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Magnolia Coffee

Costa Rica Las Lajas Perla Negra

Black HoneyLightSCA cup 95.04.7 (17)
Good Food Winner2026

Cherrybook Index

78Strong

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. High confidence: 4 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

$2.33/oz$28.00 for 340g

Typical band for this profile $1.65 to $2.66 (Costa Rica honey single-origin lots (other named varieties, retail bags); USD listings in stock). Where it sits

Buyers

4.7from 17 on-shop ratings

Catalog summary

A black Honey lot from Central Valley, Costa Rica, indexed 78 on confident evidence and priced inside the typical band for its listed profile.

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

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Price and availability set by the roaster.

Roasts daily · ships in ~2d

Roasts most weekdays, so most orders ship within a day or two of the roast date.

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Cherrybook last checked this listing today.

Roaster’s notes

raspberry · cocoa nib · honey · ripe fruit

  • Fruit
  • Cocoa and nut
  • 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.

Costa Rica Las Lajas Perla Negra by Magnolia Coffee
Farm / Co-op
Las Lajas
Altitude
1450 m
Varietals
Caturra
Harvest
Weight
340g
Bag price
$28.00
Price / oz
$2.33/oz
Brew
filter

from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated

Price contextmodeled

A modeled range and current prices for comparable listings.

$2.33/oz

typically $1.65 to $2.66

Where it sits

24 Costa Rica honey single-origin lots (other named varieties, retail bags); USD listings in stock

typical band this lot

54th percentile of 24 Costa Rica honey single-origin lots (other named varieties, retail bags); USD listings in stock right now.

What moves this price

cheaper×1.00pricier
  • Roaster brand and sourcing×0.93
  • Honey process×1.07
  • Light roast×1.06
How this estimate works

A statistical model, refit weekly across the in-stock catalog, estimates what a coffee with these listed attributes typically sells for per ounce. Each multiplier compares one trait against the average lot in this market; the roaster line covers brand and sourcing together, which this model cannot separate. Bag size is shown separately, priced at the rate observed across sizes of the same coffee, because it says nothing about the coffee itself. The distribution counts every in-stock listing in the comparison group, with at least 15 listings from three roasters and no roaster supplying more than 60% of it. Decaf, blends, variety segments, processing families and bag formats stay separate. Origin, roast and selling currency can broaden as the group label indicates. Prices are converted to USD per ounce; shipping and differences in tax treatment are not adjusted. The model reads listed attributes only: the quality of the specific lot in the bag is not observable, so a price above the typical band is not evidence of overpricing.

Cherrybook Index (CBI)

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology

78

Strong

High confidence

Confidence4 of 7 signals on file

Multiple independent source families support this score at full weight.

How confidence affects the score

Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 57% 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: Reddit sentiment, YouTube reviews, Cherrybook ratings

  • On-shop ratings
    Public product-page ratings; current supported sources only
    91/ 21% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    80/ 9% weight
  • SCA grade
    Roaster-published cupping score
    75/ 39% weight
  • Coffee Review
    Mean score from coffeereview.com
    70/ 31% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Good Food Award winner
    This coffee won a Good Food Award blind-cup competition
    +3
  • cr_top30
    +3
  • Stale-stock demotion
    This lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
    +-5

Base weighted score: 77.3 + bonuses = 78

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
4
Body
4
Sweetness
5
Balance
4
Clean
4

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On-shop ratings · this coffee

4.7/ 5· 17 public ratings on Magnolia Coffee’s product page
via judgeme

Public aggregate shown on this lot’s page on Magnolia 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 Magnolia CoffeeCount-adjusted Cherrybook Index weight 12% · Refreshed Jul 13, 2026

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