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Does Dark Roast Coffee Have More Caffeine? How Does Dark Roast Coffee Affect Your Health?

Published: 2026-01-27 Author: FrontStreet Coffee
Last Updated: 2026/01/27, Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). "Boss, do you have Mandheling? The extra dark roast kind!" When it comes to taste preferences, some people can be quite particular. For example, the loyal fans who insist on drinking Mandheling. Indeed, Mandheling coffee has a mellow aroma, moderate acidity, and rich sweetness that is truly captivating. Once...

"Boss, do you have any Mandheling? The extra dark roast kind!"

When it comes to taste preferences, some people can be quite particular.

For example, the loyal fans who insist on drinking Mandheling coffee.

Indeed, Mandheling coffee has a rich aroma, moderate acidity, and abundant sweetness that is truly intriguing.

Once considered the coffee with the highest body in the world, it offers a mellow, rich flavor with a hint of syrupy taste and excellent acidity.

Those who are devoted to Mandheling coffee feel that drinking it provides a sense of exhilarating freedom and unbridled spirit, like roaming through a vast world!

It symbolizes a spirit of tenacity and courage. Some even say that Mandheling is the Caesar of coffees, whose iron hooves have shattered ancient desolation and galloped across the yellow sands.

According to scientific research,

The formation of a person's taste preferences

is closely related to their personality and behavior.

For example, when we were very young, if a certain food was often used as a reward or comfort,

or once accompanied them through a period of adversity, this taste might become their lifelong favorite.

While surfing the internet, I came across a report,

"An American expert stated that food choices of different flavors can reveal inner thoughts and emotional feelings, serving as a subtle way to reflect personality traits."

The expert listed five different personalities based on preferences for five main tastes:

The Sour Lovers

— Their approach to things tends to make people feel they are rather strict,

liking to hold high standards for others/themselves.

The Sweet Lovers

— They are optimistic and approachable,

usually enjoying helping others.

The Bitter Lovers

— Bitterness can evoke some negative emotions,

people who prefer bitter flavors tend to be relatively stable.

The Salty Lovers

— They are usually quite Zen-like, with relatively stable emotions,

taking difficulties encountered in life rather lightly.

The Spicy Lovers

— They tend to be quite focused,

perhaps they are adventurers,

enjoying the thrill of stimulation and fresh experiences.

Well, the above is impressive, though I don't quite understand it, hmm!

I personally think that taste preferences cannot fully reflect a person's inner characteristics, hehe.

Getting back to the main topic, some friends occasionally have a question pop into their minds:

Dark roast Mandheling is really so delicious! But! Are dark roasted coffee beans really harmful to health??

Please allow me to take a few deep breaths, 1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds.

Okay, let's continue, ahem.

First, health is related to the type of coffee you drink; long-term consumption of instant coffee is detrimental to health. Second, health is related to caffeine intake; excessive caffeine consumption when drinking coffee is indeed detrimental to health. Finally, health is related to your own physical condition; if you have gastrointestinal, digestive, or other diseases, then drinking coffee will have some impact on your health.

So, do dark roasted coffee beans contain more caffeine?

For the same coffee bean, under medium roast and dark roast,

the caffeine content of each coffee bean is the same.

Repeat,

for the same coffee bean,

regardless of the roast level,

the caffeine content of each coffee bean is the same!

Over!

What factors affect the caffeine content in coffee beans?

1. It's related to the variety of coffee beans and the altitude of cultivation;

2. Different extraction methods for the same bean yield different caffeine content!

For example:

Cold brew coffee > French press > Pour-over coffee > Espresso

The claim that dark roasted coffee is unhealthy is a false proposition, without objective factual basis.

Repeat, whether drinking coffee is healthy or not has absolutely nothing to do with the roast level of the coffee beans.

OVER!

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