Medium Roast coffees are brown and have a little thicker body than a Light Roast. Unlike Light, Medium starts to take on a bit of the taste from the roasting process, losing some of the bright floral flavors that are typical of a Light Roast. Instead, they carry much more of a balanced flavor with a medium amount of caffeine. A Medium is roasted until just before the second crack, usually at about 410º–440º. Other roasters refer to a Medium as American Roast, Breakfast Roast, or City Roast. Our most popular Medium Roasts include Honduras, Cuba, El Salvador, Papua New Guinea, and Costa Rican.

Health Benefits

When it comes to health benefits, medium and dark roasts each have something to offer.

Medium roasts are most potent in the polyphenol chlorogenic acid (CGA), a powerful antioxidant that gives coffee its health-boosting benefits.

CGA helps with everything from reducing inflammation to repairing cell damage, lowering cholesterol and improving your complexion. This important polyphenol can even help boost energy levels and immunity by fighting pesky antibodies. Since CGAs are decreased in the roasting process, dark roasts contain far fewer.

It is important to note that coffee quality matters. Conventional coffee brands are often ripe with mold, toxins, and pesticides which can quickly outweigh the antioxidant benefits of coffee. That’s why roast in small batches & show our roast dates on every single bag.