COSTA RICA FINCA EL DESAFIO
HoneyNorthscore 49
- Origin
- Chirripó, CR
- Producer
- Ureña Rojas Family
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Honey
- Altitude
- 1550–1550 m
- Varietals
- villa_sarchi
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $20.00
- Price / oz
- $1.67/oz
- Brew
- —
As cupped
plum · rose · mandarin orange · banana
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Northscore
Quality score with explicit source coverage. Methodology
49
Moderate confidence
Confidence65% coverage / 3 of 4 signals
Enough source signal for comparison, but not every source family is present. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped and the remaining weights are renormalized.
Missing: SCA grade
- 70/ 38% weightSensory averageMean of acidity, body, sweetness, balance, cleanliness
- 65/ 31% weightCoffee ReviewMean score from coffeereview.com
- 0/ 31% weightCommunity sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
Bonuses applied
- +2Roast Magazine Roaster of the YearThis roaster has been recognized as Roaster of the Year by Roast Magazine within the last decade
Base weighted score: 46.9 + bonuses = 49
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Joe Bean Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
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