Thunderbolt — Bold Blend
Dark
Cherrybook Index
41sparse
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 1 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
US$1.16/ozNZD 18.00 for 250g
this lot $1.16$0.84$1.60
Typical band for this profile $0.84 to $1.60 (process unlisted blend lots (variety unlisted, retail bags); across markets; dark roast in stock). Where it sits
Catalog summary
This lot, not yet indexed (1 of 7 signals on file) and priced inside the typical band for its listed profile.
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
Price and availability set by the roaster.
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Roaster’s notes
peanut slab · fig jam · brown sugar
- Fruit
- 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
- —
- Producer
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- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- —
- Altitude
- —
- Varietals
- —
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 250g
- Bag price
- NZD 18.00
- Price / oz
- US$1.16/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.
$1.16/oz
typically $0.84 to $1.60
Where it sits
283 process unlisted blend lots (variety unlisted, retail bags); across markets; dark roast in stock
typical band this lot
Limited listing details: 7th percentile of 283 process unlisted blend lots (variety unlisted, retail bags); across markets; dark roast in stock right now.
Some variety, process or origin details are missing. This comparison does not qualify the coffee for a value recommendation.
What moves this price
cheaper×1.00pricier
- Origin not listed×0.93
- Blend×0.96
- Variety not listed×0.96
- Dark roast×0.97
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.
Some listing details are missing or have limited model coverage, so the typical band shown is wider than usual.
Not listed by the roaster: origin, process, variety, altitude
Cherrybook Index (CBI)
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
41
Sparse signal
Confidence1 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 5% 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 88% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
The math on file: renormalized base 20.0 shrunk to 46.3 + bonuses = 41.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, Reddit sentiment, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 20/ 100% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +-5Stale-stock demotionThis lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 2
- Body
- 4
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 3
- Clean
- 3
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About Flight Coffee
On YouTube
Meet the roaster on camera
About the roasterBrand film
Big Ideas For A Small Country - Flight Coffee
Spark
Watch on YouTubeThis video covers Flight Coffee; it is general roaster coverage.
Cherrybook summary of the video
This video profiles the origins and growth of Flight Coffee, a Wellington-based roaster. It highlights their journey from roasting in a garage to building an international business, emphasizing their focus on direct relationships with coffee farmers and their innovative use of social media and crowdfunding to scale.
Inside this video
From Spark:
“We started in debt, you know. Generationally, we had a different way of approaching situations.”
“We wanted to kind of throw ourselves in the deep end and just think if we're going to hit this in a big way, we better jump into the deep fish.”
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