Costa Rica Calle Lajas
Limited Release
Natural
Cherrybook Index
59sparse
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$1.83/oz$22.00 for 340g
Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.
Catalog summary
A natural lot from Central Valley, Costa Rica, not yet indexed (2 of 7 signals on file).
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
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Roaster’s notes
blackberries · chocolate · winey · smooth
- Fruit
- Citrus
- Cocoa and nut
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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
- Oscar & Francisca Chacón
- Farm / Co-op
- Calle Lajas
- Process
- Natural
- Altitude
- 1400–1600 m
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $22.00
- Price / oz
- $1.83/oz
- Brew
- —
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
Cherrybook Index (CBI)
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
59
Sparse signal
Confidence2 of 7 signals on file
Score is heavily shrunk toward 50; treat as a placeholder until more sources arrive.
How confidence affects the score
Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 23% 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 43% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
The math on file: renormalized base 61.2 shrunk to 56.5 + bonuses = 59.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 80/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 56/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
- +1Editorial coverage clusterThis roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 3
- Body
- 4
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 3
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Tasting flight
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About Anodyne Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Mixed reviews· sentiment 56/100
Three independent Reddit posts provide limited, mixed evidence for Anodyne Coffee. One poster said they normally use Anodyne but wanted to branch out. Another said Brazil Serra Negra was not the dark profile they wanted. A third found a fresh Ethiopian Yirgacheffe initially floral and tea-like, then dramatically roasty after about three weeks.
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Threads cited (3)
- r/Coffee · 5↑ · [Question][Beans] I'm looking for a dark roasted bean. I tried some Brazil Serra Negra cof
[Question][Beans] I'm looking for a dark roasted bean. I tried some Brazil Serra Negra coffee from Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co. and it's not what I'm looking for.
- r/Coffee · 4↑ · What are some great independent coffee roasters that can be ordered online?
I normally use anodyne coffee but I'd like to branch out. Any recommendations?
- r/Coffee · 3↑ · Question about coffee flavor changing
I received an Ethiopian Yirgacheffe from Anodyne Coffee 3 or 4 days after roast (This was mid January). For the first week or so it was extremely tea-like and floral. It was more tea-like than I really wanted, and I tried different brew methods and ratios to get more body out of it. I used a v60, Clever Dripper, and Ae
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