Coffee Description
Fragrance notes of chocolate, apples and cinnamon lead into flavors of sweet clementine, deep molasses, and black cherry/berry. Bright, sweet acidity pairs with medium body for a balanced and drinkable cup with allspice and a hint of pomegranate in the finish.
Roast Level from the Roaster
Refers to the roast level in comparison with other coffees from the roaster
Light
Variety
Caturra
Process
Washed
Elevation
1850-1900 masl
Region
Nariño
About Miguel Loaiza of Colombia
In the 1990’s, various illegal armed groups in the mountains of Nariño forced local farmers to grow coca. To escape this, Miguel Loaiza ran away to a safer place near Buesaco. There he purchased a small plot of land, and now has 2.5 hectares planted to coffee (approximately 10,000 trees).
This small micro-lot inaugurates Onyx’s relationship with Miguel, a connection that will help him secure a stable income. He hopes now to be able to start his own family and continue to focus his efforts on specialty coffee.
Nariño, 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.
