El Salvador - Experimental Hybrid Selection
ExperimentalSCA cup 96.0
Cherrybook Index
72Noted
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Preliminary: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$2.25/oz$27.00 for 340g
Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.
Catalog summary
An experimental lot from Apaneca-Ilamatepec, El Salvador, indexed 72 on preliminary evidence.
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Cherrybook last checked this listing 49 days ago.
Roaster’s notes
passion fruit · raspberry jam · blood orange · lilac
- Fruit
- Citrus
- Floral
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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
- Apaneca-Ilamatepec, SV
- Producer
- Carlos Pola
- Farm / Co-op
- Finca Las Brisas
- Process
- Experimental
- Altitude
- —
- Varietals
- Other
- 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
Cherrybook Index (CBI)
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
72
Noted
Preliminary
Confidence2 of 7 signals on file
Score is partially shrunk toward a neutral 50; read directionally until more source families land.
How confidence affects the score
Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 30% 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 25% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
The math on file: renormalized base 79.2 shrunk to 71.9 = 72.
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- 80/ 83% weightSCA gradeRoaster-published cupping score
- 75/ 17% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 4
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 3
- Clean
- 4
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