Costa Rica Las Lajas Perla Negra
NaturalSCA cup 95.0
Cup profile
round body · tropical fruits
- Fruit
- Sugar and spice
- Origin
- Central Valley, CR
- Producer
- Francisca and Oscar Chacon
- Farm / Co-op
- Las Lajas
- Process
- Natural
- Altitude
- —
- Varietals
- —
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $21.25
- Price / oz
- $1.77/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 3 days ago.
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
65
Preliminary
Confidence30% 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 25% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
Missing: Coffee Review, Reddit sentiment, YouTube reviews, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 75/ 83% weightSCA gradeRoaster-published cupping score
- 50/ 17% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +-1Stale-stock demotionThis lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
Renormalized base 70.8 shrunk to 65.6 at 75% confidence + bonuses = 65.
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 3
- Body
- 4
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
Flavor wheelestimated
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
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