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Rusty's Hawaiian

Ka'u Classic Peaberry - Medium Roast

MediumSCA 94.0Northscore 63
Origin
Hawaii, US
Farm / Co-op
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Process
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Altitude
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Varietals
typica
Harvest
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Weight
200g
Bag price
$30.00
Price / oz
$4.25/oz
Brew
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As cupped

chocolate fudge · almond butter · date · macadamia nut · cedar · caramel · citrus · chocolate · satiny-smooth mouthfeel

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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 ↗

Northscore

Quality score with explicit source coverage. Methodology

63

High confidence

Confidence85% coverage / 4 of 4 signals

Multiple independent source families support this score. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped and the remaining weights are renormalized.

  • SCA grade
    Roaster-published cupping score
    70/ 26% weight
  • Coffee Review
    Mean score from coffeereview.com
    65/ 21% weight
  • Sensory average
    Mean of acidity, body, sweetness, balance, cleanliness
    65/ 29% weight
  • Community sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    50/ 24% weight

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About Rusty's Hawaiian

Community reputation · Reddit

Polarizing· sentiment 50/100

Rusty's Hawaiian is mentioned only once in the provided threads, specifically by a user who purchased their Ka‘u Classic Medium Roast as a first step into specialty coffee. There is no broader community discussion or consensus regarding the roaster's quality, reputation, or specific coffee profiles in these threads. The conversation in that thread focused entirely on brewing equipment advice for a beginner rather than the coffee itself.

limited community discussionmentioned by beginner coffee drinkersno consensus on quality
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