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Verve Coffee Roasters

Costa Rica Don Cayito Typica Mejorado White Honey

White HoneyMedium-Light77Cherry's Index

Cup profile

strawberry · lemon custard · blackberry

  • Fruit
  • Sugar and spice
Costa Rica Don Cayito Typica Mejorado White Honey by Verve Coffee Roasters
Farm / Co-op
Don Cayito
Altitude
1850–1850 m
Varietals
other
Harvest
—
Weight
181g
Bag price
$34.00
Price / oz
$5.33/oz
Brew
—

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

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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.

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Cherry's Index

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

77

Strong

Preliminary

Confidence33% coverage / 3 of 7 signals

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. Missing sources are dropped, remaining weights are renormalized, and the result is shrunk toward a neutral 50 baseline by 18% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    90/ 55% weight
  • YouTube reviews
    Sentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
    85/ 30% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    80/ 15% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Editorial coverage cluster
    This roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
    +1
  • Stale-stock demotion
    This lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
    +-4

Renormalized base 87.0 shrunk to 80.5 at 83% confidence + bonuses = 77.

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
4
Body
3
Sweetness
4
Balance
4
Clean
4

Flavor wheelestimated

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About Verve Coffee Roasters

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 90/100

Verve is consistently held up by the coffee community as a benchmark for high-quality, specialty-grade coffee. Home roasters frequently cite Verve as a gold standard they aspire to emulate in terms of flavor clarity and aromatic profile. Their beans are widely recognized for their distinct, high-quality characteristics, and they are frequently grouped alongside other top-tier roasters like Intelligentsia and Counter Culture.

benchmark for qualitydistinct flavor profileshighly regarded by home roastersfrequently recommended alongside top-tier peers
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On YouTube

7 videos · 25k combined views

Outside coverage depicts Verve Coffee Roasters as an established, quality-focused operation rooted in Santa Cruz with deep corporate ties such as early partnerships with Google. Reviewers and feature videos highlight their professional production setup including Loring roasters and systematic quality control cuppings. Coverage also notes their collaborative product development, such as specialty pre-ground coffee tailored for the AeroPress, alongside educational content featuring their barista team.

Santa Cruz rootsLoring roasting setupGoogle client historyAeroPress collaborationRigorous cupping control

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