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Onyx Coffee Lab

Cxffeeblack

Anaerobic Natural / NaturalDark81Cherry's Index

Cup profile

strawberry church candy · sorghum · red currant · rooibos tea

  • Fruit
  • Floral
  • Sugar and spice
Cxffeeblack by Onyx Coffee Lab
Farm / Co-op
—
Process
Anaerobic Natural / Natural
Altitude
1850–1850 m
Varietals
red_bourbon
Harvest
—
Weight
312g
Bag price
$30.00
Price / oz
$2.73/oz
Brew
—

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

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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

81

Strong

Preliminary

Confidence33% coverage / 3 of 7 signals

Score is partially shrunk toward a neutral 50 — read directionally until more source families land.

How confidence affects the score

Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. Missing sources are dropped, remaining weights are renormalized, and the result is shrunk toward a neutral 50 baseline by 18% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.

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

  • YouTube reviews
    Sentiment from third-party YouTube reviewer mentions
    85/ 30% weight
  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    82/ 55% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    65/ 15% weight

Bonuses applied

  • 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 80.3 shrunk to 75.0 at 83% confidence + bonuses = 81.

Sensory profile

Body
5
Sweetness
5
Balance
5
Clean
3

Flavor wheelestimated

Comps & alternatives

Tasting flight

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Reference · About the varietal & origin

About Onyx Coffee Lab

Community reputation · Reddit

Well-regarded· sentiment 82/100

Onyx Coffee Lab is widely recognized as a major name in specialty coffee, frequently referenced alongside other top-tier roasters like Brandywine and Tandem. Redditors often turn to them as a benchmark for high-end beans, light roasts, and popular blends like Monarch and Southern Weather, though some debate their pricing relative to home roasting or other commercial options. Their consistency in bean sizing and roast uniformity is also noted by home roasters using them as control samples.

widely recognized benchmarkpopular espresso and filter blendslight and expressive dark roastspremium pricing discussionsconsistent bean quality
Threads cited (10)

On YouTube

7 videos · 177k combined views

Outside coverage featuring Onyx Coffee Lab highlights their technical precision and thoughtful approach to the roasting process. Reviewers and educators from the brand, such as Dakota Graff, demonstrate a deep focus on variables like heat application, airflow management, and batch sizing. The discourse underscores a commitment to achieving distinct and punchy flavor profiles through deliberate profiling techniques.

Technical roasting precisionDeliberate heat applicationThoughtful batch sizingFocus on punchy flavor profiles

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