Coffee

Wendy Walker · 5.6K views on YouTube

Watch on YouTube

This 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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Across the coverage of Temple Coffee Roasters

Reviewers and local media describe Temple Coffee Roasters as a prominent and well-established institution in the Sacramento and Davis coffee scenes. Outside coverage highlights their dedication to meticulous roast profiling, innovative equipment like Kyoto-style ice drippers, and vibrant cafe spaces with local partnerships. Additionally, coverage has documented internal leadership transitions following public discussions regarding company policies.

Sacramento and Davis institution · Meticulous roast profiling · Innovative brewing equipment · Vibrant cafe atmospheres · Local culinary partnerships · Public leadership transitions

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