coffee
trove.
you land in a new city + you want good coffee + every map gives you the same compressed stars + eighty percent of places sit between 3.8 and 4.5 + the number says nothing
coffeetrove scores cafes on what can be known + not on who shouted loudest + structured data about the place itself + turned into one honest number
data completeness ............ up to 55 pts
business signals ............. hours + site + photos + specialty
independent bonus ............ +10 pts
missing data ................. 0 pts + never negative
range ........................ 0 + 100
the chain problem
an airport chain has perfect data + a beloved roaster has none + global chains + local chains + independents are classified apart + the small ones get the bonus
fair to the silent
a tokyo cafe may have perfect data + a lisbon cafe only a pin on openstreetmap + absence is never punished + scores rise as the data arrives
values as math
every weight is a belief + transparency is trusted + small samples are not + a score that is honest about what it measures
the quiet cup
a good cafe is a study in silence + a counter + a machine + someone who cares + coffeetrove removes the review noise so that place can be found