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Pilot Coffee Roasters

Sumava 'Black Moon' — Costa Rica

Limited Edition

Medium

Cherrybook Index

73Noted

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

$2.50/oz$22.00 for 250g

Typical band for this profile $1.51 to $2.88 (process unlisted single-origin lots (other named varieties, retail bags); USD listings; medium roast in stock). Where it sits

Catalog summary

A lot from West Valley, Costa Rica, indexed 73 on sparse 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

mangosteen · vanilla · lychee

  • Fruit
  • 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.

Sumava 'Black Moon' — Costa Rica by Pilot Coffee Roasters
Farm / Co-op
Monte Lourdes
Process
—
Altitude
1700 m
Varietals
Villa sarchi
Harvest
—
Weight
250g
Bag price
$22.00
Price / oz
$2.50/oz
Brew
filter, espresso, immersion

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.

$2.50/oz

typically $1.51 to $2.88

Where it sits

16 process unlisted single-origin lots (other named varieties, retail bags); USD listings; medium roast in stock

typical band this lot

Limited listing details: 88th percentile of 16 process unlisted single-origin lots (other named varieties, retail bags); USD listings; medium roast in stock right now.

Some variety, process or origin details are missing. This comparison does not qualify the coffee for a value recommendation.

What moves this price

cheaper×1.00pricier
  • Roaster brand and sourcing×0.92
  • Costa Rica origin×1.03
  • Other listed varieties×0.97
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.

Some listing details are missing or have limited model coverage, so the typical band shown is wider than usual.

Not listed by the roaster: process

Cherrybook Index (CBI)

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

73

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 84.6 shrunk to 69.9 + bonuses = 73.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    90/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    65/ 22% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Sprudge press coverage
    This roaster has been featured by Sprudge
    +2
  • Editorial coverage cluster
    This roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
    +1

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About Pilot Coffee Roasters

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 90/100

Two independent Reddit threads give Pilot Coffee Roasters a strongly favorable picture. Toronto drinkers praised a strawberry-forward Ana Sora coffee and said they especially loved Pilot's light roasts and single origins.

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On YouTube

Meet the roaster on camera

5 videos

From the roasterBrand film

Celebrating 10 Years of Direct Trade Partnership

Pilot Coffee Roasters

Watch on YouTube

This video covers Pilot Coffee Roasters; it is general roaster coverage.

Cherrybook summary of the video

Pilot Coffee Roasters celebrates a decade of direct trade partnership with Finca Catalan de las Mercedes in Guatemala, highlighting producer Nicolas Hammond. The video explores sustainable farm management, processing methods, and a social center established at the farm to support children's education.

Inside this video

From Pilot Coffee Roasters:

“If you go back and look at how many hands touch one bean of coffee, you understand how important that one cup of coffee you're serving is.”
“The values of Pilot Coffee Roasters and Finca Catalan de las Mercedes are very much the same.”

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