El Salvador Las Veraneras Black Honey
Black HoneyLight65Cherry's Index
Cup profile
brown sugar · prune · nougat · caramel
- Fruit
- Sugar and spice
- Origin
- Apaneca-Ilamatepec, SV
- Producer
- Jorge Cruz Rubio
- Farm / Co-op
- Finca Las Veraneras
- Process
- Black Honey
- Altitude
- 1750–1750 m
- Varietals
- —
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 1.0 lb
- Bag price
- $24.00
- Price / oz
- $1.50/oz
- Brew
- immersion, espresso, filter
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Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
65
Noted
Sparse signal
Confidence23% coverage / 2 of 7 signals
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. 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.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings
- 75/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 65/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
Renormalized base 72.8 shrunk to 63.1 at 57% confidence + bonuses = 65.
Sensory profile
- Body
- 4
Flavor wheelestimated
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
Taste this against three others Cherry picks.
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Reference · About the varietal & origin
About Vigilante Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Well-regarded· sentiment 75/100
Vigilante Coffee is consistently recognized as a prominent and respected roaster in the DC/DMV area. Users frequently share positive experiences with their beans, describing them as "delightful" and "delicious," and they are often grouped alongside other well-regarded regional roasters. While one user expressed frustration regarding changes to their subscription model and customer service, the overall community sentiment remains positive, with many local customers expressing pride in the brand.
DC/DMV stapleconsistently tasty beanslocal favoritegood variety of originssubscription model concerns
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