Costa Rica Las Lajas Perla Negra
Black HoneyLightSCA cup 95.0★ 4.7 (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
this lot $2.33$1.65$2.66
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
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.
“Coffees in our other collections are roasted daily or every other day Mon through Thursdays.” source ↗
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.

- Origin
- Central Valley, CR
- Producer
- Oscar and Francisca Chacón
- Farm / Co-op
- Las Lajas
- Process
- Black Honey
- 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
- 91/ 21% weightOn-shop ratingsPublic product-page ratings; current supported sources only
- 80/ 9% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 75/ 39% weightSCA gradeRoaster-published cupping score
- 70/ 31% weightCoffee ReviewMean score from coffeereview.com
Bonuses applied
- +3Good Food Award winnerThis coffee won a Good Food Award blind-cup competition
- +3cr_top30
- +-5Stale-stock demotionThis lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
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 judgemePublic 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 Coffee →Count-adjusted Cherrybook Index weight 12% · Refreshed Jul 13, 2026