Shop by Brand

You've Selected:

Roasted Fresh Guide

The coffee roaster's vocabulary is somewhat vague when it comes to pin-pointing a degree of roast or color classification for a particular coffee.

Here, we list the most common terms used to describe each roast level – taking some of the mystery out of the jargon used to describe how a particular coffee is roasted.

Roast Color Classifications & Vocabulary

Light Roast (Also Called: Cinnamon Roast, Half City Roast, New England Roast)

Light Roasts

 Cinnamon


 Half City


 Light


 New England



Medium-Light Roast (Also Called: Light American Roast, Light City Roast, West Coast Roast)

Medium Roasts


 Light American


 Light City


 West Coast



Medium Roast (Also Called: American Roast, Breakfast Roast, Brown Roast, City Roast)

Medium Roasts


 American


 Breakfast


 Brown


 City


 Medium



Medium-Dark Roast (Also Called: Full City Roast, Light French Roast, Viennese Roast)

Medium-Dark to Dark Roasts


 Full City


 Light French


 Viennese



Dark Roast (Also Called: After Dinner Roast, Continental Roast, European Roast, French Roast, Italian Roast, New Orleans Roast)

Dark/High Roasts


 After Dinner


 Continental


 European


 French


 Italian


 New Orleans



Very Dark Roast (Also Called: Dark French Roast, Heavy Roast)

Very Dark Roasts


 Dark French


 Heavy