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Roasted by: Onyx Coffee Lab in Rogers, AR
Roast Profile: Dark & Roasty
Sourcing: Blend
Tastes: Dark Chocolate, Molasses, Dried Berries
Good for: Cream & Sugar, Espresso

MONARCH #1279

Dark Chocolate, Molasses, Dried Berries
Dark & Roasty
Roasted by Onyx Coffee Lab

★★★★★5 reviews

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DETAILS

Roasted by: Onyx Coffee Lab in Rogers, AR
Roast Profile: Dark & Roasty
Sourcing: Blend
Tastes: Dark Chocolate, Molasses, Dried Berries
Good for: Cream & Sugar, Espresso

Curator's Notes

Emerge from your cocoon and migrate toward better mornings with Monarch, a seasonal blend of Ethiopian and Latin American coffees as sweet as nectar. This rich and decadent brew has us fluttering with joy and ready to take flight.

Roaster's Notes

https://serveonyx.com/collections/coffee/products/the-monarch?variant=32343574085698 Monarch is our most developed roast. It is a flavor profile that we designed to work well with fats. This coffee works extremely well with cream or as an espresso that has a high volume of milk. A very sweet sugar dense coffee that binds to the fats and creates multiple complex sugar browning notes from Swiss chocolate to cacao depending on the amount of milk added. Enjoy as drip or espresso. Origins: Ethiopia Chelbessa Worka Natural & Colombia La Union All Traditional, Washed and Natural Cupping Notes: Dark Chocolate, Molasses, Dried Berries, Red Wine, Thick & Syrupy STORY 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 East African and Guatemalan coffee lots that 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. BLEND APPROACH Our approach to creating blends is a bit different at Onyx. Instead of choosing coffees from specific countries or regions that will, in theory, intertwine well to create complex & cohesive flavors like most, we start from the end and work our way back. This perspective means we choose to create a particular flavor profile first, deciding which acidities, sugars, and fats we want to accentuate for the coffee. Once a flavor profile has been set- in this case, dark chocolate, red wine, molasses, and orange peel for Monarch- we then start cupping blind through many coffees to find these specific attributes. For Monarch, we use a natural Ethiopia roasted longer than normal to take bright fruits to a wine-like sweetness. Then we use Guatemalan coffees to find extra chocolate and caramel notes and create a dense, heavy body. The purpose is that once a flavor profile is created, we update the coffees that make up Monarch every 3-4 months. This allows us to have a year-round blend and flavor profile of high quality while retaining our commitment to seasonal coffees. This vigorous amount of cupping and blending takes a considerable amount of time, but we think it makes the difference and is a system we use for all our blends. Currently, this blend is Ethiopia Gotiti Natural and Colombia Buesaco. Feel excited that the coffee you are drinking is always in season, and therefore, it is cupping and tasting to its full potential. We will never compromise our commitment to high-quality coffees and blends, whether it’s a single origin release or a blend component. You will not find Onyx buying “blender” coffees to save cost or prolong a good coffee. We also always keep blends to three coffees or less and maintain ratios in the build. This way what you extract is the flavor profile we designed. Monarch is in the hopper at all our Labs and is our house espresso for beverages 12 ounces and over as well as some iced beverages.

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Ratings & Reviews

★★★★★ 5 reviews

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DEIJA 09/16/2023
★★★★★
"It’s so good and I highly recommend it as an espresso. The quality of the beans give you a bit of leeway when pulling shots. Beautiful crema and great berry notes."
DEIJA 09/16/2023
★★★★★
"10/10 Love it! It's very bright and fresh. Kinda citrusy and light but not super acidic. Works extremely well in my espresso machine with beautiful crema!"
DENNIS 03/13/2022
★★★★★
"I am a cream and sugar with flavors type of guy. But as I am losing weight, i been trying to drink my coffee black, (this takes some doing and in one year never found a coffee I enjoyed black), but with one cup of this coffee, this was delicious and flavorful, not overly strong but was smooth but not weak cup of coffee. Great blend!"
NATALIE 03/03/2022
★★★★★
"I prefer light and medium roasts so I was surprised to like this so much. Much more complexity than expected for a dark roast and it makes a great affogato. I don’t have a great grinder and it didn’t seem to matter for this. I actually intend to get a bag of it once I have a better grinder. "
DR. 12/06/2021
★★★★★
"I liked this bean a lot. It's acid forward, but then quickly fades into a smoot, and slightly rich finish. The tasting notes are pretty spot on. Would Onyx Monarch again. "