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Temple Coffee Roasters

Java Mt. Ijen — Espresso

Single Origin Espresso

NaturalDarkSCA cup 94.0

Cherrybook Index

80Strong

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. High confidence: 4 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

$2.46/oz$29.50 for 340g

Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.

Catalog summary

A natural lot from Java, Indonesia, indexed 80 on confident evidence.

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

No longer available at the roaster

Last verified 31 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

raspberry liqueur · chocolate mousse · anise

  • 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.

Java Mt. Ijen — Espresso by Temple Coffee Roasters
Origin
Java, ID
Farm / Co-op
Smallholder Producers
Process
Natural
Altitude
1100–1500 m
Varietals
Typica,Other
Harvest
—
Weight
340g
Bag price
$29.50
Price / oz
$2.46/oz
Brew
espresso

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 31 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

80

Strong

High confidence

Confidence4 of 7 signals on file

Multiple independent source families support this score at full weight.

How confidence affects the score

Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 63% 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: YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    82/ 29% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    75/ 8% weight
  • SCA grade
    Roaster-published cupping score
    70/ 35% weight
  • Coffee Review
    Mean score from coffeereview.com
    70/ 28% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Sprudge press coverage
    This roaster has been featured by Sprudge
    +2
  • cr_top30
    +3
  • Editorial coverage cluster
    This roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
    +1

Base weighted score: 73.8 + bonuses = 80

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
2
Body
4
Sweetness
4
Balance
3
Clean
3

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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

On YouTube

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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