Costa Rica Reposado
Yellow HoneyMedium
Cherrybook Index
73Noted
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Preliminary: 3 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
US$2.38/ozGBP 15.50 for 250g
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Catalog summary
A yellow Honey lot from Central Valley, Costa Rica, indexed 73 on preliminary evidence.
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Roaster’s notes
almond · date · açaí berry
- Fruit
- Cocoa and nut
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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
- Central Valley, CR
- Producer
- Francisco Mena
- Farm / Co-op
- Sumava Monte Lourdes
- Process
- Yellow Honey
- Altitude
- 1600 m
- Varietals
- Villa sarchi
- Harvest
- 2024
- Weight
- 250g
- Bag price
- GBP 15.50
- Price / oz
- US$2.38/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
73
Noted
Preliminary
Confidence3 of 7 signals on file
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. This coffee has 33% 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 18% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
The math on file: renormalized base 75.7 shrunk to 71.2 + bonuses = 73.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 85/ 30% weightYouTube reviewsSentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
- 85/ 15% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 68/ 55% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
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Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 3
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
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Two Reddit posts give Kiss the Hippo Coffee a mixed but generally favorable picture. One drinker found a Yemeni coffee good but muted and poor value, while calling a Gesha mind-blowing and worth the experience. A London visitor found the cafe's filter coffee flat on that visit but described its espresso as wonderful and prior home tastings as great.
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- r/Coffee · 10↑ · Filter Coffees in London Tasting Flat
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