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Onyx Coffee Lab

Kenya Kamwangi AA

WashedMedium-LightNorthscore 85
Origin
Kirinyaga, KE
Farm / Co-op
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Process
Washed
Altitude
1800–1800 m
Varietals
sl28, ruiru11, batian
Harvest
—
Weight
312g
Bag price
$24.00
Price / oz
$2.18/oz
Brew
filter, espresso

As cupped

nectarine · maple syrup · nutmeg · banana

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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 ↗

Northscore

Quality score with explicit source coverage. Methodology

85

Limited signal

Confidence45% coverage / 2 of 4 signals

Treat this as a directional read until more source families land. Coverage is signal availability, not cup quality; missing sources are dropped and the remaining weights are renormalized.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review

  • Sensory average
    Mean of acidity, body, sweetness, balance, cleanliness
    80/ 56% weight
  • Community sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    75/ 44% 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: 77.8 + bonuses = 85

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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.

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