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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for OneRepublic, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for OneRepublic; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for OneRepublic; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for OneRepublic; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇪🇹EthiopiaNatural
Roaster website
Country
🇪🇹Ethiopia
Region
Not disclosed
Town
—
Farm / Station
—
Farmer / Producer
—
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Mixed
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
Black Tea, Ripe Apricot, Honey, Floral
Fermentation
—
Drying
Raised-bed dried
Product page
Date reviewed
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Why some details are blank
  • regionThe archived product page gives Ethiopia but no growing region.
  • farmNo exact farm is disclosed.
  • producerNo exact producer is disclosed.
  • varietyOnyx identifies mixed varieties but does not itemize them.
  • roast levelOnyx labels the roast level as unknown.
The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

Every link we could verify, traced in one place. Follow the chain as far as it goes — when the industry doesn't disclose a link, we say so instead of guessing.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    OneRepublic
  2. 02
  3. 03
    The roaster
  4. 04
    The variety
    Mixed
  5. 05
    The farm
    Not disclosed
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Not disclosed
  7. 07
    The region
    Not disclosed
  8. 08
From the producer

The archived product page identifies Ethiopia as the origin but does not disclose an exact farm, producer, or growing region.

From the roaster

Onyx Coffee Lab is a specialty roaster based in Arkansas known for its commitment to transparency and high-quality sourcing.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A limited OneRepublic x Onyx collaboration tied to the band's Artificial Paradise album, with a documented Ethiopia origin and rotating microlot format.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
What was done

Added the official 1,900-meter elevation, mixed-variety status, rotating-microlot harvest description, natural process, raised-bed drying, and complete roaster tasting-note set. Owner review fields were not changed.

What was added?

Nothing, as far as the producer has disclosed.

What wasn't added?

No post-roast flavorings of any kind.

Why it matters

What you might taste

Coffee profile

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

This coffee is in our database because we can reliably document it — but we haven't tasted and scored it yet, and we never publish a score we haven't earned.

Outside reviews and internet discussion — is kept clearly separate from our own review. When we taste it, our full review appears here.

The internet pulse

What the internet is saying about this coffee

Research complete — no qualifying reviews yet

Our research pipeline scanned public reviews, videos, forums and discussions for this coffee (last pass 2026-10-26) and found no independent review of this exact release that meets our verification standards. When qualifying sources appear, they'll be published here.

What we found

Non-exact, seller, directory, generic-roaster, different-release, duplicate, and older-release sources were excluded. No qualifying independent exact-release review remains.

Until then, meet the people behind it: