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Hokusai, Coffee For The Arts
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Coffee For The Arts, Torrance, CA

Hokusai

Costa Rica · Washed · Medium
Size
Grind
$20.0010 oz bag, $2.00/oz

Shipped by Coffee For The Arts from Torrance, CA. Ships to US addresses; shipping and tax are shown at checkout. Shipping and returns

Also sold on coffeeforthearts.com.

Why this coffee

How is it rated?

49Cherrybook Index, from the roaster's own listing only.

  • What the roaster discloses40

With this little evidence the score is pulled toward a neutral 50; more signals will move it.

Whether we sell a coffee never changes its score. How the Index works

What will it taste like?

Mostly cocoa, some sugar.

  • Cocoa and nut67%
  • Sugar and spice33%

The roaster’s notes: custard, nutty, chocolate, brown_sugar.

See these notes on the flavor wheel

Mapped from the roaster’s tasting notes to the SCA flavor wheel: our reading of their notes, not the roaster’s own categories.

How does the price compare?

$2.00an ounce. Similar coffees run $1.43 to $2.69.

What moves the price

  • Washed process−4%

Some listing details are missing, so the comparison is broad.

A statistical model, refit weekly across the in-stock catalog, estimates what coffees with these listed traits sell for per ounce.

Back of the bag

What Coffee For The Arts publishes about this coffee.

Process
Washed
Roast
Medium
Bag
283g

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