What is the difference between bold and mild coffee

If you want to give your friends the crash course, you could paraphrase this whole thing by saying that light roast coffees have a thinner body and more delicate flavors. And dark roast coffees are more full-bodied with bolder, more straight-forward flavors.

The best way to really understand the ins and outs of both light and dark roast is to take the time to brew a pot of each and figure out what you like more.

You can have your beans and drink them too. New or old? Find more rich profile coffees. Another term often associated with bold, strong, or rich coffee is full-bodied.

When we refer to the body of a coffee, we are strictly talking about the weight or viscosity of that coffee. How does it coat your mouth? Oils can be seen on the beans at this point. The brightness of light roasts is replaced with body in dark roasts. Historically, dark roasts have been popular in Europe, giving rise to terms such as Continental, Italian, French, and Spanish roasts.

Espresso roasts are also usually dark roasts, which is partly why espresso can stand up to lots of milk and sugar. Roast level is largely a personal preference, as each level produces different qualities in the coffee. Knowing whether you prefer light, medium or dark roasts, though, can help you identify new coffees that you might like.

Try a Driftaway Coffee subscription that starts with a tasting kit, and includes four different coffees with different roast levels. We believe tasting is the best way to figure out which coffees and roast levels you like!

Light Roasted coffee brings out the most origin character of particular coffees. Not all coffees are great light roasted, some have undesirable tastes like peanuty, vegetabley, cocoay.

The problem is that some customers just don't like light roasted coffee because it can taste extreme. Too much citrus.

Too much floral. Not necessarily balanced. This roast level often brings out a balanced complete coffee with lots of possible flavors: citrus, fruit, berry, acidity. Our full selection of Medium coffees are available here. Dark Roasted coffee can give you bold, rich, darkness.