Ecuador La Papaya Typica
WashedLight
Cherrybook Index
66Noted
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$2.91/oz$32.00 for 312g
Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.
Catalog summary
A washed lot from Ecuador, indexed 66 on sparse evidence.
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
No longer available at the roaster
Last verified 101 days ago.
Roaster’s notes
orange · brown_sugar · melon · almond
- Fruit
- Citrus
- 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
- Ecuador
- Producer
- Juan Peña
- Farm / Co-op
- Hacienda La Papaya
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 2000 m
- Varietals
- Typica
- Harvest
- 2024
- Weight
- 312g
- Bag price
- $32.00
- Price / oz
- $2.91/oz
- Brew
- filter, espresso
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
From the editors
This lot is no longer available at the roaster.
We last reached the roaster’s page for this coffee 101 days ago. It now returns a not-found or members-only response, so we’ve archived the buy link rather than send anyone to a dead page. The notes, sensory chart, and editorial context below remain useful as a record of what this lot offered.
Cherrybook Index (CBI)
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
66
Noted
Sparse signal
Confidence2 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 23% 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 43% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
The math on file: renormalized base 67.2 shrunk to 59.9 + bonuses = 66.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 75/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 65/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
- +3World Coffee Championships finalist lotThis roaster sourced a World Coffee Championships finalist routine
- +1Editorial coverage clusterThis roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 2
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
Comps & alternatives
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Onyx Coffee Lab
Community reputation · Reddit
Mixed reviews· sentiment 65/100
Three Reddit contributions give a mixed-to-positive view of Onyx Coffee Lab. One poster said a $40 Onyx bag was not better than coffee they roasted at home. In another thread, a commenter called Monarch their favorite from Onyx and an easy first recommendation for espresso. A home roaster wrote that an Onyx Kenyan AA control sample was much more uniform in roast degree and bean size than their own batch, and said the consistency made them jealous.
$40 bag compared with home roastingMonarch espresso recommendationroast degree and bean size uniformity
Threads cited (3)
- r/roasting · 84↑ · So I went crazy and spent $40 on a bag of this Onyx coffee just to see what all the hype i
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- r/espresso · 52↑ · 22g Monarch from Onyx.
Monarch is my favorite from Onyx. For anyone that is looking for an easy recommendation or go-to espresso, its usually my first pick.
- r/roasting · 9↑ · Is there a major benefit to sifting / sorting beans by size before roasting?
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