dark roast
noun
plural dark roasts
: a coffee roast (see roast entry 2 sense 3) that is characterized by dark brown coffee beans with an oily texture, low acidity, high bitterness, and low caffeine content and that is produced by roasting coffee beans at temperatures typically between 440-480°F (230-250°C)
A dark roast is useful for smoothing out imperfections in beans that have little flavor or an unbalanced acidic range, because chlorogenic acid, the main acid in coffee, is destroyed at high temperatures.—
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Corby KummerDark roasts actually have less caffeine than their counterparts. While a cup of dark roast coffee will have the boldest flavor, it will lack the same potency.—BostonBean Coffee Company
compare light roast, medium roast
BostonBean Coffee CompanyExamples of dark roast in a Sentence
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This premium dark roast is blended with lion’s mane mushrooms.
—Bestreviews, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
There's nothing inherently low quality or less than about dark roasts.
—Jaina Grey, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2024
University of Oregon For its experiments, the team first acquired various kinds of commercially roasted coffees, covering a broad range of colors from light to dark roasts, and lumped them into three categories: natural, washed, and decaffeinated.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2023
For Starbucks, a dark roast is just an easier way to maintain a consistent flavor profile in every Starbucks location.
—Jaina Grey, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2024
But at 390 milligrams, a large, 30-fluid-ounce Charged Lemonade has more caffeine in total than any size of Panera’s dark roast coffee, the legal complaints say, referring to the amount that is in the drink with no ice.
—Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2024
Light and medium roasts are milder, while medium dark roasts are stronger and bittersweet.
—Amanda MacMillan, Health, 29 Oct. 2023
The do-good brand launches today online and at Target and Sprouts grocery stores with 100 percent arabica coffee in light, medium and dark roasts.
—Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2024
The brand offers instant coffee, pods, whole beans, and grounds, and launched with 100 percent arabica coffee in light, medium, and dark roasts.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2024
Bestreviews, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
There's nothing inherently low quality or less than about dark roasts.
—Jaina Grey, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2024
University of Oregon For its experiments, the team first acquired various kinds of commercially roasted coffees, covering a broad range of colors from light to dark roasts, and lumped them into three categories: natural, washed, and decaffeinated.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2023
For Starbucks, a dark roast is just an easier way to maintain a consistent flavor profile in every Starbucks location.
—Jaina Grey, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2024
But at 390 milligrams, a large, 30-fluid-ounce Charged Lemonade has more caffeine in total than any size of Panera’s dark roast coffee, the legal complaints say, referring to the amount that is in the drink with no ice.
—Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2024
Light and medium roasts are milder, while medium dark roasts are stronger and bittersweet.
—Amanda MacMillan, Health, 29 Oct. 2023
The do-good brand launches today online and at Target and Sprouts grocery stores with 100 percent arabica coffee in light, medium and dark roasts.
—Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2024
The brand offers instant coffee, pods, whole beans, and grounds, and launched with 100 percent arabica coffee in light, medium, and dark roasts.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2024
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