Coffee review

Introduction to the quality characteristics of coffee roasting flavor description treatment in producing areas

Published: 2025-08-21 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2025/08/21, Coffee roasting depth meter roasting depth appearance baking stage very light roasting LIGHT light brown first explosion end, about 205degrees light baking CINNAMON yellowish brown before and after the first explosion, 19500degrees medium baking / micro medium baking MEDIUM brown about 205to 215degrees medium roasting / city roasting CITY reddish brown about 215 to 225degrees deep city baking FULLCITY dark brown * points

Coffee roasting

Baking depth meter

Baking depth appearance baking stage

Very shallow baking LIGHT

Light brown

The first explosion is over, about 205 degrees.

Shallow baking CINNAMON

Yellowish brown

Before and after the first explosion, 195 to 205 degrees

Medium baking / micro baking MEDIUM

Brown

About 205 to 215 degrees

Medium and deep baking / city baking CITY

Reddish brown

About 215 to 225 degrees

Deep city baking FULLCITY

Dark brown * dotted oil

About 225 degrees 230 degrees before the start of the second explosion

ESPRESSO baking

Dark brown * oily on the surface

About 230 to 235 degrees

Italian baking Italian

Dark brown * the surface is oily

About 235 to 240 degrees

French baked French

Close to the black surface and greasy

Above 240 degrees

Roasting is roughly divided into light (IIGHT), medium (MEDIUM), deep (DARK) and very deep (VERYDARK) roasting, light roasted coffee beans: will have a strong smell, very crisp, high acidity is the main flavor and light mellow. Medium-roasted coffee beans: have a strong mellow, but also retain most of the acidity. Deep-roasted coffee beans: there are traces of grease on the surface, and the acidity is replaced by a slight bitterness, resulting in a pungent taste. Very dark roasted coffee beans: the color is black, because the oil to penetrate to the surface, with a bitter taste of carbon ash, mellow significantly reduced. In fact, roasting coffee is a way of processing food. The roasting of professional coffee is the personal expression of the roaster. The biggest problem with first exposure to professional coffee (SPCIAITYCOFFEE) is the name of the degree of baking. For example, CITY, FUIICITY, FRENCH, ESPRESSO, etc., all produce different baking colors because of the different baking machines and producing areas. In addition, some roasting levels are named after mixed coffee: for example, ESPRESSO is a coffee with a specific roasting degree for making ESPRESSO, and even if the color looks the same, it may have a completely different flavor. Therefore, the selection of the type of beans, baking temperature and baking method, and the length of baking time are the main factors that determine the final flavor.

In recent years, Italian baking (the most commonly used deep roasting in Brazil and Italy) has been widely used in Europe and the United States, and there are many changes, while coffee made by steam pressurizer is still popular.

Deep roasting of Ethiopian coffee beans would be a waste. Because that would lose the unique characteristics of this coffee. Black roasting of Yauco and Kona coffee beans is also bad, because you will lose the classical flavor you pursue when you buy it.

When some coffee beans are roasted black, new and interesting qualities will be derived. Mexican coffee beans produce an interesting sweetness when roasted in black.

Guatemala Antigua coffee beans seem to retain their sour and fruity flavor when they are deeply roasted, which is difficult for other coffees.

Sumatran coffee beans are usually full-grained, but are below medium acidity, lose acidity when roasted deeper, and easily turn into sugar paste.

Generally speaking, the darker the baking, the lower the quality. Deeper roasting means losing most of the flavor of the coffee beans.

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