Counter Culture Coffee Hologram edges out Onyx Coffee Lab Southern Weather, 8.5 to 8.4. It wins on value, sourcing & transparency, community love, while the Southern Weather is stronger on flavor & cup quality and quality & freshness.
Flavor
How they taste.
Counter Culture Coffee Hologram
Onyx Coffee Lab Southern Weather
Side by side
Every detail, compared.
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- Milk Chocolate
- Milk Chocolate
- Plum
- Walnut
- • Home espresso drinkers who want a forgiving, sweet blend
- • Shoppers buying specialty coffee at the grocery store
- • Buyers who care about price transparency
- • A first specialty blend for pour-over or drip
- • Households that want one bean for black coffee and lattes
- • Drinkers who want published roast data and freshness guarantees
- Published FOB price and named blend components for every roast window
- Easy to dial in for espresso and tasty with milk
- Widely available at Whole Foods and Target as well as online
- Roasted to order and shipped within 24 hours of roasting
- Approachable chocolate-and-plum profile that works black or with milk
- Unusually detailed roast data (Agtron, roast curve) on the product page
- Components rotate (Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Uganda…), so the cup shifts through the year
- Fruit-forward naturals may not suit drinkers who want a classic nutty profile
- Pricier per cup than most mainstream beans
- Rotating component lots mean the cup can shift slightly between batches
FAQ
Quick answers.
Which is better, Hologram or Southern Weather?
Counter Culture Coffee Hologram edges out Onyx Coffee Lab Southern Weather, 8.5 to 8.4. It wins on value, sourcing & transparency, community love, while the Southern Weather is stronger on flavor & cup quality and quality & freshness.
Which costs less per cup?
Counter Culture Coffee Hologram works out to about $0.88 / cup and Onyx Coffee Lab Southern Weather to about $1.14 / cup, based on typical retail prices when we last checked.
How do you score them?
Both are scored on the same five-factor rubric — weighted for flavor or performance, quality, value, sourcing or build, and community sentiment — using public specs, verified creator reviews and community consensus.