The live reference for specialty coffee.

Cherrybook helps you decide which coffee is worth buying next. We track live coffees from roughly 200 specialty roasters, normalize the messy details into one schema, and show the evidence behind each coffee before you leave for the roaster’s checkout.

The job is simple: search the live shelf, compare real lots side by side, understand the strength of the signal, then buy directly from the roaster.

What we catalog

We collect public product information from roaster shops: coffee name, origin, producer, process, varietal, tasting notes, roast level, price, bag size, availability, and source URL. When roasters publish scores, sensory details, certifications, or freshness policies, we preserve those too.

Because every roaster describes coffee differently, Cherrybook normalizes the raw listing into shared vocabulary for origins, processes, varietals, flavor families, brew suitability, and sensory dimensions. That is what makes cross-roaster comparison possible.

Northscore

Northscore is a signal summary, not an independent cupping. It combines the strongest quality evidence Cherrybook can find for a coffee and reports how much coverage backs that number. A high score means the available signals are strong; low coverage means the score should be read cautiously.

Base components

• SCA grade (25%) - roaster-published cupping score, mapped from 80-100 to 0-100.
• Coffee Review (20%) - matched Coffee Review scores, mapped the same way.
• Roaster reputation (20%) - public community sentiment about the roaster.
• Sensory profile (25%) - acidity, body, sweetness, balance, and cleanliness when enough data exists.

Missing components are dropped and the remaining weights are renormalized. SCA and Coffee Review are capped together so two correlated cupping signals cannot dominate the score on their own.

Bonuses and penalties

Northscore can move modestly for strong external evidence: Cup of Excellence results, competition-lot matches, Good Food recognition, Coffee Review Top 30 placement, meaningful editorial coverage, customer-review strength, and Cherrybook community tastings. Older in-stock lots can receive a small freshness decay when they appear to have sat too long without restock.

Coverage and confidence

We show coverage because absence of signal is not evidence of bad coffee. Coffee cards and detail pages distinguish strong coverage from thin coverage, and coffees with too little useful signal show as Not yet rated rather than a misleading low number.

We also label data-quality gaps. If sensory information, flavor tags, or customer reviews are estimated or pending, the interface says so instead of silently pretending the catalog is complete.

Commerce

Cherrybook does not sell coffee. Every buy link sends you to the roaster’s own product page. The roaster controls price, inventory, fulfillment, returns, and customer service.

Some outbound links may earn Cherrybook a commission. Affiliate status does not affect ranking, Northscore, search results, or editorial placement.

Freshness and limits

Catalogs are refreshed regularly, but coffee inventory moves fast. Prices, availability, roast timing, and shipping terms should always be verified on the roaster’s site before purchase.

Cherrybook is strongest when roasters publish rich data. Sparse listings can still be useful for search and comparison, but they will carry lower confidence until more evidence exists.