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Insider's Guide to Coffee Roast Levels - Coffee Roasting Vocabulary, Roasting Terms, Coffee Roast Synonyms -- Click to enlargepad

Roaster's Vocabulary - Insider's Guide to Roast Levels

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, Vienese 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


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Insider's Guide to Coffee Roast Levels - Coffee Roasting Vocabulary, Roasting Terms, Coffee Roast Synonyms