![]() ![]() When the coffees land at our HQ, we roast and cup and make minute adjustments to the roast profiles until they make the coffees shine in the cup. We maintain high standards for how our coffees score and taste. This plays out across different countries, continents, and terrains. It starts with traveling to find the absolute best coffees. Years ago we started telling each other to “Never Settle for Good Enough.” It felt perhaps like a piece of branding or a slogan, but over the years this mentality has developed into a mantra of its own that permeates every thing that we do at Onyx. Enjoy 1% off with discount code "edumicate" Good job making it to the end of the ticker. This is a very exclusive and limited project due to the fact that sourcing these rare coffees is an arduous and extremely delicate process. Season 2 is here with new options in 2023! OPTION 1: FULL MEMBERSHIP is now SOLD OUT! OPTION 2: COFFEE ONLY MEMBERSHIP still has a handful of openings! This year we are expanding the Echelon program to offer a coffee only option. We suggest trying Onyx Tealight which has organic oats and honey along with black tea and cinnamon to create a complex sweetness and silky mouthfeel tea experience. We've taken weighing to the tenth of a gram out of your hands so that each cup is perfect. New Teas offerings have launched now in eco sachets. Keep in touch with new releases soon! TEA: It's 2023 and we have boots on the ground sourcing coffees for the year. ![]() When asked about what made Onyx successful Jon replied “we set the bar as high as possible and dedicated ourselves to never waver from that standard, making sure that Onyx in itself stands for something.FREE shipping for orders over $40 TRENDING COFFEE:Ĭold Brew Colombia Robinson Figueroa Pink Bourbon Costa Rica Las Lajas Natural Rwanda Kanzu Colombia La Palma Alvaro Rodriguez Colombia Tolima Forest Grape Co-Ferment Burundi Long Miles Gaharo Hill ONYX IS MY PALįREE shipping for orders over $40 THE ROASTERY: ![]() The precision, time, and effort that goes into each cup is why the Specialty Coffee Industry is worthy enough to call itself special, and Onyx works every day to make sure they make the industry proud. However, the care for the beans does not stop after they come from the fire.Ĭuppings are held daily at the roastery, where Onyx most skilled taste buds gather to sample each batch roasted to insure quality and remove any coffee that does not reach the standard that is Onyx. The 12 kilo roaster remains dedicated to their single origin coffees that are forever changing with the seasons to insure freshness and variety for their customers. A vintage 40 kilo roaster, Jon found rusting away at a vineyard was purchased and pieced back together then fondly nicknamed “Frankenstein.” This favorite of theirs is specifically used for their blends and higher volume coffees, manly house coffees and espressos that you can find at all three Onyx locations and often at Foolish Things. Equipped with two roasters Mark has the ability to dedicate each machine to different tasks. Padawan (Mark Michaelson) surpassed his Yoda (Jon Allen) in the art of roasting only a year into his apprenticeship, rapidly earning the title of head roaster for Onyx. Making the quality of the crop first priority gives Onyx head roaster, Mark Michaelson the opportunity work with coffees that harbor the sweetest flavors and can be coaxed to reach their full potential. Often Onyx pays three to four times more to the small farms producing these magnificent beans to create loyalty, and help provide for what’s needed to cultivate a consistent crop for the following year. For those new to coffee, clean cup means that the coffee has been harvested properly at the prime ripeness, is defect free, and contains high sugars and acids. Through what Jon learned from Anonymous, a heavy focus on sourcing was set in place for Onyx, visiting the farms himself to confirm that every coffee purchased has a clean cup. Onyx came to fruition in 2012 and has soared in popularity over the past two years (Foolish Thing’s go-to roaster). Through Anonymous, the tools were given to Jon to build up an elite coffee brand that needed no certification because its name was all the reassurance needed, Onyx. Opening Anonymous Coffee in 2009, Jon used his private label coffee company to learn the trade and perfect the craft before putting his own label out for coffee snob scrutiny. ![]() Embarking into a field he never anticipated to find himself in and with nothing but a distant dream fueling his expedition, Jon began his quest to get to know personally the coffee bean. After four years of touring with the rock band Spoken, Jonathan Allen shaved off his dreads, hung up his guitar, and traded his rock star lifestyle for a career in coffee. ![]()
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