Coffee Roasts: Find out what the difference is between roasts here.

Coffee Roasts: Which one is for you?

Coffee Roasts can make or break the flavor of coffee beans. Roasting actually blends the sugars, fats and starches held within the coffee bean. This results in distinctive oils for each coffee bean. This oil concentrates the flavors and aromas we love.

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Let's run through the different roast types and the names used to describe them within the coffee world.

Learn how to roast at home using these cheap and easy methods: Roasting coffee beans with a skillet or roasting coffee beans with a popper.

Coffee Roasting @ The Java Cafe

Light Roasts (Half City, Cinnamon)
Light body with slightly sour taste and dry bean surface.

Medium Roasts (Light French, American, Breakfast)
Sweeter than Light Roast, complex full body and aromas, with snappy acid. Dry surface.

Dark Roasts (Full City, French, Espresso, Viennese, European, Continental)
Spicy with a complex sweet rich chocolaty body. Slightly oily surface.

Very Dark Roasts (Dark French, Spanish)
Smoky flavors from the roast feature as much as the inherent bean flavors. Very oily bean surface.

So there you have it, roasting from Light Cinnamon to the darkest Spanish.

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