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El Salvador Las Mercedes El Rubi Honey

HoneyMedium-Light★ 4.5 (6)· not counted

Cherrybook Index

48

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Confident: 3 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

$1.93/oz$22.95 for 337g

Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.

Buyers

★ 4.5from 6 on-shop ratings · not counted in the Index

Catalog summary

A honey lot from El Salvador, not yet indexed (3 of 7 signals on file).

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

Currently out of stock at the roaster. Subscribe to get an email when it returns.

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.

“please keep in mind that we do fresh-roast all coffee prior to shipment after you order” source ↗

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Cherrybook last checked this listing 120 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

honey · pomegranate · hibiscus

  • Fruit
  • Floral
  • Sugar and spice
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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.

El Salvador Las Mercedes El Rubi Honey by Klatch Coffee
Producer
Las Mercedes
Farm / Co-op
Las Mercedes
Process
Honey
Altitude
—
Varietals
Bourbon,Sl28
Harvest
—
Weight
337g
Bag price
$22.95
Price / oz
$1.93/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

48

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

  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    65/ 12% weight
  • Coffee Review
    Mean score from coffeereview.com
    45/ 47% weight
  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    40/ 42% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Sprudge press coverage
    This roaster has been featured by Sprudge
    +2
  • Editorial coverage cluster
    This roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
    +1

Base weighted score: 45.2 + bonuses = 48

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
4
Body
3
Sweetness
4
Balance
4
Clean
4

Comps & alternatives

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On-shop ratings · this coffee

4.5/ 5· 6 public ratings on Klatch Coffee’s product page
via judgeme

Public aggregate shown on this lot’s page on Klatch Coffee’s storefront. Cherrybook stores the average and count, plus a small set of recent identity-free excerpts when the provider makes them available.

How ratings count toward the Index

To count toward Cherrybook Index, an aggregate must come from a supported source, match this product, include at least 5 ratings, and have been refreshed within 90 days. Its weight is 12% for 5–24 ratings, 15% for 25–99, or 18% for 100 or more. Higher tiers require another base signal; a ratings-only lot stays at 12%.

View the product and its ratings on Klatch Coffee →Not currently counted in Cherrybook Index · Refreshed Jun 21, 2026

About Klatch Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Polarizing· sentiment 40/100

Three independent Reddit comments give Klatch Coffee a largely critical, product-specific picture. One brewer found a Panama coffee mildly fruity rather than the expected fruit bomb on its first pull. A self-described Klatch enthusiast called one blend a simple dark roast with no complexity and the roaster's worst blend. Another commenter said the Klatch coffees they had tried were barely acceptable.

Panama fruit intensitydark-roast blend complexityoverall cup quality concerns
Threads cited (3)

Press · Sprudge

On YouTube

Meet the roaster on camera

5 videos

About the roasterBrand film

20 Year Annaversry

Mike Perry

Watch on YouTube

This video covers Klatch Coffee; it is general roaster coverage.

Cherrybook summary of the video

Klatch Coffee reflects on twenty years in business, highlighting their journey from a single neighborhood coffee house to an international specialty coffee brand. The family-owned business emphasizes direct trade relationships, farmer connections, and competition-level barista training, while maintaining a commitment to quality coffee experiences.

Inside this video

From Mike Perry:

“Klatch kind of started out of necessity twenty some years ago. We really loved the idea of going out on our date night because we had young kids.”
“Coffee is really about an experience and a story. And it's a story that kind of starts at the farm level with the bean.”
“After twenty years, we as a brand really know who we are, and we look forward to the next twenty years and what they have to bring.”

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