Different types of Coffee Roasts.

As we mentioned in the last post that there are different types of roasted beans. The degree to which beans are roasted plays a vital role in how it would taste. Basically there are four types of roasted beans which are categorized on the basis of temperature they are roasted on. Coffee from different countries will never taste the same even if it is roasted on same temperature. That’s the beauty of coffee.

Different types of roasts are:

• Light
• Medium
• Medium-Dark
• Dark

Medium and Dark Roast coffee.

There is no such thing as perfect roast! It is a personal choice according to which taste you like. It is a general misconception that darker the roast the more is caffeine content in it. Whereas the lighter roast has more caffeine because the beans stay for less time in the roaster and the longer they stay in the roaster the more likely they will lose the caffeine content.

Different roasts results in different tastes and producers have named their roasts differently but to name a few common ones:

• Light roast

            Common roasts are Cinnamon, American, Half City, and Moderate-Light Roast.

            These are Dry in nature.

            Have higher acidity and no roast flavor as it stays for very little time in the roaster.

            Highest content of caffeine.

• Medium roast

            Common roasts are City and Full City.

            These are also Dry in nature.

            Has no acidity.

            Roast level is attained to a fewer bit.

• Dark Roast

            Common roasts are Italian, Viennese, and French.

            The bean gets more oily and shiny in nature.

            The aroma and flavour of coffee is clearly evident.

     

  Fun Fact: It takes approximately 42 coffee beans to make an average serving of espresso!!

Green beans to Aromatic Brown Beans.

Welcome back coffee people, this week we will shed some knowledge on Roasting and some different types of roast beans.

Last week we left you by explaining how the cherry fruit is evolved into green beans, we will follow that up as those green beans become some aromatic brown beans. Roasting transforms the green beans into the real brown coffee beans which is the final product that we buy every day.

Roasting is one of the most important step in the coffee making process as it gives the coffee its aroma and flavor, that’s what we enjoy every day, it is basically just roasting the green beans into big containers with regulated temperature.

Roasting in process.

After the green beans are exported to the big warehouses, the owners put the green been into the big roster to start the roasting process. Then it depends the type of blend that the customers need, the actually process can vary about roasting time and temperature. 

The green beans which have no property of the brown coffee bean, as it is soft and spongy which smells like grass. They are then treated in the big roasters with high temperature; after the required temperature is attained they are suddenly cooled down to save the batch from getting ruined. It takes years of training to learn the art of roasting. In fact many coffee business owners don’t know the exact temperature and process for roasting.

Cooling down the beans help them to keep their aroma and flavor until they are brewed. They are then crunchy and ready to be grinned and brewed.