Kona Red Bourbon
WashedMedium-LightSCA 94.076Strong
- Origin
- Kona, US
- Producer
- Franck Carisey
- Farm / Co-op
- Uluwehi Farm
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 549–549 m
- Varietals
- red_bourbon
- Harvest
- 2022
- Weight
- 283g
- Bag price
- $59.00
- Price / oz
- $5.91/oz
- Brew
- —
As cupped
brown sugar · milk chocolate · juicy cherries · sweet black tea · dark chocolate · pomegranate · lemon verbena · agave syrup · pink grapefruit zest · apple-like malic 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
76
Strong
High confidence
Confidence58% coverage / 4 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.
Missing: Coffee Review, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 95/ 9% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 85/ 17% weightYouTube reviewsSentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
- 70/ 43% weightSCA gradeRoaster-published cupping score
- 70/ 31% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
Bonuses applied
- +1Editorial coverage clusterThis roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
Base weighted score: 74.7 + bonuses = 76
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
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)
- r/espresso · ↑ · Taking full control. Step one, grow some coffee.
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Source for Kona?
- r/pourover · ↑ · My year in coffee and travel for 2024
- r/espresso · ↑ · Espresso with a view! And a little friend (swipe to meet him)
- r/Coffee · ↑ · Kona Coffee and other Hawaiian variety recommendations
- r/roasting · ↑ · Big Island Green Beans
- r/Coffee · ↑ · In Hawaii big island for a week. Want to check out an excellent coffee farm and bring back
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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