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# Hummus Sandwich at El Tiny Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-el-tiny-cafe-hummus-sandwich/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:22:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:25:39.000Z
- Description: Hummus, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, onion, salt & pepper on choice of bread. Sandwich Score 59, solid. At El Tiny Cafe, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [El Tiny Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-el-tiny-cafe/), a cafe in Berkeley, California.

Bread (generic)OnionCucumberTomatoLettuceHummusBread (generic)

**59**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +26.

Uncharted, five of six roles on the board.

**Holding the summit:** balance 0.80 or better

Balance

64

Harmony

77

Contrast

85

Structure

84

Focus

75

Composition

70

Quality

100

Envelope

100

−5 a wet layer on soft bread

Each bar is one pillar of the score, 0 to 100\. The tick marks what a sandwich at the summit needs; an amber bar is the one holding this sandwich back.

**choice of bread**, served cold: hummus; lettuce; tomato; cucumber; onion; salt & pepper.

## Balance

salt0.4 · 18thacid0.4 · 43rdfat0.9 · 12thsweet0.4 · 52ndumami0.7 · 21stheat0.1 · 56thbitter0.2 · 65th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 0.4   | 18th               |
| acid   | 0.4   | 43rd               |
| fat    | 0.9   | 12th               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 52nd               |
| umami  | 0.7   | 21st               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 56th               |
| bitter | 0.2   | 65th               |

**64** Balance, out of 100

The seven flavor axes of the whole sandwich, each summed across its layers. The shaded ring is the catalog's middle 80%; the small number under each axis is where this sandwich falls in the catalog. A shape that sits inside the ring is in the range most sandwiches live in; a spike past it is where this one stands apart.

## What each layer brings

| Layer           | Role    | Flavor and texture                      | Points     |
| --------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| choice of bread | bread   | soft                                    | the frame  |
| hummus          | sauce   | fat 3 creamy                            | **+15**    |
| lettuce         | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+8**     |
| tomato          | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+16**    |
| cucumber        | bulk    | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+3**     |
| onion           | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **−4**     |
| salt & pepper   |         |                                         | not scored |

Points: what the Sandwich Score would lose if that one layer were left out, everything else the same. A negative number means the sandwich scores higher without it. Flavor runs 0 to 5 on each axis.

## Pairings

- **Hummus + Cucumber**: cool crunch over nutty hummus

## How to raise it

- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).

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Menu read 2026-09; items and prices change. The score is the site's opinion of the recipe as listed, not a review of the shop; tiers and house-made marks follow the menu's own wording.