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Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters

Sugar Heist

White Honey4.9 (14)79Cherry's Index

Cup profile

nougat · cashew · dried fruits · brown sugar

  • Fruit
  • Cocoa and nut
  • Sugar and spice
Sugar Heist by Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters
Farm / Co-op
Rio Jorco
Altitude
1600–1600 m
Varietals
catuai
Harvest
Weight
302g
Bag price
$20.95
Price / oz
$1.97/oz
Brew
filter

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

Price and availability set by the roaster.

Cherrybook last checked this listing 3 days ago.

Cherry's Index

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

79

Strong

Preliminary

Confidence35% coverage / 3 of 7 signals

Score is partially shrunk toward a neutral 50 — read directionally until more source families land.

How confidence affects the score

Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. Missing sources are dropped, remaining weights are renormalized, and the result is shrunk toward a neutral 50 baseline by 13% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, Cherrybook tastings

  • Buyer reviews
    On-shop star ratings (Yotpo, Reviews.io, Okendo, Loox, Stamped, Judge.me)
    97/ 34% weight
  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    85/ 51% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    75/ 14% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Stale-stock demotion
    This lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
    +-4

Renormalized base 87.5 shrunk to 82.8 at 88% confidence + bonuses = 79.

Sensory profile

Body
3
Sweetness
5
Balance
5

Flavor wheelestimated

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Buyer reviews · this coffee

4.9/ 5· 14 reviews on Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters’s product page
via judgeme

Aggregate of star ratings buyers left on this lot’s page on Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters’s storefront. Cherrybook stores the average + count, not the individual reviews; tap through to read what buyers wrote.

About Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 85/100

Phil & Sebastian is widely regarded as a premier Canadian roaster, frequently mentioned alongside other top-tier roasters like 49th Parallel and Rosso. Enthusiasts appreciate their high-quality offerings, particularly their Geisha varieties, which are noted for distinct, complex flavor profiles. They are a staple recommendation for those seeking specialty coffee in Western Canada and are often stocked by reputable multi-roaster cafes.

premier Canadian roasterhigh-quality Geisha offeringscomplex flavor profilesstaple in Western Canada
Threads cited (10)

On YouTube

3 videos · 6k combined views

Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters has 2 videos on their channel; 1 video comes from outside reviewers (AlbertaFoodToursInc).

Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters

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