Cherrybook
Joe Bean Coffee Roasters

COSTA RICA FINCA EL DESAFIO

HoneyNorthscore 49
Origin
Chirripó, CR
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

  • Sensory average
    Mean of acidity, body, sweetness, balance, cleanliness
    70/ 38% weight
  • Coffee Review
    Mean score from coffeereview.com
    65/ 31% weight
  • Community sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    0/ 31% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Roast Magazine Roaster of the Year
    This roaster has been recognized as Roaster of the Year by Roast Magazine within the last decade
    +2

Base weighted score: 46.9 + bonuses = 49

Sensory profileestimated

Flavor wheel

Comps & alternatives

Tasting flight

Taste this against three others Cherry picks.

Brew a set side-by-side. Cherry varies the picks along axes that pair with this lot — origin, process, roast, or producer — so you learn the difference, not just drink four good cups.

Build the flight

Reference · About the varietal & origin

About Joe Bean Coffee Roasters

On YouTube · Reviewers discussing Joe Bean Coffee Roasters

YouTube reviewers have published 7 popular videos about Joe Bean Coffee Roasters (5,580,308 combined views). Channels include James Hoffmann, Joe Hunt, Morgan Eckroth and others.