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Costa Rica El Melico

Red Honey / Producer:

Cherrybook Index

62preliminary

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Preliminary: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

US$1.68/ozAUD 21.00 for 250g

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Catalog summary

A red Honey / Producer: lot from Tarrazu, Costa Rica, not yet indexed (2 of 7 signals on file).

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Cherrybook last checked this listing 146 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

jasmine tea · orange

  • Citrus
  • Floral
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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.

Costa Rica El Melico by Single O
Producer
—
Farm / Co-op
El Melico
Process
Red Honey / Producer:
Altitude
1200–1900 m
Varietals
Geisha
Harvest
—
Weight
250g
Bag price
AUD 21.00
Price / oz
US$1.68/oz
Brew
espresso, filter

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

62

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 25% 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 38% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.

The math on file: renormalized base 67.0 shrunk to 60.6 + bonuses = 62.

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

  • Coffee Review
    Mean score from coffeereview.com
    70/ 80% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    55/ 20% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Editorial coverage cluster
    This roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
    +1

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
4
Body
2
Sweetness
3
Balance
4
Clean
4

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