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Counter Culture Coffee

Mabono Honey

Honey Process

HoneyLight

Cherrybook Index

59sparse

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

Price position

$2.16/oz$28.00 for 367g

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

Catalog summary

A honey lot from Elgon, Uganda, not yet indexed (2 of 7 signals on file).

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

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Roasts to order · ships in ~2d

Your bag is roasted after you order; expect a short delay before it ships, but it arrives as fresh as the roaster can make it.

“All coffee orders are freshly roasted-to-order, meaning we roast and ship out on the same day.” source ↗

Cherrybook last checked this listing 39 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

berry · brown_sugar · creamy

  • 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.

Mabono Honey by Counter Culture Coffee
Origin
Elgon, UG
Farm / Co-op
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Process
Honey
Altitude
—
Varietals
—
Harvest
—
Weight
367g
Bag price
$28.00
Price / oz
$2.16/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

59

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 64.1 shrunk to 58.1 + bonuses = 59.

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

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    68/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    50/ 22% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Editorial coverage cluster
    This roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
    +1

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
3
Body
4
Sweetness
4
Balance
3
Clean
3

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About Counter Culture Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Mixed reviews· sentiment 68/100

Two independent Reddit threads give Counter Culture a mixed picture. One discussion treated its commercial roast quality as worth the price but also reported poor or boring bags; another used its roasting and profiling as a high-end benchmark.

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Threads cited (2)
  • r/roasting · 7↑ · Considering getting into roasting, want some advice

    ...coffee habit. I've been looking at the Behmor 1600 Plus. Basically, I want to know if I will be able to get roasts as good as what I currently buy from places like Verve, Counter Culture, and Intelligentsia. If I will never get roasts as good as these, then I'd prefer to just continue buying pre-roasted beans. The q

  • r/roasting · 4↑ · Best Site for the Highest Quality Green Coffee

    ...n fact, for being a first time roaster, everything has been really good! I am coming from drinking higher tier roasted coffee such as Onyx Coffee Labs, and Counter Culture, both who use high end roasters, profile for days, and get the perfect roast out of everything they sell. Compare that to me, using an SR540, wit

On YouTube

8 videos · 69k combined views

Counter Culture Coffee has 2 videos on their channel; 6 videos come from outside reviewers (Whiskey Vault, Roaster Kat, ima4ster, and others).

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