Coffee Description
This cup launches with aromas of golden raspberry, malted vanilla, and toffee. Next comes honeydew melon and nectarine paired with strawberry and cherry starburst. A sweet, nippy lemongrass acidity, mild body, and savory finish complete this multifaceted flavor profile.
Roast Level from the Roaster
Refers to the roast level in comparison with other coffees from the roaster
Light
Variety
Bourbon
Process
Semi-Washed
Elevation
1750 masl
Region
Cundinamarca
About Olga Beltrán of Colombia
23 years ago, Olga inherited a two-hectare farm near the village of San Isidro from her much-loved grandmother. Standing on this land, Olga knew she wanted to to name the farm “La Abuela” (the grandmother), and return to the coffee growing tradition of her heritage. When her husband, Guillermo, retired14 years after that, they moved out to La Abuela, and now raise coffee, plantains, and rabbits.
Difficulties in obtaining skilled laborers for harvest has lead the couple to work with La Palma y El Tucán coffee farm and state-of-the-art mill through their Neighbors & Crops project. The folks at La Palma help growers focus on producing highest quality coffee cherries in order to receive a better price per kilo than they had previously received through the FNC. This is Onyx’s second year of buying Olga’s coffee.
Cundinamarca, Colombia
Onyx Coffee Lab
Lest the myth perpetuate that specialty coffee does not come from Arkansas, Onyx Coffee Lab is blowing that particular urban legend out of the water while creating a few of their own. Husband-wife owners Jon and Andrea Allen have rapidly taken the coffee world by storm with their combination of art and science.
The magic starts with sourcing, with countless small sample batches from coffee importers and with direct visits to farms around the world. "I know direct trade means a lot of different things to different people, but for us if we don’t put money in the producers hands we won’t call it direct trade," says Jon. Once found, the coffees are carefully roasted in twenty-pound or smaller batches, then shared with the three Onyx cafés and over 150 wholesale customers in thirty states.
Clearly Onyx Coffee Lab knows what they're doing: this northwest Arkansas matrix of coffee know-how routinely cleans house at the U.S. Coffee Championships; Andrea Allen placed first in the 2020 Barista Championship, while Elika Liftee placed first in the 2020 Brewers Cup Championship, and they both went on to the 2021 World Coffee Championships to place in 2nd place for Barista and 3rd place for Brewers Cup. Onyx has been chosen by Architectural Digest as Arkansas' most beautiful coffee shop, garnered multiple Good Food Awards, and been described as the "Best bags of coffee you can buy online" in GQ.
