Tropical Weather

Name: Tropical Weather
Brand: Onyx Coffee Lab
SKU: onyx-tropical-weather
Price: 24.50 USD
Availability: InStock

WashedLight

Cherrybook Index

59sparse

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

$2.45/oz$24.50 for 283g

Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.

Catalog summary

A washed lot from Kaffa, Ethiopia, not yet indexed (2 of 7 signals on file).

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

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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 ↗

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Cherrybook last checked this listing 3 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

mixed berries · sweet tea · raw honey · plum

Fruit
Floral
Sugar and spice

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Mapped from the roaster’s tasting notes to the SCA flavor wheel; Cherrybook’s interpretation of the stated notes, not the roaster’s own categorization.

Origin: Kaffa, ET
Producer: —
Farm / Co-op: —
Process: Washed
Altitude: 1900 m
Varietals: Heirloom
Harvest: —
Weight: 283g
Bag price: $24.50
Price / oz: $2.45/oz
Brew: filter, espresso

from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated

Cherrybook Index (CBI)

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology

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 63.9 shrunk to 58.0 + bonuses = 59.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings

Reddit sentiment
Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
65/ 78% weight
Roaster transparency
Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
60/ 22% weight

Bonuses applied

Sprudge press coverage
This roaster has been featured by Sprudge
+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
Stale-stock demotion
This lot has been listed in stock for an extended time; specialty coffee freshness degrades over weeks
+-5

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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