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Onyx Coffee Lab

Colombia La Riviera Sudan Rume

Anaerobic Washed / Producer:Light85Cherry's Pick
Colombia La Riviera Sudan Rume by Onyx Coffee Lab
Producer
—
Farm / Co-op
La Riviera
Process
Anaerobic Washed / Producer:
Altitude
1750–1750 m
Varietals
other
Harvest
—
Weight
312g
Bag price
$52.00
Price / oz
$4.72/oz
Brew
—

from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated

As cupped

lychee · pineapple · floral honey · vanilla

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Price and availability set by the roaster.

Roasts to order · ships in ~1d

Your bag is roasted after you order; expect a short delay before it ships, but it arrives as fresh as the roaster can make it.

“All of our coffee for the cafes and for online orders are roasted to order, and we roast and ship our coffees Monday through Friday.” source ↗

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Cherry's Index

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology

85

Cherry's Pick

Preliminary

Confidence33% coverage / 3 of 7 signals

Score is partially shrunk toward a neutral 50 — read directionally until more source families land. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped, the remaining weights are renormalized, and the result is shrunk toward a neutral 50 baseline by 18% so a single thin signal can’t carry the score on its own.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, Buyer reviews, Cherrybook tastings

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    85/ 55% weight
  • YouTube reviews
    Sentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
    85/ 30% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    70/ 15% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Sprudge press coverage
    This roaster has been featured by Sprudge
    +2
  • Roast Magazine Roaster of the Year
    This roaster has been recognized as Roaster of the Year by Roast Magazine within the last decade
    +2
  • World Coffee Championships finalist lot
    This roaster sourced a World Coffee Championships finalist routine
    +3
  • Editorial coverage cluster
    This roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
    +1

Renormalized base 82.7 shrunk to 77.0 at 83% confidence + bonuses = 85.

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About Onyx Coffee Lab

Community reputation · Reddit

Cult favorite· sentiment 85/100

Onyx Coffee Lab is widely recognized as a benchmark roaster in the specialty coffee community. They are frequently cited as a standard for quality, consistency, and roast uniformity, often serving as a control sample for home roasters. While some users debate their price point or specific brew recipes, they are consistently recommended and respected for their high-end offerings, particularly their "expressive" dark roasts and rare varieties like Eugenioides.

benchmark for quality and consistencyhighly regarded for light and medium roastspopular for 'expressive' dark roastsfrequent point of comparison for home roasterssource for rare and experimental varietiespremium pricing expectations
Threads cited (10)

Press · Sprudge

On YouTube

8 videos · 413k combined views

Outside coverage characterizes Onyx Coffee Lab as a technically rigorous roaster that prioritizes precision and intentionality in their production. Reviewers highlight the company's commitment to transparency regarding their roasting philosophy and equipment usage. The roaster is frequently associated with a data-driven approach to achieving specific, punchy flavor profiles in their coffee.

Technical roasting precisionData-driven heat managementIntentional airflow controlFocus on punchy flavor profilesTransparent production methodology

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