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Standouts
The edges of the catalog, struck into coins and pulled live: the biggest splurge, the best value among our highest-scoring lots, the rarest variety, and what readers are viewing, comparing, and buying most. Every standout links to the actual coffee. They re-rank themselves as the catalog and the crowd shift.
The biggest splurge
Most expensive coffee
$101.68per ounceFounder Selection X324-260220 Experimental by Ninety Plus Gesha Estates, Panama
The priciest cup on the shelf, per ounce.
Punching above its price
Best value
$1.79per ounceSmooth Operator
The lowest price per ounce among our highest-scoring lots.
Top of the index
Highest Cherrybook Index
87Cherrybook Index · preliminaryEthiopia Worka Chelbessa Yirgacheffe Organic
The most evidence-backed lot in the catalog right now.
Grown closest to the sky
Highest-altitude coffee
2,780 mabove sea levelEl Turpial Laurina Natural
Slow-ripened at extreme elevation, where density builds sweetness.
Textbook perfect
Highest cup score
97SCA cup scoreKaʻu Morning Glory
The top blind cupping score in the catalog, on the SCA 100-point scale.
One of a kind
Rarest variety
Kenyaonly lot in the catalogFinca La Esperanza — Natural Kenya
A varietal grown by a single lot in the entire catalog.
Headed for the cart
Most clicked to buy
6buy clicksWilton Benitez Yellow Bourbon
The lot readers most often clicked through to buy from the roaster.
What everyone's reading
Most-viewed coffee
65viewsAlchemy — Espresso
The lot drawing the most eyes across Cherrybook lately.
The hardest choice
Most-compared coffee
7comparisonsA Drop Of Science
The lot readers most often weigh against the rest.
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