![]() ![]() The age of the coffee, the processing method, the grind, and the brewing method will also affect the taste. But the roast level provides a baseline, a rough guide to the taste you can expect. Two coffee varieties, from different countries of origin or grown in different environments, are likely to taste quite different even when roasted to the same level (especially at light to medium roast levels). Other factors of course enter into the complex equation that determines your coffee’s taste. ![]() The coffee roasting process transforms these raw beans into the distinctively aromatic, flavorful, crunchy beans that we recognize as coffee. Before roasting, green coffee beans are soft, with a fresh “grassy” smell and little or no taste. The degree to which coffee beans are roasted is one of the most important factors that determine the taste of the coffee in the cup. What’s your favorite coffee roast? Dark? Light? Somewhere in between? Here’s a “coffee 101” guide to coffee roasts from light to dark. ![]()
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