Ka'u 'Hydro' Honey Typica
HoneyDarkSCA cup 95.0
Cherrybook Index
68Noted
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Preliminary: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$6.38/oz$45.00 for 200g
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Catalog summary
A honey lot from Hawaii, United States, indexed 68 on preliminary evidence.
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
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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 ↗
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Roaster’s notes
ripe peach · pink grapefruit zest · chamomile · honeycomb · cocoa nib · stone fruit · cocoa
- Fruit
- Citrus
- Floral
- 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
- Hawaii, US
- Producer
- —
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Honey
- Altitude
- —
- Varietals
- Typica
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 200g
- Bag price
- $45.00
- Price / oz
- $6.38/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
68
Noted
Preliminary
Confidence2 of 7 signals on file
Score is partially shrunk toward a neutral 50; read directionally until more source families land.
How confidence affects the score
Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 30% 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 25% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
The math on file: renormalized base 73.3 shrunk to 67.5 = 68.
Missing: Coffee Review, Reddit sentiment, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 75/ 83% weightSCA gradeRoaster-published cupping score
- 65/ 17% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 3
- Body
- 4
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Rusty's Hawaiian
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Meet the roaster on camera
About the roasterBrand film
Rusty's Hawaiian Coffee l Local Love l Whole Foods Market
WholeFoodsMarket · 128.3K views on YouTube
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Cherrybook summary of the video
The video profiles Lorie Obra, owner of Rusty's Hawaiian, and her journey to continue her late husband's dream of producing world-class coffee in the Ka'u district of Hawaii. It highlights the farm's commitment to quality and their partnership with Whole Foods Market.
Inside this video
From WholeFoodsMarket:
“I spent 25 years of my life in the laboratory. All I want to do is just be outside.”
“My goal was to fulfill his dream, and his dream is to put Ka'u coffee as one of the top coffees in the world.”
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