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Southern Weather - Cafes Only

Roasted by Onyx Coffee LabRoaster's website

TRADITIONAL PROCESS

TagsMixed Washed Moderate Milk Chocolate Plum Arabica Blend Onyx Coffee Lab Independent

Blend: Honduras · Colombia · EthiopiaModerate roast

Brand

Onyx Coffee Lab

Roaster website

Visit website

Countries

Honduras · Colombia · 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

Not specified

Varieties

—

Process

See individual components

Roast

Moderate

Tasting notes

Milk chocolate, Plum, Candied walnuts, Juicy citrus finish

Fermentation

—

Drying

Raised-bed dried

Product page

Roaster's site

Date reviewed

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Why some details are blank

altitude mOnyx displays 1,850 m on the broader rotating blend page, but that single value cannot demonstrably represent all three origins or every cafe-format composition.
farm id / producer idExact component farms and producers are not disclosed for the current rotating blend.
variety idThe blend is labeled mixed variety; component cultivars and their origin assignments are not disclosed.
blend percentagesOnyx identifies the three current origins but does not publish component percentages.
harvest / roast dateThe evergreen page gives origin-level harvest context but no current component crop dates or bag-specific roast date.
green cost payment stageThe page displays $5.68 as green cost but does not label that displayed figure itself as farm gate, FOB, or another payment stage; no stage was inferred.
public sentiment ratingIndependent evidence is qualitative, limited, and spans rotating seasonal compositions, so no numerical rating was calculated.
owner tasting inputNo owner tasting notes, approval, score, verdict, or review date exist for this coffee.

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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. Rotating washed microlots from Honduras, Colombia, and Ethiopia; exact farms, producers, varieties, and component percentages vary by season and were not disclosed for this cafe-only release.

Honduras component

Country:: Honduras
Processing:: Washed
Research note:: Exact producer, farm, variety, and percentage were not disclosed for this cafe-only release.

Colombia component

Country:: Colombia
Processing:: Washed
Research note:: Exact producer, farm, variety, and percentage were not disclosed for this cafe-only release.

Ethiopia component

Country:: Ethiopia
Processing:: Washed
Research note:: Exact producer, farm, variety, and percentage were not disclosed for this cafe-only release.

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
Southern Weather - Cafes Only
Named on the bag
02
The brand
Onyx Coffee Lab
Documented
03
The roaster
Onyx Coffee Lab
Documented
04
Varieties
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
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
Honduras · Colombia · Ethiopia
Named on the bag

From the roaster

Onyx Coffee Lab describes this as a cornerstone blend that embodies their passion for specialty coffee, serving as their house filter option in their own cafes.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This is the cafe-format version of Onyx's first and foundational evergreen blend: rotating seasonal microlots are rebuilt around an approachable chocolate, nut, plum, and citrus profile for batch filter, hand brewing, espresso, or milk drinks.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

Corrected the live cafe offer

Replaced the stale sold-out state with Onyx's current cafe-order listing: $120 for a five-pound bag.

Aligned the technical profile

Corrected the structured roast from Medium to Onyx's Moderate designation and retained ground Agtron 123, washed processing, raised-bed drying, mixed varieties, and the rotating Honduras-Colombia-Ethiopia composition.

Added exact brewing guidance

Recorded Onyx's current Kalita filter and espresso starting recipes.

Kept sentiment and scores separate

Summarized three independent exact-product qualitative accounts without converting them into a numerical rating; seller-hosted reviews and first-party testimonials were excluded.

What was added?

Current $120 five-pound availability, Moderate roast classification, filter and espresso recipes, sourcing-transparency snapshot, and limited independent qualitative sentiment.

What wasn't added?

No component farms, producers, regions, cultivars, percentages, lot-wide elevation, harvest date, roast date, owner tasting, owner score, or numerical public-sentiment rating was inferred.

Why it matters

Corrects a demonstrably stale commerce status while keeping a rotating blend from being represented as a fixed lot or single-origin coffee.

What you might taste

Onyx lists milk chocolate, plum, candied walnuts, and a juicy citrus finish. Independent accounts variously reported distinct chocolate-plum-walnut character, a honey-like note, or—when brewed on one Aiden setup—a bland, very light cup.

Sources for these process claims

· https://onyxcoffeelab.com/collections/onyx-cafes
· https://onyxcoffeelab.com/products/southern-weather
· https://onyxcoffeelab.com/pages/brew-guides
· https://whatthefroth.com/onyx-coffee-lab/
· https://www.home-barista.com/brewing/pour-over-grind-size-brew-time-t101990-20.html
· https://www.reddit.com/r/FellowProducts/comments/1ra4uk6/onyx_coffee_aiden_profiles/

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

What the internet is saying

WE FOUND 3 RELEVANT PUBLIC SOURCES

AI-synthesized from publicly available information retrieved 2026-11-07. This is research, not our original tasting review.

What the sources say

Limited and season-sensitive: two accounts found Southern Weather distinctive or rewarding when properly dialed in, while one brewer found the Onyx Aiden profile bland and very light.

What people love

Distinct milk-chocolate, plum, and candied-walnut character; one Home-Barista brewer perceived a clear honey-like note and was able to reproduce it with Onyx's recipe; an older independent review called the blend delicious and remarkably distinct.

What people don't

One 2026 Aiden user found the cup bland and very light with the supplied profile, prompting grind-setting adjustments.

Flavors people keep mentioning

milk chocolateplumcandied walnuthoney-likedistinctblandvery light

Internet sentiment

A qualitative summary of public sources, including context. Not a coffee score.

Generally positive, with brew-sensitive dissent and limited evidence

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Southern Weather - Cafes Only

Who grew each part of this blend?

Honduras component

Colombia component

Ethiopia component

FROM THE BAGBACK TO THE LAND.

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLYDO TO THIS COFFEE?

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

What the internet is saying about this coffee

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