Costa Rica - La Lajas Micromill - Black Diamond Natural - SHOWCASE #04
NaturalSCA cup 88.0
Cherrybook Index
60
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Confident: 3 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
US$1.62/ozGBP 13.50 for 300g
Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.
Catalog summary
A natural lot from Central Valley, Costa Rica, not yet indexed (3 of 7 signals on file).
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
No longer available at the roaster
Last verified 128 days ago.
Roaster’s notes
cranberry · candied apple · red wine
- Fruit
- Citrus
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
- Central Valley, CR
- Producer
- Oscar and Francisca Chacón
- Farm / Co-op
- Finca Calle Liles
- Process
- Natural
- Altitude
- 1400–1600 m
- Varietals
- Sl28
- Harvest
- 2025
- Weight
- 300g
- Bag price
- GBP 13.50
- Price / oz
- US$1.62/oz
- Brew
- —
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 128 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
60
Confident
Confidence3 of 7 signals on file
Enough independent signal to score at face value; no shrinkage applied.
How confidence affects the score
Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 40% 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 0% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
Missing: Coffee Review, Reddit sentiment, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 85/ 25% weightYouTube reviewsSentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
- 85/ 13% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 40/ 63% weightSCA gradeRoaster-published cupping score
Bonuses applied
- +2Roast Magazine Roaster of the YearThis roaster has been recognized as Roaster of the Year by Roast Magazine within the last decade
- +1Editorial coverage clusterThis roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
Base weighted score: 56.9 + bonuses = 60
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Dear Green Coffee Roasters
On YouTube
3 videos · 25k combined views
Outside coverage portrays Dear Green Coffee Roasters as a pillar of the Glasgow specialty coffee scene, founded and led by Lisa Lawson. Reviewers and interviewers highlight the roastery's unwavering commitment to ethical sourcing, full traceability to origin, and support for women's cooperatives. Coverage also emphasizes their philosophy of letting the coffee speak for itself through careful, clean roasting.
Founded by Lisa Lawson in GlasgowCommitment to fully traceable originSupport for women coffee producersEthical sourcing philosophyPillar of the Scottish coffee community
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