Cherrybook.
Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

Verde Alto, Costa Rica

White HoneyLightSCA cup 85.5

Cup profile

white peach · pear · honey

  • Fruit
  • Sugar and spice
Verde Alto, Costa Rica by Union Hand-Roasted Coffee
Farm / Co-op
Verde Alto
Altitude
1750–1800 m
Varietals
catuai,caturra
Harvest
2024
Weight
230g
Bag price
GBP 12.35
Price / oz
$2.04/oz
Brew
espresso, filter, immersion

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

Buy on Union Hand-Roasted Coffee →

Price and availability set by the roaster.

Roasts to order · ships in ~2d

Your bag is roasted after you order; expect a short delay before it ships, but it arrives as fresh as the roaster can make it.

“All the coffees you buy from us are hand-roasted to order. That means we wait until we receive your order before we fire up the roaster.” source ↗

Cherrybook last checked this listing 13 days ago.

Cherry's Index

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

49

Confident

Confidence48% coverage / 3 of 7 signals

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

How confidence affects the score

Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. 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: Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    80/ 38% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    80/ 10% weight
  • SCA grade
    Roaster-published cupping score
    28/ 52% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Stale-stock demotion
    This lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
    +-4

Base weighted score: 52.7 + bonuses = 49

Sensory profile

Acidity
3
Body
4
Sweetness
4
Balance
5
Clean
5

Flavor wheelestimated

Comps & alternatives

Tasting flight

Taste this against three others Cherry picks.

Brew a set side-by-side. Cherry varies the picks along axes that pair with this lot; origin, process, roast, or producer; so you learn the difference, not just drink four good cups.

Build the flight

Reference · About the varietal & origin

About Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

Community reputation · Reddit

Well-regarded· sentiment 80/100

Union Hand-Roasted is recognized as a well-established UK roaster that is widely accessible. Community members mention them as a standard option for both everyday house blends and more experimental, unique offerings like their Ugandan Excelsa. While they are not the primary focus of most enthusiast discussions, they are viewed as a reliable, mainstream choice for those exploring specialty coffee.

widely accessible UK roasterreliable house blendsinteresting experimental releasesmainstream specialty option
Threads cited (5)

On YouTube

7 videos · 233k combined views

7 videos cover Union Hand-Roasted Coffee from reviewers Union Coffee, Abel & Cole, Get Bean'd, and others.

Coverage from others

← Back to browse

Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

$2.04/oz· 12 GBP/bag

Buy →