Costa Rica Las Lajas Natural
NaturalLight65Cherry's Index
Cup profile
strawberry · almond · fruit cake
- Fruit
- Cocoa and nut

- Origin
- Central Valley, CR
- Producer
- Dona Francisca and Oscar Chacon
- Farm / Co-op
- Las Lajas
- Process
- Natural
- Altitude
- 1500–1500 m
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 354g
- Bag price
- $24.00
- Price / oz
- $1.92/oz
- Brew
- —
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Cherrybook last checked this listing today.
Price contextmodeled
What this profile typically sells for across the catalog.
$1.92/oz
typically $1.46 to $2.38
Where it sits
47 Costa Rica natural lots in stock
typical band this lot
45th percentile of 47 Costa Rica natural lots in stock right now.
What moves this price
cheaper×1.00pricier
- Roaster brand and sourcing×0.86
- Light roast×1.05
- Natural process×1.04
How this estimate works
A statistical model, refit weekly across the in-stock catalog, estimates what a coffee with this exact profile typically sells for per ounce. Each multiplier compares one trait against the average lot in this market; the roaster line covers brand and sourcing together, which this model cannot separate. Bag size is shown separately, priced at the rate observed across sizes of the same coffee, because it says nothing about the coffee itself. The distribution counts every in-stock lot in the comparison class, so it moves as the catalog does. The model reads listed attributes only: the quality of the specific lot in the bag is not observable, so a price above the typical band is not evidence of overpricing.
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
65
Noted
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 72.7 shrunk to 63.0 + bonuses = 65.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 75/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 72/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
Flavor wheelestimated
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
Taste this against three more lots Cherry picks.
Brew a set side-by-side. Cherry varies the picks along axes that pair with this lot; origin, process, roast, or producer; so you learn the difference, not just drink four good cups.
Reference · About the varietal & origin
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