Ka'u 'Hydro' Honey Typica
Ripe Peach, Pink Grapefruit Zest, and Chamomile on a honey lot.
Ka'u, US · Honey
DarkPeachGrapefruitChamomile+3
SCA 95.0
67CBI · preliminary
$5.74/oz
Roaster · Pahala, HI
Rusty's Hawaiian
7 lots in stock, mostly United States.
- In stock
- 7
- House Index · limited data
- 58
- Freshness
- Batch roasted weekly
OriginsUnited States
Roaster at a glance
- Tracked since
- April 20267 lots seen; 7 in stock now
- Origins
- 1 countryUnited States
- Process mix
- Other 43% · Natural 29% · Washed 14% · Honey 14%
- Price position
- 46% above what its profiles predictMedian of 4 in-stock lots against the price model
- Sourcing
- 14% of lots name the producer or farm1 of 7
- Coverage
- 1 reviewer videoVideos and articles about the roaster, not by it
- Their channels
- Instagram ↗Facebook ↗X ↗Linked from their own site
- Where to find them
- Online only, Pahala, HI
How Cherrybook Index is calculatedavg coverage 32% · limited data
Coverage is below 50%. No Reddit or YouTube roaster-level signal is on file. Per-lot evidence from SCA grades, Coffee Review entries, and public on-shop product ratings is limited across the catalog. With limited signal, scores are also pulled toward a neutral 50 baseline by the Cherrybook Index methodology, so lots can read flatter than the actual cup quality differences between them. The average Cherrybook Index therefore reflects the limited per-lot evidence plus the methodology's neutral baseline.
Roaster signals
Apply to every lot from this roaster.
- Reddit—weight 0%
- YouTube—weight 10%
Per-lot signals (averaged)
Vary across lots; averaged over 7 in-stock lots.
- SCA grade71/1005/7 lots · weight 25%
- Coffee Review63.8/1004/7 lots · weight 20%
- On-shop ratingsnot on file · weight 12%
- Cherrybook reader ratingsnot on file · weight 30%
- Transparency51.4/1007/7 lots · weight 5%
Bonuses earned (per lot)
- stale decay7/7
Base components are renormalized over whatever signals are available for each lot. SCA + Coffee Review are capped at 40% combined to keep the cupping story from dominating. Bonuses (accolades, awards, editorial coverage) and freshness decay are applied on top.
The catalog
7 in stock
Medium-DarkDark ChocolateHazelnutCocoa Powder
SCA 95.0
63CBI
$2.87/oz
MediumAlmondDateCaramel+2
SCA 94.0
60CBI
$3.83/oz
Ka'u Classic Medium Roast
Washed lot with Chocolate, Floral, and Citrus in the cup.
Hawaii, US · Washed
MediumChocolateFloralCitrus+2
SCA 93.0
59CBI
$2.87/oz
DarkDate
SCA 94.0
59CBI · preliminary
$4.72/oz
Ka'u Natural Typica
Expect Sweet Florals and Tart Fruit Notes from this natural lot.
Hawaii, US · Natural
Floral
51CBI · preliminary
$5.10/oz
MediumCitrusNuttyChocolate+1
43CBI · sparse
$2.30/oz
On YouTube
1 video · 128k combined views
1 video covers Rusty's Hawaiian from reviewer WholeFoodsMarket.
Flagship cafe
Retail location
Pahala, HI
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