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Rusty's Hawaiian

Ka'u Classic Dark Roast

Medium-DarkSCA cup 95.0

Cherrybook Index

63

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

Price position

$2.87/oz$20.25 for 200g

Typical band for this profile $2.58 to $5.07 (process unlisted blend lots (other named varieties, retail bags); across markets in stock). Where it sits

Catalog summary

A lot from Kaʻū, United States, not yet indexed (3 of 7 signals on file) and priced inside the typical band for its listed profile.

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

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Price and availability set by the roaster.

Batch roasted weekly

Roasted on a scheduled weekly rhythm. Very fresh if you order right after a roast day; less so near the end of the cycle.

Our main roasting days are Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday, and we also roast small batches between those scheduled dates source ↗

Cherrybook last checked this listing today.

Roaster’s notes

dark chocolate · black cherry · roasted hazelnut · orange peel · cedar · cocoa-driven

  • Cocoa and nut
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.

Ka'u Classic Dark Roast by Rusty's Hawaiian
Producer
Farm / Co-op
Process
Altitude
Varietals
Typica
Harvest
Weight
200g
Bag price
$20.25
Price / oz
$2.87/oz
Brew

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.

$2.87/oz

typically $2.58 to $5.07

Where it sits

23 process unlisted blend lots (other named varieties, retail bags); across markets in stock

typical band this lot

91st percentile of 23 process unlisted blend lots (other named varieties, retail bags); across markets in stock right now.

What moves this price

cheaper×1.00pricier
  • Latin American origin×1.63
  • Roaster brand and sourcing×1.28
  • Dark roast×0.94
  • Process not listed×0.97

At 200 g, this bag runs about 5% 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.

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, altitude

Cherrybook Index (CBI)

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

63

Confident

Confidence3 of 7 signals on file

Enough independent signal to score at face value; no shrinkage applied.

How confidence affects the score

Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 45% 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 0% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.

Missing: Reddit sentiment, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings

  • SCA grade
    Roaster-published cupping score
    75/ 49% weight
  • Coffee Review
    Mean score from coffeereview.com
    65/ 40% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    50/ 11% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Stale-stock demotion
    This lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
    +-5

Base weighted score: 68.3 + bonuses = 63

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
2
Body
4
Sweetness
4
Balance
3
Clean
3

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Reference · About the varietal & origin

About Rusty's Hawaiian

On YouTube

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1 video covers Rusty's Hawaiian from reviewer WholeFoodsMarket.

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