Cherrybook
Onyx Coffee Lab

Colombia Nestor Lasso Ombligon

Anaerobic NaturalLightNorthscore 82
Origin
CO
Producer
Nestor Lasso
Farm / Co-op
—
Process
Anaerobic Natural
Altitude
—
Varietals
other
Harvest
—
Weight
312g
Bag price
$108.30
Price / oz
$9.84/oz
Brew
—

From the editors

This lot is no longer available at the roaster.

We last reached the roaster’s page for this coffee 0 days ago. It now returns a not-found or members-only response — we’ve archived the buy link so we don’t send anyone to a dead page. The notes, sensory chart, and editorial context below remain useful as a record of what this lot offered.

No longer available at the roaster

Last verified 0 days ago.

Northscore

Quality score with explicit source coverage. Methodology

82

Sparse signal

Confidence20% coverage / 1 of 4 signals

This score is provisional and should not be read like a fully covered coffee. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped and the remaining weights are renormalized.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, Sensory average

  • Community sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    75/ 100% 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

Base weighted score: 75.0 + bonuses = 82

Comps & alternatives

Tasting flight

Taste this against three others Cherry picks.

Brew a set side-by-side. Cherry varies the picks along axes that pair with this lot — origin, process, roast, or producer — so you learn the difference, not just drink four good cups.

Build the flight

Reference · About the varietal & origin

About Onyx Coffee Lab

Community reputation · Reddit

Well-regarded· sentiment 75/100

Onyx Coffee Lab is widely recognized as a premium, high-end roaster, often cited as a benchmark for quality beans in the specialty coffee community. While their coffee is frequently praised for its flavor profiles and quality, the brand has faced criticism regarding their pricing structure, specifically the addition of non-removable "Employee Benefits" surcharges. Community discussion often positions them as a "luxury" or "expensive" option, sometimes used as a shorthand for high-cost coffee in comparisons.

premium pricinghigh-quality beanscontroversial service feesfrequent recommendation for enthusiastsmodern, high-end branding
Threads cited (10)

Press · Sprudge

On YouTube · Reviewers discussing Onyx Coffee Lab

YouTube reviewers have published 8 popular videos about Onyx Coffee Lab (180,500 combined views). Channels include Onyx Coffee Lab, Stronghold Cast Global, Whole Brain Coffee.

← Back to browse