Making coffee at home can be daunting, especially when deciding on beans. Grinding your own coffee is recommended for optimal flavor, with three main types of roasts: light, medium, and dark. Expert Jee Choe shares insights on grind size, noting that lighter roasts require a finer grind while darker roasts can handle coarser grinds. Using a grind that's too fine on dark roasts can result in a bitter taste. Dark roasts are ideal for iced or cold brew coffee, thanks to their intense flavor and lower acidity.
Even if you use a simple French press or an old-school drip coffee maker with one button, you still have to choose the beans.
Lighter roasts tend to be less soluble than darker roasts so you will need to do a finer grind.
Dark roast coffee extracts easily and if you grind your coffee too fine, there will be too much surface area, leading to a bitter and astringent taste.
Dark roast coffee beans have a deeper, more intense flavor compared to their light roast counterparts, which makes them better for making iced coffee.
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