Costa Rica Don Joel Chizo Kenia
WashedMedium-Light
Cherrybook Index
70Noted
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$2.75/oz$33.00 for 340g
Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.
Catalog summary
A washed lot from West Valley, Costa Rica, indexed 70 on sparse evidence.
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
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Roasts daily · ships in ~1d
Roasts most weekdays, so most orders ship within a day or two of the roast date.
“We roast fresh coffee Monday through Friday” source ↗
Cherrybook last checked this listing 63 days ago.
Roaster’s notes
orange marmalade · milk chocolate · brown sugar · marzipan
- 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
- West Valley, CR
- Producer
- Allan Oviedo
- Farm / Co-op
- Don Joel Micromill
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1600 m
- Varietals
- Sl28
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $33.00
- Price / oz
- $2.75/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
70
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 82.0 shrunk to 68.4 + bonuses = 70.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 84/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 75/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Ruby Coffee Roasters
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 84/100
Two Reddit contributions praise Ruby. One calls it a very good example of a quality-focused roaster using more development; a separate office brew reportedly impressed coworkers.
quality-focused roastingoffice brew response
Threads cited (2)
- r/Coffee · 56↑ · Are US specialty roasters leaning away from light roast coffee?
...which is obviously intentional. All of that is to say I don’t think this is necessarily a trend—quality-minded roasters tend to roast “lighter” and have done so for a while. But there are certainly some very good roasters that do roast with significantly more development, if that’s what you like (Ruby a good example
- r/Coffee · 13↑ · Best approach for a small office?
...press is out, and even the Chemex or CleverDripper doesn’t easily produce that much coffee. I almost think that getting better beans (they have okay beans but were blown away when I used Ruby beans in the clever dripper) and a drip machine is the most reasonable… but that doesn’t feel like a “great” solution. Though
Press · Sprudge
- Bon Iver And Ruby Coffee Roasters Team Up For Limited Edition Coffees2025-04-10·sprudge
SABLE, fABLE releases tomorrow, April 11th.
- On The Menu: The Ruby Marocchino At Kumquat Coffee & Tea2022-02-11·sprudge
A seasonal beverage just in time for Valentine’s Day.
On YouTube
2 videos · 10k combined views
2 videos cover Ruby Coffee Roasters from reviewers Wisconsin Foodie, Fellow.