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Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters

Sugar Heist

White Honey4.9 (14)

Cherrybook Index

79Strong

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Preliminary: 3 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

$2.38/oz$20.95 for 250g

Typical band for this profile $1.49 to $2.41 (Costa Rica honey single-origin lots (other named varieties, retail bags); USD listings in stock). Where it sits

Buyers

4.9from 14 on-shop ratings

Catalog summary

A white Honey lot from Tarrazú, Costa Rica, indexed 79 on preliminary 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.

Cherrybook last checked this listing today.

Roaster’s notes

nougat · cashew · dried fruits

  • 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.

Sugar Heist by Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters
Farm / Co-op
Rio Jorco
Altitude
1600 m
Varietals
Catuai
Harvest
Weight
250g
Bag price
$20.95
Price / oz
$2.38/oz
Brew
filter, espresso

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.

$2.38/oz

typically $1.49 to $2.41

Where it sits

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

typical band this lot

64th percentile of 25 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×0.84
  • Honey process×1.07

At 250 g, this bag runs about 2% more per ounce than a typical 306 g bag; that is pack size, not the coffee.

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.

Not listed by the roaster: roast level

Cherrybook Index (CBI)

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

79

Strong

Preliminary

Confidence3 of 7 signals on file

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. This coffee has 35% 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 13% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.

The math on file: renormalized base 89.1 shrunk to 84.2 + bonuses = 79.

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

  • On-shop ratings
    Public product-page ratings; current supported sources only
    97/ 34% weight
  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    88/ 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
    +-5

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On-shop ratings · this coffee

4.9/ 5· 14 public ratings on Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters’s product page
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Public aggregate shown on this lot’s page on Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters’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 Phil & Sebastian Coffee RoastersCount-adjusted Cherrybook Index weight 12% · Refreshed Jul 13, 2026

About Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 88/100

Two independent Reddit comments give Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters strongly favorable but limited evidence. One contributor named its Jose Cuellar among their favorite coffees of the year. Another included Phil & Sebastian among Canadian roasters with great coffee.

Jose Cuellar coffeefavorite-of-year mentionCanadian roaster recommendation
Threads cited (2)

On YouTube

4 videos · 36k combined views

Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters has 2 videos on their channel; 2 videos come from outside reviewers (Coffee Showcase, AlbertaFoodToursInc).

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