Costa Rica – Sumava La Ladera SL-28 Yellow Honey
Yellow Honey
Cherrybook Index
52sparse
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 1 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$2.50/oz$30.00 for 340g
Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.
Catalog summary
A yellow Honey lot from West Valley, Costa Rica, not yet indexed (1 of 7 signals on file).
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
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Cherrybook last checked this listing 126 days ago.
Roaster’s notes
syrupy sweet
- 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.
- Origin
- West Valley, CR
- Producer
- Francisco Mena
- Farm / Co-op
- Sumava
- Process
- Yellow Honey
- Altitude
- 1700 m
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $30.00
- Price / oz
- $2.50/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
52
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 65.0 shrunk to 51.9 = 52.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, Reddit sentiment, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 65/ 100% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 3
- Body
- 4
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
Comps & alternatives
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