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Onyx Coffee Lab

Nepal Illam Natural

Anaerobic NaturalLightNorthscore 77
Nepal Illam Natural by Onyx Coffee Lab
Origin
Illam, NP
Producer
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Farm / Co-op
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Altitude
1300 m
Varietals
bourbon,caturra
Harvest
—
Weight
312g
Bag price
$50.00
Price / oz
$4.54/oz
Brew
filter, espresso

As cupped

blood orange · kumquat · black tea · cacao nib

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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

77

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

  • Community sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    75/ 44% weight
  • Sensory average
    Mean of acidity, body, sweetness, balance, cleanliness
    65/ 56% 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
  • Editorial coverage cluster
    This roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
    +1

Base weighted score: 69.4 + bonuses = 77

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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 roaster, frequently cited as a benchmark for quality and flavor, particularly for their blends and seasonal offerings. While the coffee itself is consistently praised for its high quality and "nirvana" level experiences, the brand has faced significant community backlash regarding their pricing structure, specifically the addition of "Employee Benefits" fees and the transition to smaller bag sizes. Additionally, there are critical accounts from former employees regarding internal labor practices, which have tempered some of the enthusiasm for the brand.

high quality coffeepremium pricingcontroversial service feesfrequent benchmark for qualityexcellent seasonal roastscriticism of packaging changes
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Press · Sprudge

On YouTube

7 videos · 179k combined views

Onyx Coffee Lab has 6 videos on their channel; 1 video comes from outside reviewers (Whole Brain Coffee).

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