Guatemala Santa Felisa SL28
NaturalLightSCA cup 89.0
Cherrybook Index
65Noted
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Confident: 3 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$2.25/oz$27.00 for 340g
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Catalog summary
A natural lot from Acatenango, Guatemala, indexed 65 on confident evidence.
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
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Cherrybook last checked this listing 48 days ago.
Roaster’s notes
mango · plum · blackberry
- Fruit
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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.

- Origin
- Acatenango, GT
- Producer
- Anabella Meneses
- Farm / Co-op
- Santa Felisa
- Process
- Natural
- Altitude
- 1550 m
- Varietals
- Sl28
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 340g
- Bag price
- $27.00
- Price / oz
- $2.25/oz
- Brew
- filter, espresso
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
65
Noted
Confident
Confidence3 of 7 signals on file
Enough independent signal to score at face value; no shrinkage applied.
How confidence affects the score
Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 48% 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 0% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
Missing: Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings
- 85/ 38% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 75/ 10% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
- 45/ 52% weightSCA gradeRoaster-published cupping score
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
Base weighted score: 63.1 + bonuses = 65
Sensory profileestimated
- Acidity
- 4
- Body
- 3
- Sweetness
- 4
- Balance
- 4
- Clean
- 4
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