Costa Rica Las Lajas Perla Negra
NaturalLight
Cup profile
cola · cherry · apple cider
- Fruit
- Sugar and spice
- Origin
- Central Valley, CR
- Producer
- Las Lajas Micromill
- Farm / Co-op
- El Guachepelín
- Process
- Natural
- Altitude
- —
- Varietals
- other
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 354g
- Bag price
- $25.50
- Price / oz
- $2.04/oz
- Brew
- —
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Cherrybook last checked this listing 3 days ago.
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
61
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
- 80/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 75/ 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 76.1 shrunk to 65.0 at 57% confidence + bonuses = 61.
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 Brioso Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 75/100
Brioso Roasters (also known as Cafe Brioso) in Columbus, Ohio receives positive local appreciation as a go-to spot for coffee lovers in the area. Customers enjoy their espresso roasts and single-origin offerings, though one user noted challenges with brewing an Ethiopian light roast due to grinder fines rather than any fault of the roaster itself. Overall, they are recognized as a solid local roaster and cafe option in Ohio.
local Columbus roastergreat espresso roastssingle-origin offeringspopular local favorite
On YouTube
1 video · 1k combined views
1 video covers Brioso Roasters from reviewer brio last.