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# Jalapeño Popper at Souvenir Coffee Co.
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-souvenir-coffee-co-jalapeno-popper/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:12:50.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:12:50.000Z
- Description: Sweet onion & bacon jam, cream cheese, roasted jalapeños, tillamook cheddar on bagel. Sandwich Score 53, solid. At Souvenir Coffee Co., Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Souvenir Coffee Co.](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-souvenir-coffee-co/), a cafe in Berkeley, California.

BagelCheddar CheeseJalapeñoCream CheeseBaconBagel

**53**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +30.

Uncharted, four of six roles on the board.

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

Balance

35

Harmony

97

Contrast

71

Structure

88

Focus

100

Composition

54

Quality

100

Envelope

100

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.

**bagel**, served cold: sweet onion & bacon jam; cream cheese; roasted jalapeños; tillamook cheddar (named producer).

Worth a look: named producer: Cheddar Cheese.

## Balance

salt1.8 · 83rdacid0.6 · 53rdfat3.2 · 84thsweet0.0umami1.8 · 66thheat0.3 · 75thbitter0.1 · 42nd

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.8   | 83rd               |
| acid   | 0.6   | 53rd               |
| fat    | 3.2   | 84th               |
| sweet  | 0.0   | n/a                |
| umami  | 1.8   | 66th               |
| heat   | 0.3   | 75th               |
| bitter | 0.1   | 42nd               |

**85** 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    |
| ---------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------- | --------- |
| bagel                                                      | bread   | soft chewy                            | the frame |
| sweet onion & bacon jamscored as Bacon                     | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy     | **−5**    |
| cream cheese                                               | fat     | fat 4 creamy silky smooth             | **−3**    |
| roasted jalapeñosscored as Jalapeño                        | texture | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw              | **+7**    |
| tillamook cheddar (named producer)scored as Cheddar Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | **0**     |

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

- **Bagel + Cream Cheese**: the schmear: cream cheese on a boiled crust
- **Bacon + Jalapeño**: jalapeno popper logic: green heat and smoke
- **Bacon + Cheddar Cheese**: bacon cheddar: smoke and sharp, burger law
- **Jalapeño + Cheddar Cheese**: jalapeno cheddar: green heat in sharp fat

[All the sandwiches at Souvenir Coffee Co.](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-souvenir-coffee-co/) · [The menu this was read from](https://www.souvenir-coffee.com/pages/food-drink-menu?ref=onesandwich.com) · [Build your own in the Sandwich Builder](https://onesandwich.com/builder/)

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.