Specialty coffee roasters primarily focus on lighter roasts that preserve origin characteristics (unique flavors from coffee's growing region), while darker roasts are rare in specialty coffee because they destroy these distinct characteristics and produce a generic roast taste that masks regional differences.

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However, it's rare to find dark roasted coffees in the specialty coffee world. And that's because of the third characteristic we need to talk about, which is difficult to talk about, without sounding a little bit pretentious. And that is origin characteristics.

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Coffee Roasting ExplainedJames Hoffmann
Created: 8/13/2026, 9:53:30 AM

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