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Smiley 1972 Blend

Roasted by Onyx Coffee LabRoaster's website

TRADITIONAL PROCESS

TagsWashed Light roast Honeysuckle Honey flavor Arabica Blend Specialty Onyx Coffee Lab Independent

Blend: Colombia and EthiopiaLight roast

Brand

Onyx Coffee Lab

Roaster website

Visit website

Countries

Colombia and Ethiopia

Regions

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Town

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Farm / Station

Varies by component — see below

Farmer / Producer

Multiple contributors — see blend components

Species

Arabica

Type

Blend

Grade

Specialty

Varieties

Caturra · Bourbon · Landrace

Process

See individual components

Roast

Light

Tasting notes

berries, stone fruits, earl grey, honeysuckle, honey

Fermentation

24-hour aerobic washed fermentation

Drying

Average of 16 days

Product page

Roaster's site

Date reviewed

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Why some details are blank

country idThis is a Colombia-and-Ethiopia blend, and the single-country field cannot represent both origins.
region idNo component regions are disclosed.
farm idNo component farms are disclosed.
producer idNo component producers are disclosed.
altitude mComponent elevations are not disclosed.
blend percentagesThe blend proportions and cultivar-to-country mapping are not disclosed.

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Sourcing explained

Who grew each part of this blend?

This coffee combines separately grown lots. A producer named for one component is not the grower of the entire blend. Colombia-and-Ethiopia blend with Caturra, Bourbon, and Landrace; component mapping and proportions are not disclosed.

Smiley 1972 cultivar component

Country:: Colombia and Ethiopia
Processing:: Washed
Proportion:: Undisclosed
Research note:: Caturra is in the documented cultivar set, but Smiley does not map it to a specific country, farm, or percentage.

Smiley 1972 cultivar component

Country:: Colombia and Ethiopia
Processing:: Washed
Proportion:: Undisclosed
Research note:: Bourbon is in the documented cultivar set, but Smiley does not map it to a specific country, farm, or percentage.

Smiley 1972 cultivar component

Country:: Colombia and Ethiopia
Processing:: Washed
Proportion:: Undisclosed
Research note:: Landrace is in the documented cultivar set, but Smiley does not map it to a specific country, farm, or percentage.

Check the roaster’s current component disclosure ↗

The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

A blend contains several origin chains, not one farmer or country. The component records above show each documented origin; undisclosed details stay undisclosed.

01
The name on the bag
Smiley 1972 Blend
Named on the bag
02
The brand
Onyx Coffee Lab
Documented
03
The roaster
Onyx Coffee Lab
Documented
04
Varieties
Caturra · Bourbon · Landrace
Named on the bag
05
Farms / processing sites
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
06
The growers
Multiple contributors — see component details above
Named on the bag
07
Regions
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
08
Countries
Colombia and Ethiopia
Named on the bag

From the roaster

Smiley Coffee publishes the consumer-facing blend specifications, while Onyx Coffee Lab roasts and supplies this exact 10 oz wholesale edition.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This blend serves as a tribute to the original 1972 Smiley logo, aiming to evoke a sense of optimism and positivity in the coffee ritual.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

Cross-origin blend

The release combines coffees from Colombia and Ethiopia with Caturra, Bourbon, and Landrace in undisclosed proportions.

Washed processing

Smiley documents a 24-hour aerobic washed fermentation followed by an average drying period of 16 days.

Two sales channels separated

The page uses the current $16 Onyx wholesale variant tied to this profile. Smiley's separate $25 consumer listing is sold out.

What was added?

Field-blend structure, cultivar set, process details, roast, harvest model, current wholesale price, and the relationship between Smiley and Onyx.

What wasn't added?

No cultivar-to-country mapping, farm, producer, region, altitude, blend ratio, or independent sentiment score was inferred.

Why it matters

Separating the wholesale Onyx listing from Smiley's consumer channel keeps pricing and availability exact while preserving the original blend specifications.

What you might taste

Berries, stone fruits, Earl Grey, honeysuckle, and honey.

Sources for these process claims

· https://onyxcoffeelab.com/products/smiley-1972-blend-10oz-wholesale
· https://www.smileycoffee1972.com/products/smiley-coffee-1972-blend

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 2026-10-25) 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.

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Smiley 1972 Blend

Who grew each part of this blend?

Smiley 1972 cultivar component

Smiley 1972 cultivar component

Smiley 1972 cultivar component

FROM THE BAGBACK TO THE LAND.

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLYDO TO THIS COFFEE?

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