Instant El Salvador Santa Rosa Honey
Cherrybook Index
65Noted
Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology
Price position
$1.50/oz$15.00 for 283g
Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.
Catalog summary
A honey lot from Chalatenango, El Salvador, indexed 65 on sparse evidence.
Based on the listing and catalog evidence
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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 ↗
Roaster’s notes
concord grape · demerara sugar · rose · dark chocolate
- Fruit
- Floral
- Cocoa and nut
- Sugar and spice
- Origin
- Chalatenango, SV
- Producer
- Jorge Rivera
- Farm / Co-op
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- Process
- Honey
- Altitude
- 1650 m
- Varietals
- Pacamara
- Harvest
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- Weight
- 283g
- Bag price
- $15.00
- Price / oz
- $1.50/oz
- Brew
- —
from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated
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.
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
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