Coffee Roast Color Chart

Here is a chart that describes the colors of roasted coffee beans, gives the term we use to describe it in our coffee descriptions and articles, and gives you some idea of the taste and aromas that you can expect as your coffee is roasted from light to dark.  It is adapted from an article by Ken Davids.  The bean temperatures are from his article.  They were probably taken in a mid-sized artisan commercial roaster.  They are NOT directly applicable to home coffee roasters because of the batch size and type equipment we use.  They are provided for informational/trend purposes only.    Hope it helps--Denny