Honduras La Tortuga
La Tortuga
Medium
Cherrybook Index
60
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Confident: 3 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$2.40/oz$24.00 for 283g
Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.
Catalog summary
A lot from Honduras, not yet indexed (3 of 7 signals on file).
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
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Roasts to order · ships in ~3d
Your bag is roasted after you order; expect a short delay before it ships, but it arrives as fresh as the roaster can make it.
“signature blends, roasted to order” source ↗
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Cherrybook last checked this listing 93 days ago.
Roaster’s notes
apple · baked citrus · toffee
- Fruit
- Citrus
- 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
- Honduras
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- —
- Altitude
- —
- Varietals
- —
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 283g
- Bag price
- $24.00
- Price / oz
- $2.40/oz
- Brew
- —
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
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 43% 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: SCA grade, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 72/ 42% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 50/ 47% weightCoffee ReviewMean score from coffeereview.com
- 35/ 12% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
- +1Editorial coverage clusterThis roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
Base weighted score: 57.5 + bonuses = 60
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
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About Intelligentsia Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 72/100
Two Reddit contributions give Intelligentsia Coffee a positive but qualified picture. One commenter praised the brews at a Chicago location. A home brewer found older Intelligentsia beans good but slightly ashy when steeped too long.
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Threads cited (2)
- r/pourover · 36↑ · The original Intelligentsia location is now mainly using Aeropress…
The bigger Intelligentsia location in the loop uses a pour steady to make up to ~4 V60 at once. These machines are crazy expensive, so I’m guessing they don’t want to proliferate them. They make great brews though. I do hope Intelli can make a better AP than me. I’m useless with that thing.
- r/Coffee · 20↑ · Sour vs stale, and different types of stale?
...o long ago vs. ground too long ago staleness have different stale flavors. My timeline of realization went like this: Early December- gifted a bag of roasted in October Intelligentsia beans, put them in the freezer knowing I would get a good grinder soon. Mid December- bought some specialty coffee locally about 5 da
Press · Sprudge
- The Collar Club, A Luxury Dog Spa Cafe In West Hollywood With Intelligentsia Coffee2025-06-10·sprudge
Pooches and pour-overs.
- Here’s The Greatest Coffee Tiramisu Recipe Ever (Featuring Intelligentsia Coffee + Snapchill)2024-05-31·sprudge
How to make a tiramisu with Intelligentsia Cold Coffee and Biscoff cookies.
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