Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Grade 1 Banko
Jasmine, Bergamot, and Lemon on a washed lot.
Yirgacheffe, ET · Washed
Medium-LightJasmineBergamotLemon+3
56CBI · sparse
$2.00/oz
Roaster · San Francisco, CA
Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters
5 lots in stock, mostly Ethiopia and Guatemala.
- In stock
- 5
- House Index · limited data
- 53
- Freshness
- Roast cadence not disclosed
OriginsEthiopiaGuatemala
Roaster at a glance
- Tracked since
- April 20265 lots seen; 5 in stock now
- Origins
- 2 countriesEthiopia, Guatemala
- Process mix
- Washed 60% · Honey 20% · Other 20%
- Sourcing
- 40% of lots name the producer or farm2 of 5
- Coverage
- 6 reviewer videos · 2 press mentions · 1 editorial mention · 3 Reddit threadsVideos and articles about the roaster, not by it
- Their channels
- Instagram ↗YouTube ↗Facebook ↗X ↗YouTube: 7 videos, 4K subscribers, last upload February 2021
- Where to find them
- Cafe in San Francisco, CA2271 Union Street
How Cherrybook Index is calculatedavg coverage 23% · limited data
Coverage is below 50%. Available roaster-level evidence comes from Reddit. Per-lot evidence from SCA grades, Coffee Review entries, and public on-shop product ratings is limited across the catalog. With limited signal, scores are also pulled toward a neutral 50 baseline by the Cherrybook Index methodology, so lots can read flatter than the actual cup quality differences between them. The average Cherrybook Index therefore leans more heavily on roaster-level reputation than per-lot quality.
Roaster signals
Apply to every lot from this roaster.
- Reddit64/100weight 18%
- YouTube—weight 10%
Per-lot signals (averaged)
Vary across lots; averaged over 5 in-stock lots.
- SCA gradenot on file · weight 25%
- Coffee Reviewnot on file · weight 20%
- On-shop ratingsnot on file · weight 12%
- Cherrybook reader ratingsnot on file · weight 30%
- Transparency44/1005/5 lots · weight 5%
Bonuses earned (per lot)
- sprudge5/5
- stale decay5/5
Base components are renormalized over whatever signals are available for each lot. SCA + Coffee Review are capped at 40% combined to keep the cupping story from dominating. Bonuses (accolades, awards, editorial coverage) and freshness decay are applied on top.
The catalog
5 in stock
ChocolateOrangePlum+1
55CBI · sparse
$2.00/oz
MediumNuttyCocoa
51CBI · sparse
$1.83/oz
CaramelChocolateFruity
51CBI · sparse
$1.92/oz
Decaf Pillow Fight Blend
Roaster flags Milk Chocolate, Cinnamon, and Brown Sugar in the cup.
LightMilk ChocolateCinnamonBrown Sugar+1
50CBI · sparse
$2.00/oz
Also available · subscriptions, sample packs, gear
Despierta
Taste data is still sparse; open the detail page before judging this lot.
53CBI · sparse
$0.96/oz
Community reputation · Reddit
Mixed reviews· sentiment 64/100
Three independent Reddit contributions give Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters a mixed but generally favorable picture. One poster called a Peru bag absolutely delicious and described a beautiful moka-pot cup. Another compared home cappuccinos made with the roaster's beans with richer shop drinks. A separate commenter said they did not love Wrecking Ball.
Peru coffeemoka-pot brewingshop and home cappuccino comparisonmixed San Francisco opinion
Threads cited (3)
- r/Coffee · 17↑ · Best espresso in San Francisco or near
I didn't love Wrecking Ball, ritual has been my favorite, but lately, BB has really been impressing me, sadly they're not near enough to me to go all the time. I'll have to look up Redwhale, never heard of it.
- r/Coffee · 9↑ · Using a Moka Pot twice
Hello! Yesterday I visited Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters in SF (union street) and got an absolutely delicious bag of Peru. I already made one beautiful cup with my go-to moka pot - has anyone made a second cup with a moka pot before? Without replacing the already used grounds, that is. Is this absolute heresy? Will the
- r/espresso · 5↑ · Breville Bambino - Cappuccinos just don't taste as rich as the shop
...etween 6.5 and 8 oz) just don't taste as rich as those from some of the best coffee shops here in San Francisco. We've gone so far as to get beans from the local shop (Wrecking Ball), ground by them on the setting they use, and made one immediately after. It's just not quite there. The simplest way to describe the d
Press · Sprudge
- Trish Rothgeb: The Sprudge Twenty Interview2024-11-14·sprudge
We interview 2024 Sprudge Twenty inductee Trish Rothgeb of Wrecking Ball Coffee.
- TikTok Star Morgan Drinks Coffee Launches Collab With Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters2020-12-04·sprudge
Barista competitor and Tiktok star Morgan Eckroth’s new brand Morgan Drinks Coffee.
On YouTube
6 videos · 157k combined views
Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters has 4 videos on their channel; 2 videos come from outside reviewers (Matt Paese, KQED Food).
From Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters
- 72k views
Cupping coffee with the SCA form
Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters
- 31k views
Green grading coffee with Trish
Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters
- 10k views
The SCA Modified Cupping Protocol with Trish
Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters
- 8k views
The Q Grader course & exams, retakes, calibrations and recertification
Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters
Flagship cafe
Union Street
2271 Union Street, San Francisco, CA
Open in maps →Full-service coffee cafe in the Cow Hollow neighborhood of San Francisco.
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