Geometry
WashedLight
Cup profile
berries · stone fruit · earl grey · honeysuckle · round
- Fruit
- Floral

- Origin
- —
- Producer
- —
- Farm / Co-op
- —
- Process
- Washed
- Altitude
- —
- Varietals
- —
- Harvest
- —
- Weight
- 312g
- Bag price
- $22.50
- Price / oz
- $2.04/oz
- Brew
- filter, espresso
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
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 ↗
Cherrybook last checked this listing 106 days ago.
Price contextmodeled
What this profile typically sells for across the catalog.
$2.04/oz
typically $2.39 to $3.90
Where it sits
typical band this lot
What moves this price
cheaper×1.00pricier
- Roaster brand and sourcing×1.47
- Colombia origin×1.06
- Light roast×1.06
- Washed process×0.97
How this estimate works
A statistical model, refit weekly across the in-stock catalog, estimates what a coffee with this exact profile typically sells for per ounce. Each multiplier compares one trait against the average lot in this market; the roaster line covers brand and sourcing together, which this model cannot separate. Bag size is shown separately, priced at the rate observed across sizes of the same coffee, because it says nothing about the coffee itself. The distribution counts every in-stock lot in the comparison class, so it moves as the catalog does. The model reads listed attributes only: the quality of the specific lot in the bag is not observable, so a price above the typical band is not evidence of overpricing.
Not listed by the roaster: altitude
Cherry's Index
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology
57
Sparse signal
Confidence2 of 7 signals on file
Score is heavily shrunk toward 50; treat as a placeholder until more sources arrive.
How confidence affects the score
Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 23% of the signal universe on file. Missing sources are dropped, remaining weights are renormalized, and the result is shrunk toward a neutral 50 baseline by 43% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.
The math on file: renormalized base 59.6 shrunk to 55.5 + bonuses = 57.
Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook tastings
- 65/ 78% weightReddit sentimentSentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
- 40/ 22% weightRoaster transparencyProducer / farm / lot disclosure depth
Bonuses applied
- +2Sprudge press coverageThis roaster has been featured by Sprudge
- +3World Coffee Championships finalist lotThis roaster sourced a World Coffee Championships finalist routine
- +1Editorial coverage clusterThis roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
- +-5Stale-stock demotionThis lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
Flavor wheelestimated
Comps & alternatives
Tasting flight
Taste this against three more lots 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.
About Onyx Coffee Lab
Community reputation · Reddit
Mixed reviews· sentiment 65/100
Three Reddit contributions give a mixed-to-positive view of Onyx Coffee Lab. One poster said a $40 Onyx bag was not better than coffee they roasted at home. In another thread, a commenter called Monarch their favorite from Onyx and an easy first recommendation for espresso. A home roaster wrote that an Onyx Kenyan AA control sample was much more uniform in roast degree and bean size than their own batch, and said the consistency made them jealous.
$40 bag compared with home roastingMonarch espresso recommendationroast degree and bean size uniformity
Threads cited (3)
- r/roasting · 84↑ · So I went crazy and spent $40 on a bag of this Onyx coffee just to see what all the hype i
So I went crazy and spent $40 on a bag of this Onyx coffee just to see what all the hype is about. Honestly it isn’t any better than the stuff I can roast at home. Am I missing something?
- r/espresso · 52↑ · 22g Monarch from Onyx.
Monarch is my favorite from Onyx. For anyone that is looking for an easy recommendation or go-to espresso, its usually my first pick.
- r/roasting · 9↑ · Is there a major benefit to sifting / sorting beans by size before roasting?
...or there in my dosing cup that I remove before grinding. While the roast looks uneven, it tastes phenomenal! When compared to a bag of Kenyan AA beans I bought from Onyx as a control sample, I found their beans are much more uniform in roast degree and size. Granted these came from a different farm, but the consiste
Press · Sprudge
- Build-Outs Of Coffee: Onyx At The Preserve In Bentonville, AR2026-08-05·sprudge
Onyx At The Preserver in Bentonville, Arkansas.
On YouTube
7 videos · 181k combined views
Onyx Coffee Lab has 5 videos on their channel; 2 videos come from outside reviewers (Seattle Coffee Gear, Whole Brain Coffee).
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