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Small Planes Coffee

Balbina Sabillón

WashedMedium

Cherrybook Index

72Noted

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

Price position

$4.93/oz$59.10 for 340g

Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.

Catalog summary

A washed lot from Santa Bárbara, Honduras, indexed 72 on sparse evidence.

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

No longer available at the roaster

Last verified 106 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

lime · mulberry · herbal · baking spices · syrupy body · black tea · sarsaparilla root · candied lime

  • Citrus
  • Floral
  • Sugar and spice
  • Unclassified
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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.

Farm / Co-op
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Process
Washed
Altitude
1300 m
Varietals
Other
Harvest
—
Weight
340g
Bag price
$59.10
Price / oz
$4.93/oz
Brew
—

from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated

From the editors

This lot is no longer available at the roaster.

We last reached the roaster’s page for this coffee 106 days ago. It now returns a not-found or members-only response, so we’ve archived the buy link rather than send anyone to a dead page. The notes, sensory chart, and editorial context below remain useful as a record of what this lot offered.

Cherrybook Index (CBI)

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

72

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 88.6 shrunk to 72.2 = 72.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    91/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    80/ 22% weight

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
4
Body
4
Sweetness
4
Balance
4
Clean
4

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About Small Planes Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 91/100

Two Reddit posts praise Small Planes. One calls a roast excellent; another describes Arboretum espresso as extremely syrupy and sweet and says it prompted a bag purchase.

excellent roastsweet espresso
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