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Big Island Coffee Roasters

Kona Noir

100% Kona Coffee

ExperimentalMedium-LightSCA 95.0★ 4.9 (41)79Strong
Kona Noir by Big Island Coffee Roasters
Origin
Kona, US
Farm / Co-op
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Altitude
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Varietals
sl34
Harvest
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Weight
283g
Bag price
$65.00
Price / oz
$6.51/oz
Brew
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As cupped

black cherry · wild honey · peach · ginger · plumeria · white tea · frankincense · satiny-smooth · bright · juicy acidity

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Roasts daily

Roasts most weekdays, so most orders ship within a day or two of the roast date.

“Orders are roasted Sunday-Friday and shipped Monday-Friday.” source ↗

Cherry's Index

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology

79

Strong

High confidence

Confidence85% coverage / 6 of 7 signals

Multiple independent source families support this score at full weight. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped, the remaining weights are renormalized, and the result is shrunk toward a neutral 50 baseline by 0% so a single thin signal can’t carry the score on its own.

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  • Buyer reviews
    On-shop star ratings (Yotpo, Reviews.io, Okendo, Loox, Stamped, Judge.me)
    98/ 14% weight
  • YouTube reviews
    Sentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
    85/ 12% weight
  • SCA grade
    Roaster-published cupping score
    75/ 26% weight
  • Coffee Review
    Mean score from coffeereview.com
    75/ 21% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    75/ 6% weight
  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    70/ 21% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Editorial coverage cluster
    This roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
    +1
  • Stale-stock demotion
    This lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
    +-0

Base weighted score: 78.3 + bonuses = 79

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Buyer reviews · this coffee

4.9/ 5· 41 reviews on Big Island Coffee Roasters’s product page
via stamped

Aggregate of star ratings buyers left on this lot’s page on Big Island Coffee Roasters’s storefront. Cherrybook stores the average + count, not the individual reviews; tap through to read what buyers wrote.

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About Big Island Coffee Roasters

Community reputation · Reddit

Well-regarded· sentiment 70/100

Big Island Coffee Roasters is mentioned in the context of the broader Hawaiian coffee scene, though the provided threads do not contain direct reviews or detailed discussions of their specific products. The roaster is part of the regional conversation regarding sourcing high-quality Hawaiian coffee, but the threads focus more on farm visits, general Kona coffee recommendations, and sourcing green beans. There is no explicit criticism of the roaster in the provided text.

Hawaiian coffee sourcingregional specialty coffeeinterest in farm-direct beans
Threads cited (7)

On YouTube

1 video · 27k combined views

Outside coverage characterizes Big Island Coffee Roasters as a producer deeply rooted in its local geography. Reviewers highlight the company's direct collaboration with regional farmers to elevate cultivation standards. The roaster is recognized for its focus on terroir, treating coffee with the same regional specificity as fine wine.

Hawaiian regional focusDirect farmer partnershipsTerroir-driven philosophyQuality-focused cultivation methods

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