Onyx Coffee Lab was founded in 2012 by Andrea and Jon Allen, who met while working as baristas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. What began as a shared obsession with coffee has become one of the most respected specialty coffee companies in the country.

Onyx is known for quality, design, hospitality, and unusual transparency in sourcing. They publish trade data, emphasize relationships with producers, and bring a deeply considered design sensibility to everything from packaging to cafés. The result is coffee and tea that feel both highly technical and beautifully approachable.

At Mercer, we love Onyx because they make transparency tangible. Everyone talks about responsible sourcing; Onyx shows the work. The coffee and tea are outstanding, but so is the entire experience around them—precise, generous, modern, and deeply committed to quality.