Skip to main content
Who Makes The
BEST COFFEE
Smiley Coffee Ludlow Blend — supplied coffee image 1
Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Smiley Coffee Ludlow Blend; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Smiley Coffee Ludlow Blend; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Smiley Coffee Ludlow Blend; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Smiley Coffee Ludlow Blend

Roasted by Onyx Coffee LabRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsCaturraBourbonCastilloSL28Dark roastDark ChocolateMolassesWine-likeArabicaBlendOnyx Coffee LabIndependent
Blend: Colombia · EthiopiaDark roast
Brand
Onyx Coffee Lab
Roaster website
Visit website
Countries
Colombia · Ethiopia
Regions
—
Town
—
Farm / Station
Varies by component — see below
Farmer / Producer
Multiple contributors — see blend components
Species
Arabica
Type
Blend
Grade
Not specified
Varieties
—
Process
See individual components
Roast
Dark
Tasting notes
dark chocolate, molasses, red wine, dried berries, thick and syrupy
Fermentation
Smiley Coffee publishes “24 hr aerobic washed & natural.” The page does not identify which component receives which process or describe the vessel, inoculation or component-specific fermentation sequence.
Drying
Sixteen days on average; drying surface and component-level drying methods are not disclosed.
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • country idThe product is a Colombia–Ethiopia blend, but the schema provides one country relationship; the misleading Colombia-only link was removed.
  • farm id / producer idSmiley Coffee does not publish the rotating component farms or producers.
  • variety idCaturra, Bourbon, Castillo and SL28 are listed in aggregate, without component allocation; no single variety relationship is appropriate.
  • process idThe blend combines washed and natural coffees, but the brand does not map processes to components; one process relationship would be misleading.
  • blend percentagesExact component proportions are not published.
  • drying surfaceThe brand gives an average sixteen-day duration but not the drying surface or component-level method.
Spotted an error? Report a correction →
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. Rotating Colombia and Ethiopia microlots; Caturra, Bourbon, Castillo and SL28; washed and natural components; exact proportions, cultivar allocation and process-to-component mapping not disclosed.

Colombia component

Country:
Colombia
Research note:
Rotating microlot; exact region, farm, producer, cultivar allocation, process and percentage are not disclosed.

Ethiopia component

Country:
Ethiopia
Research note:
Rotating microlot; exact region, farm, producer, cultivar allocation, process and percentage are not disclosed.

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.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    Smiley Coffee Ludlow Blend
  2. 02
    The brand
    Onyx Coffee Lab
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Onyx Coffee Lab
  4. 04
    Varieties
    Not disclosed
  5. 05
    Farms / processing sites
    Not disclosed
  6. 06
    The growers
    Multiple contributors — see component details above
  7. 07
    Regions
    Not disclosed
  8. 08
    Countries
    Colombia · Ethiopia
From the producer

The coffee is sourced from rotating micro-lots originating from Colombia and Ethiopia.

From the roaster

Onyx Coffee Lab serves as the production partner for this Smiley Coffee release, utilizing a Diedrich CR-70 roaster to achieve a traditional, expressive dark roast profile.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This blend serves as a core offering for the Smiley Coffee brand, designed to capture the spirit of their Lower East Side neighborhood location. It is crafted to be a versatile, traditional-style roast that performs well across multiple brewing methods.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Blend scope

The rotating blend uses coffees from Colombia and Ethiopia. Exact percentages, regions, farms and producers are not published.

02
Processing

Smiley Coffee lists washed and natural coffees, a 24-hour aerobic protocol and an average sixteen-day drying period, but does not map processing to either origin.

03
Roasting

Onyx production-roasts the blend on a Diedrich CR-70 to an expressive dark Agtron 64.3 profile for filter or espresso.

What was added?

No flavoring or processing additive is disclosed.

What wasn't added?

Exact farms, producers, component percentages, cultivar allocation, process-to-component mapping, drying surface and harvest dates are not published.

Why it matters

The mixed traditional processes and dark roast are designed for caramelized sweetness, syrupy texture and performance with milk, while the rotating composition makes unsupported farm-level links inappropriate.

What you might taste

The brand lists dark chocolate, molasses, red wine and dried berries with a thick, syrupy body. These are brand-provided notes, not our tasting observations.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.smileycoffee1972.com/products/smiley-ludlow-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 2026-10-31) 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

Method: searches required an independently authored tasting assessment of the exact packaged Ludlow Blend. Seller pages, delivery menus, directories, café-level reviews and ratings that do not identify this bag were excluded; no score or sentiment was transferred.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

If you like this…

Try these next →

Archive: Honduras Maria Baide
POSSIBLE MATCH
Honduras · Parainema · Washed
Availability not recently verified
Red Apple, Yellow Peach, Dark Chocolate
Why it's similar
shares Dark Chocolate
Archive: Colombia Amparo Maya Natural
POSSIBLE MATCH
Colombia · Natural
Availability not recently verified
Apricot, Cherry, Dark Chocolate
Why it's similar
shares Dark Chocolate
Archive: Colombia Amparo Maya Natural
POSSIBLE MATCH
Colombia · Natural
Availability not recently verified
Apricot, Cherry, Dark Chocolate
Why it's similar
shares Dark Chocolate
Archive: Colombia Amparo Maya Natural
POSSIBLE MATCH
Colombia · Natural
Availability not recently verified
Apricot, Cherry, Dark Chocolate
Why it's similar
shares Dark Chocolate
Suggestions are selected from recently updated, published coffee profiles sharing documented origin, farm, producer, variety, process or tasting notes. This is a bounded discovery sample, not an exhaustive catalog ranking; availability is only a dated source observation.

Your coffee interests. Every section.

Learn something new, follow the people behind your cup, or explore by flavor and tags.