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I want to first say I have never (yet) ordered from Onyx... so this is meant to be a perhaps naive question:
From photos it appears they send out their coffee in very elaborate/fancy boxes, and without having yet been a customer my immediate question was whether I should worry...
I've been using a roast colorimeter for some time to help narrow the starting point for dialing in new coffees, and I just noticed that Onyx is now listing the Agtron level for its offerings. One case in point is their Monarch, which is currently at 64.3 (the upper end of medium...
Hopefully this post is allowed. I'm looking for some small roasters in the Los Angeles area. I'm actually not trying to purchase bags for myself, but I work at a small store and we carry a pretty good coffee selection, but I like to add a few more local offerings to the shelves....
What is the 'best' way to figure out the flavours that you are trying to get from a shot of espresso? I'm new to the game and haven't developed my pallet even slightly enough yet to really figure out if I'm anywhere near what the roaster had in mind. Is 'cupping' the...
I am going through a bag Ethiopia Worka Sakaro Anaerobic Natural by Red Rooster Coffee. It has a very strong strawberry note that masks almost everything else (barring maybe a subtle chocolate note) going on in this coffee. I doubt that I necessarily enjoy such a heavily...
The coffee: Ethiopian single origin natural processed.
The concern: there are a significant amount of light colored beans in this batch of coffee. This has me concerned about the quality of the beans and/or the roast itself, and frankly, I'd rather toss the bag than have a...
I am still debating if the coffee subscriptions are for me. I have ordered a three months prepaid filter subscription from a roaster I respect to give it a try. So far, my first and second month were bags of coffee from Uganda (first natural, second washed). Both coffees were...
I usually buy from Red Bird or a local roaster. Recently I heard about Happy Mug and tried them. I haven't been able to get a nice shot of espresso from their beans, had to grind super fine compared to 6 weeks old Red Bird beans, and the shots lack crema. Compared to Red Bird...
