La Pitina Honey
Honey
Cherrybook Index
66Noted
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
US$2.27/ozEUR 18.40 for 265g
Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.
Catalog summary
A honey lot from Brunca, Costa Rica, indexed 66 on sparse evidence.
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
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Cherrybook last checked this listing 93 days ago.
Roaster’s notes
rock melon · kiwi · butterscotch
- Fruit
- Sugar and spice
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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
- Brunca, CR
- Producer
- The Alvarado Family
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Honey
- Altitude
- —
- Varietals
- Catuai
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 265g
- Bag price
- EUR 18.40
- Price / oz
- US$2.27/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
66
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 73.6 shrunk to 63.6 + bonuses = 66.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 76/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 65/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Bonanza Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 76/100
Two independent Reddit threads give Bonanza Coffee a favorable but measured picture. One contributor included it among roasters they normally like, while another said roaster-made cups were amazing but struggled to reproduce those flavors at home.
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Threads cited (2)
- r/Coffee · 9↑ · [Question] Good 3rd Wave Coffeehouses in the Boston Area?
...did most of my coffee drinking in Berlin and San Francisco and wanted to know a good place where I could hunker down with a quality drip on a slow holiday afternoon. Roasters I normally like are Blue Bottle, Four Barrel, Ritual (from San Francisco), and Five Elephant, Bonanza Coffee Heroes, and The Barn (from Berlin
- r/pourover · 4↑ · Lack of complexity
...cafe’s themselves. I use a 1zpresso jx pro, the 4:6 method, and since I live in the Netherlands, I have good water quality. The coffees I got where from bonanza, the barn, fuku etc. so not bad roasters either. Is it due to my grinder? I tried other sources of water aswell, but that doesn’t seem to be making the diff
Press · Sprudge
- Seattle: Bonanza and ONIBUS Link Up To Take Over The La Marzocco Cafe2019-06-07·sprudge
For their next residency, the La Marzocco Cafe invites an international collaboration.
- Bonanza Coffee Adds To Kreuzberg’s Rich Coffee Scene With Second Cafe2017-09-07·sprudge
Bonanza Coffee Roasters in Berlin, Germany.
On YouTube
5 videos · 60k combined views
Bonanza Coffee Roasters has 2 videos on their channel; 3 videos come from outside reviewers (European Coffee Trip, VIDEOSCOUT-IT BERLIN, coffeeblackhot).
From Bonanza Coffee Roasters