Onyx Coffee Lab Southern Weather edges out Lavazza Super Crema Whole Bean, 8.4 to 7.4. It wins on flavor & cup quality, quality & freshness, sourcing & transparency, while the Super Crema Whole Bean is stronger on value.
Flavor
How they taste.
Lavazza Super Crema Whole Bean
Onyx Coffee Lab Southern Weather
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- Hazelnut
- Brown Sugar
- Honey
- Milk Chocolate
- Plum
- Walnut
- • New home espresso owners learning to dial in
- • Milk drinks on a budget
- • Super-automatic machines that need a forgiving bean
- • 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
- Very low cost per cup in the 2.2 lb bag
- Forgiving to dial in and produces abundant crema
- Nutty, low-acid profile that suits lattes and cappuccinos
- 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
- Robusta content tastes bitter or rubbery to some drinkers
- Bags often arrive months after roasting
- Pricier per cup than most mainstream beans
- Rotating component lots mean the cup can shift slightly between batches
FAQ
Quick answers.
Which is better, Super Crema Whole Bean or Southern Weather?
Onyx Coffee Lab Southern Weather edges out Lavazza Super Crema Whole Bean, 8.4 to 7.4. It wins on flavor & cup quality, quality & freshness, sourcing & transparency, while the Super Crema Whole Bean is stronger on value.
Which costs less per cup?
Lavazza Super Crema Whole Bean works out to about $0.40 / 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.