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Cat & Cloud Coffee

Costa Rica Steven Vargas

NaturalDark

Cherrybook Index

69Noted

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

Price position

$3.23/oz$35.56 for 312g

Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.

Catalog summary

A natural lot from Central Valley, Costa Rica, indexed 69 on sparse evidence.

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

No longer available at the roaster

Last verified 20 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

raspberry · grape soda · peanut butter

  • Fruit
  • Cocoa and nut
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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.

Costa Rica Steven Vargas by Cat & Cloud Coffee
Farm / Co-op
—
Process
Natural
Altitude
1600 m
Harvest
—
Weight
312g
Bag price
$35.56
Price / oz
$3.23/oz
Brew
filter, espresso

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

From the editors

This lot is no longer available at the roaster.

We last reached the roaster’s page for this coffee 20 days ago. It now returns a not-found or members-only response, so we’ve archived the buy link rather than send anyone to a dead page. The notes, sensory chart, and editorial context below remain useful as a record of what this lot offered.

Cherrybook Index (CBI)

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

69

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 83.8 shrunk to 69.4 = 69.

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
    65/ 22% weight

Sensory profile

Body
4
Sweetness
4
Balance
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.

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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

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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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