Recommended Coffee Beans for Beginners: Choosing Between Dark Roast and Light-Medium Roast

The Impact of Growing Conditions on Coffee Quality

When coffee beans are grown at high altitudes and properly roasted, their taste is excellent, just as we expect! To maximize the number of coffee beans they can grow on their land, some growers clear all trees from large areas and plant coffee plants directly in the sun. Coffee should not be grown this way because it becomes too hot in direct sunlight and matures too quickly, leading to poor quality coffee beans.

Environmental Concerns of Sun-Grown Coffee

Coffee plants grown in direct sunlight also require more pesticides and fertilizers. When plants grow in full sun, insects proliferate in large numbers, so farmers must spray more insecticides on them. More fertilizers are also needed because there are no trees covering the fields. When it rains, the plants are not protected from rainfall, so much of the fertilizer gets washed away and needs to be reapplied.

Choosing Better Coffee Options

If you don't like bland, tasteless coffee or coffee with heavy chemical spraying, then look for coffee brands labeled "shade-grown" or "organic." FrontStreet Coffee offers a decaf specialty coffee from Colombia - Swiss Water decaf coffee.

Understanding Coffee Roast Levels

While some people, like us, enjoy dark roast coffee, it's worth noting here that coffee beans used for dark roasts are typically of lower quality. Because dark roasting has many strong smoky flavors that cover the original characteristics of the coffee beans, coffee growers add large quantities of lower-quality beans to dark roasts. If you want a cup of coffee containing the highest quality coffee beans, choose light or medium roast instead of dark roast.

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