There are four main categories of roast: Light, Medium, Medium-Dark, and Dark.
There are a variety of names used to describe these roasts. While there will be some distinction between a company's Italian and French, one company's Italian may be the same as another company's French, as there isn't a firmly agreed universal definition of these roast names.
Unroasted:
Green
Light:
Light, Light City, Half City, Cinnamon, New England, 1
Medium:
City, American, Breakfast, Regular, 2, 3
Medium-Dark:
FullCity, After Dinner, Vienna/Viennese*, Italian, 4
Dark:
Vienna/Viennese*, High, Continental, New Orleans, European, Espresso, Italian, French, Spanish, Dark French, Double Dark, Heavy, 5, 6
The UK has a number system
| Rating | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Light to Medium Roast |
| 2 | Medium Roast |
| 3 | Medium to Dark Roast |
| 4 | Dark Roast |
| 5 | Very Dark Roast |
Reviews
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| Taylors Hot Lava Java Score: 7 Price: £3.49 for 227g |
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| Sainsbury's French style Score: 5 Price: £2.30/227g |
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| Starbucks Caffe Verona Score: 5 Price £- /227g |
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| Lyons Gourmet Italian Score: 5 Price £1.00/150g |
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| Tesco Original Fresh Coffee Beans 3 Score: 5 Price £1.99/227g |
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| Alcafe Italian Blend Score: 4 Price: £.1.69/250g |
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| CafeDirect Rich Roast Score: 4 Price: £3.66/227g |
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| Sainsbury's Continental Score: 4 Price: £2.30/227g, |
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| Aldi Alcafe Original Rich Roast Score: 3 Price: £1.49/250g |
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| Lidl Bellarom French Blend Score: 3 Price: £1.70/227g |
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| Sainsbury's Italian style Score: 3 Price: £2.30/227g |
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| Percol Italiano Score: 3 Price: £3.39/227g |
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| Taylors Rich Italian Coffee Beans Score: 3 Price: £3.39/227g |
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| Waitrose Cafe House Blend Score: 3 Price: £2.99/227g |
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| Ikea Bryggkaffe Mellanrost Score: 2 Price: £1.90/250g |
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| Sainsbury's Double Dark Score: 2 Price: £2.30/227g |
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| Percol Plantation Wharf Dark Rich Score: 2 Price £0.79/150g |
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| Cafe Express Italian Style Blend Score: 2 Price £1.00/150g |
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| Asda French Style Coffee Score: 2 |
Links
* Wikipedia
* National Coffee Association
* About.com
* Another Coffee
* CafeBritt
* Coffee Crossroads
* All About Coffee
* The Joy of Coffee
Thanks gokhan - but I've heard that they are rather crude and expensive for what they are. More of an industrial grinder than the sort of thing a coffee enthusiast would use.
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