Finca La Colmena
WashedMedium-Light
Cup profile
nectarine · toffee · lemon · whipped honey · vanilla
- Fruit
- Citrus
- Sugar and spice
- Origin
- Santa Barbara, HN
- Producer
- Benjamin Paz
- Farm / Co-op
- Finca La Colmena
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- —
- Varietals
- —
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $27.00
- Price / oz
- $2.25/oz
- Brew
- —
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
Price and availability set by the roaster.
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Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
58
Sparse signal
Confidence23% coverage / 2 of 7 signals
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. 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.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 75/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 70/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
Bonuses applied
- +-4Stale-stock demotionThis lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
Renormalized base 71.1 shrunk to 62.1 at 57% confidence + bonuses = 58.
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
Flavor wheelestimated
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Bard Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 70/100
Bard Coffee is mentioned in passing within community discussions, such as a user sharing a collection of coffee bags from past years that included Bard's Ethiopia Gera Estate. Another user recalled purchasing their beans in person during a trip to Maine. Overall mentions are sparse and conversational, reflecting a positive or neutral presence without any criticism.
Maine-based roasterSingle-origin offerings