Costa Rica La Minita
Cup profile
lemon · milk chocolate · rye bread
- Citrus
- Cocoa and nut
- Origin
- Tarrazú, CR
- Producer
- Bill McAlpin
- Farm / Co-op
- La Minita
- Process
- —
- Altitude
- —
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 1.2 lb
- Bag price
- $23.75
- Price / oz
- $1.24/oz
- Brew
- —
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Cherrybook last checked this listing 16 days ago.
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
58
Preliminary
Confidence25% coverage / 2 of 7 signals
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. Missing sources are dropped, remaining weights are renormalized, and the result is shrunk toward a neutral 50 baseline by 38% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
Missing: SCA grade, Reddit sentiment, YouTube reviews, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 70/ 80% weightCoffee ReviewMean score from coffeereview.com
- 60/ 20% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +-3Stale-stock demotionThis lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
Renormalized base 68.0 shrunk to 61.3 at 63% confidence + bonuses = 58.
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 3
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
Flavor wheelestimated
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
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