Sunday, September 27, 2009

Darker vs. Lighter Roasted Coffee

There a several differences between a darker roast and a lighter one. I divide the taste in the cup into the flavors in the coffee and the roast flavor(similar to the char taste of BBQ or broiling, producing carbonic acid). The darker the roast the more "roast" flavor will be in the cup. There are also various flavors in the coffee that will be stronger or more subdued depending on the degree of roast. Coffees that have fruited
(berry, stone fruit, apple, lemon, ginger and or nutty flavors (depending on the origin and varietal and type to processing)will shine at a lighter roast while chocolates will stand out more at medium to slightly darker levels. Vienna and French roast levels will be dominated by "roast" tastes. The quality of the coffee beans is much more important in light roasts. The growing conditions, care in picking and sorting, insect damage, molds, care in processing, handling, shipping, storage etc. will all effect the final quality. These are called defects in green coffee beans. Many beans are only dark roasted to cover up the defects in the beans. Light roasting quality beans takes much skill but when done properly yields a fantastic cup. I highly recommend trying lighter roasts from a quality Roaster.
check out this related post: "Fresh" Roasted Coffee Beans

6 comments:

อ่านก่อนชม said...

Oh it a nice blog i like it very much and i have my blog coffee same you if you think to see my blog i very happy nice to see you in my blog ok. my blog name http://coffee-machine-espresso.blogspot.com see you again in my blog ok nice to meet you.

Manual Coffee Mill said...

I am a great coffee lover and it is wonderful to find your blog. This is a nice article on Dark and Light roasted coffee and there difference.

Laurent said...

Thanks for the great post!

illy koffie said...

Thanks for sharing this informative Blog. . .Glad to find it, since I am a coffee lover and my friends too I will recommend this blog site to them and I am sure that They will love it too as much as I do. . Two Thumbs up for you guys. ...

dissertation help said...

Darker vs. Lighter Roasted Coffee are very informative post,

Jenfellkofi said...
This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.