Bota Fora — Brazil
Pulped Natural Yellow Bourbon
Honey
Cherrybook Index
50sparse
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 1 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
—EUR 8.50
Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.
Catalog summary
A honey lot from Mantiqueira de Minas, Brazil, not yet indexed (1 of 7 signals on file).
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
Price and availability set by the roaster.
Batch roasted weekly
Roasted on a scheduled weekly rhythm. Very fresh if you order right after a roast day; less so near the end of the cycle.
“We branden onze koffie steeds op dinsdag. Orders vanaf die dag ontvangen zullen met koffie van die dag verstuurd worden.” source ↗
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Roaster’s notes
hazelnut · milk chocolate · smooth · sweet body
- Cocoa and nut
- Sugar and spice
Open the flavor wheel
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
- Mantiqueira de Minas, BR
- Farm / Co-op
- Bota Fora
- Process
- Honey
- Altitude
- 1100–1300 m
- Varietals
- Yellow bourbon
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- —
- Bag price
- EUR 8.50
- Price / 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
50
Sparse signal
Confidence1 of 7 signals on file
Score is heavily shrunk toward 50; treat as a placeholder until more sources arrive.
How confidence affects the score
Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 5% 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 88% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
The math on file: renormalized base 75.0 shrunk to 53.1 + bonuses = 50.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, Reddit sentiment, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 75/ 100% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +-3Stale-stock demotionThis lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 2
- Body
- 4
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Normo Coffee
On YouTube
Meet the roaster on camera
About the roasterShop tour
Antwerp Coffee Guide | European Coffee Trip
European Coffee Trip
Watch on YouTubeThis video covers Normo Coffee; it is general roaster coverage.
Cherrybook summary of the video
This video is a tour of the Antwerp coffee scene, featuring Normo Coffee as one of the stops. It highlights the history of the roastery and the design of their coffee bar.
Inside this video
From European Coffee Trip:
“Normo Coffee, they opened the first Normo Coffee bar in 2002. Since then, it grew into the bigger bar as well as roastery.”
“Brew bar with a set of V60s and a couple of coffee bags hanging above as well custom designed La Marzocco Strada deserves an attention.”
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