· 2 min read

The Standard at Souvenir Coffee Co.

Organic cage-free egg patty, tillamook cheddar, arugula, meyer lemon vinaigrette on unstated bread. Sandwich Score 53, solid. At Souvenir Coffee Co., Berkeley.

A sandwich at Souvenir Coffee Co., a cafe in Berkeley, California.

White BreadArugulaCheddar CheeseEggWhite Bread
53
Sandwich Score
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +18.

An egg and cheese with layers outside the form; three of six roles, few layers have a partner.

Holding the summit: a finished composition

Balance
75
Harmony
81
Contrast
40
Structure
88
Focus
100
Composition
40
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.

white bread (inferred from the kind of place), served cold: organic cage-free egg patty; tillamook cheddar (named producer); arugula; meyer lemon vinaigrette.

Worth a look: named producer: Cheddar Cheese.

Balance

salt1.0 · 52ndacid0.3 · 37thfat2.3 · 54thsweet0.0umami1.6 · 56thheat0.0bitter0.4 · 84th
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt1.052nd
acid0.337th
fat2.354th
sweet0.0n/a
umami1.656th
heat0.0n/a
bitter0.484th

75 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

LayerRoleFlavor and texturePoints
white bread (inferred from the kind of place)breadsoftthe frame
organic cage-free egg pattyscored as Eggproteinfat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy+5
tillamook cheddar (named producer)scored as Cheddar Cheeseproteinfat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty+12
arugulabulkbitter 2 fresh leafy tender−2
meyer lemon vinaigrettenot 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

Build this sandwich

Load its stack into the Sandwich Builder. Swap a layer, watch the score move.

Open in the builder

Read next