Honduras Finca Karmél #3 Cup of Excellence Competition Winner
HoneySCA cup 89.1
Cherrybook Index
46preliminary
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Preliminary: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$7.03/oz$28.00 for 113g
this lot $7.03$1.81$2.93
Typical band for this profile $1.81 to $2.93 (honey single-origin lots (other named varieties, retail bags); USD listings; roast unlisted in stock). Where it sits
Catalog summary
A honey lot from Santa Bárbara, Honduras, not yet indexed (2 of 7 signals on file) and priced above the typical band for its listed profile.
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Cherrybook last checked this listing today.
Roaster’s notes
apricot · warming spices · graham cracker · honey graham crackers · dark chocolate syrup · dried stone fruit · grapefruit
- Fruit
- Citrus
- Cocoa and nut
- Sugar and spice
Open the flavor wheel
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.
- Origin
- Santa Bárbara, HN
- Producer
- Elías Yeltsin Hernández Tejada
- Farm / Co-op
- Finca Karmél
- Process
- Honey
- Altitude
- 1380 m
- Varietals
- Pacas
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 113g
- Bag price
- $28.00
- Price / oz
- $7.03/oz
- Brew
- —
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.
$7.03/oz
typically $1.81 to $2.93
Where it sits
31 honey single-origin lots (other named varieties, retail bags); USD listings; roast unlisted in stock
typical band this lot
100th percentile of 31 honey single-origin lots (other named varieties, retail bags); USD listings; roast unlisted in stock right now.
What moves this price
cheaper×1.00pricier
- Honey process×1.07
At 113 g, this bag runs about 12% more per ounce than a typical 306 g bag; that is pack size, not the coffee.
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.
Not listed by the roaster: roast level
Cherrybook Index (CBI)
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
46
Preliminary
Confidence2 of 7 signals on file
Score is partially shrunk toward a neutral 50; read directionally until more source families land.
How confidence affects the score
Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 30% 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 25% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
The math on file: renormalized base 51.9 shrunk to 51.4 + bonuses = 46.
Missing: Coffee Review, Reddit sentiment, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 85/ 17% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 45/ 83% weightSCA gradeRoaster-published cupping score
Bonuses applied
- +-5Stale-stock demotionThis lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
Sensory profile
- Body
- 4
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 5
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
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