Dark Roast · Onyx Coffee Lab

Monarch

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— What drinkers say

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— About this coffee

Dark Chocolate. Molasses. Red Wine. Dried Berries. Thick & Syrup.

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100% specialty arabica coffee beans only
Onyx's coffee beans are at their peak 2 to 3 weeks after roasting

Origin Colombia & Ethiopia
Processing Washed
Preferred Extraction Espresso
Roast Level Expressive Dark
Production Roaster Diedrich CR70

About this coffee: 

Monarch is our most developed roast that conveys a flavor profile that we intentionally designed to work well with milk. Cream and plant based beverages mix with ease, creating a rich, decadent flavor. It involves a natural, sugar-dense coffee that binds to the fats and creates multiple complex caramelized notes during the roasting process. Look for dark chocolate and undertones of thick winey berries. Enjoy as drip or espresso.

Monarch is one of two blends we recreate year-round specifically designed for espresso. This is the darker roasted, more chocolatey counterpart to Geometry Blend. We wanted an espresso that intentionally worked with higher amounts of milk and would represent a more traditional style of espresso. Monarch is bold and defiant and tends to stand out in beverages of milk that have a volume of 12oz or more. When tasted as pure espresso or in large amounts of milk this coffee shows sugar caramelization in coffee roasting to the fullest.

Roasting and human-made flavors in coffee are what Monarch represents. It’s a beautiful image of what traditional espresso truly is even when we are sourcing at a modern level. It’s higher in sweetness and developed in the roast to take fruit flavors to caramels, brown sugars, and chocolates. For this blend, we use a combination of seasonal natural processed coffee from Ethiopia and a washed coffee from Latin America to showcase sugar and complexity. When tasting find bittersweet dark chocolate, a mulled wine acidic sweetness, molasses, and a hint of dried berries on the finish. The coffee is extremely heavy and dense with a velvety-like mouthfeel.

Brewing Recipe : 

Espresso
Brewing ratio 1 : 2.5
Ground coffee 19g
Espresso output 47g
Brew time 25-35 seconds
Filter
Brewing ratio 1 : 17
Ground coffee 25g
Total water 400ml
Water temperature 93ºc
Brew time 3 minutes
— Tasting notes

In the cup.

How Monarch shows up — flavour profile, body, finish — graded on our internal cupping rubric.

Origin
Onyx Coffee Lab
Roast level
Dark Roast
Best for
Espresso · Milk drinks
Brew ratio
1 : 16 (filter) · 1 : 2 (espresso)
— Brew suggestions

Brew it
like this.

Pourover (V60)
Ratio
15g : 250g
Time
3:00
Temp
93°C

Bloom 30s. Four pours of 60g, 30s apart.

French Press
Ratio
30g : 500g
Time
4:00
Temp
92°C

Plunge slow. Decant immediately to avoid over-extraction.

Espresso
Ratio
18g : 36g
Time
28s
Temp
93°C

Distribute, tamp level, pull. Adjust grind to hit time.

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