Onyx Coffee Lab V60 Recipe

Onyx Coffee Lab is one of the most decorated roasters in the United States, and its published V60 brew guide is a clean, professional template aimed at getting the best from its light-to-medium single origins. The house style favors a bloom-heavy start and several measured pours for high clarity and sweetness — a roaster's recipe, designed to flatter the beans they sell. 📋

#Pour Schedule

A representative pulse-pour version of the Onyx guide (figures approximate; Onyx publishes several variants):

1. 0:00 — Add 50 g (cumulative 50 g, ~2-3× dose); bloom 45 s.
2. 0:45 — Pour to 150 g (cumulative 150 g) in slow circles.
3. 1:15 — Pour to 250 g (cumulative 250 g).
4. 1:45 — Pour to 350 g (cumulative 350 g), keeping the bed level.
5. ~2:45-3:15 — Drawdown completes.

#Why It Works

A roaster's brew guide exists to show off its own coffee, so the choices skew toward clarity and sweetness: a generous bloom to degas fresh beans, a moderate medium-fine grind, hot-but-not-boiling water, and several even pulses that build extraction without harshness. Onyx also publishes detailed grind-size and dialing-in guidance for its lots, reflecting a roaster's conviction that the recipe should adapt to each coffee, not the other way around. The pulses keep the drawdown even and the cup clean.

Because roaster guides evolve and Onyx offers more than one version (including faster, higher-agitation methods), treat the exact pour weights and temperature as approximate and lean on the bag's stated parameters for a specific lot. It pairs naturally with bright, washed single origins.

#Continue Reading

• Notable Roasters — Onyx and the modern roaster scene
• Reading a Coffee Bag Label — using a roaster's stated parameters
• Single Origin vs Blends — what this recipe flatters
• James Hoffmann V60 Technique — a comparable home V60 method
• Dialing In Grind Size — adapting the guide to your lot