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Cat & Cloud Coffee

Best Friends Club: TruBaca Blend

10 Years of Cat & Cloud

WashedDark

Cherrybook Index

71Noted

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

$2.96/oz$29.53 for 283g

Typical band for this profile $1.63 to $2.60 (washed blend lots (other named varieties, retail bags); USD listings; dark roast in stock). Where it sits

Catalog summary

A washed lot from Santa Barbara, Honduras, indexed 71 on sparse evidence and priced above the typical band for its listed profile.

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

Price and availability set by the roaster.

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Roaster’s notes

green apple · strawberry · dark chocolate

  • Fruit
  • Cocoa and nut
  • 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.

Best Friends Club: TruBaca Blend by Cat & Cloud Coffee
Farm / Co-op
—
Process
Washed
Altitude
1450–2150 m
Harvest
—
Weight
283g
Bag price
$29.53
Price / oz
$2.96/oz
Brew
filter, espresso

from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated

Price contextmodeled

A modeled range and current prices for comparable listings.

$2.96/oz

typically $1.63 to $2.60

Where it sits

18 washed blend lots (other named varieties, retail bags); USD listings; dark roast in stock

typical band this lot

Broad comparison: 94th percentile of 18 washed blend lots (other named varieties, retail bags); USD listings; dark roast in stock right now.

This group broadens origin, roast or selling market to find enough lots. It does not qualify this coffee for a value recommendation.

What moves this price

cheaper×1.00pricier
  • Roaster brand and sourcing×1.06
  • Washed process×0.95
  • Blend×0.96
  • Dark roast×0.97
How this estimate works

A statistical model, refit weekly across the in-stock catalog, estimates what a coffee with these listed attributes typically sells for per ounce. Each multiplier compares one trait against the average lot in this market; the roaster line covers brand and sourcing together, which this model cannot separate. Bag size is shown separately, priced at the rate observed across sizes of the same coffee, because it says nothing about the coffee itself. The distribution counts every in-stock listing in the comparison group, with at least 15 listings from three roasters and no roaster supplying more than 60% of it. Decaf, blends, variety segments, processing families and bag formats stay separate. Origin, roast and selling currency can broaden as the group label indicates. Prices are converted to USD per ounce; shipping and differences in tax treatment are not adjusted. The model reads listed attributes only: the quality of the specific lot in the bag is not observable, so a price above the typical band is not evidence of overpricing.

Cherrybook Index (CBI)

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

71

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 86.0 shrunk to 70.7 = 71.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    89/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    75/ 22% weight

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
3
Body
4
Sweetness
4
Balance
3
Clean
3

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About Cat & Cloud Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 89/100

Three independent Reddit threads give Cat & Cloud a strongly favorable picture. Drinkers praised an intensely berry-forward Ethiopia, improving flavor from The Answer, and included the roaster among choices they enjoy.

berry-forward EthiopiaThe Answerenjoyed roaster
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On YouTube

Meet the roaster on camera

10 videos

About the roasterBrand film

Cat & Cloud | The Story Behind The Name And Logo

RealChrisBaca · 16.1K views on YouTube

Watch on YouTube

This video covers Cat & Cloud Coffee; it is general roaster coverage.

Cherrybook summary of the video

This video documents the history behind the name and logo of Cat & Cloud Coffee. It details the founders' brainstorming process and how they eventually decided on the name and logo, emphasizing the importance of creating a brand identity that resonates with people.

Inside this video

From RealChrisBaca:

“The naming, do that shit sucks.”
“The car's good, the name won't matter. If the car sucks, the name won't matter.”
“It's the literal representation of a fucking idea of a little God, fuck yeah.”

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