Bring your coffee game to a whole different level with Sinister’s guide to the perfect coffee roast...for you. No matter your preference we’ve got you covered. From our light roast to dark roast and everything in between. This blog is intended for anyone hoping to understand more about types of roasts and what flavor differences they bring to your coffee drinking experience. Today’s topic is all about Medium Roast Coffee. Read on for more and stay tuned for upcoming blog posts.

What is Medium Roast Coffee

Medium roast coffee is a popular choice for home coffee drinkers. Medium roast coffees are a deeper brown color and won’t have many if any natural oils on the surface. Medium roast coffees will have a balance between origin coffee bean tasting profiles and roasting notes imparted into the flavor. Popular names for medium roast coffee are listed below. Sinister makes a City roast coffee, Premonition and Medium, to learn more about these organic roasted to order coffees check out the links!

Medium Roast Descriptors: Medium Roast/City Roast/Breakfast Roast/American Roast

Grind Size

Grind size for medium roast coffees can be the most flexible out of all the roasts on the scale of light to dark. You could use a fine grind for espresso or pour over. A coarser grind would work nice for french press or drip. Medium roast is extremely versatile and really good a lot of different ways. Medium roast coffee is an ideal candidate for at home brewing for this reason.

Brewing Method

Like grind size, medium roast will give the home brewer a lot of flexibility in options for brew method. It’s important to line up your coffee grind and brew methods to get the flavors you want out of your coffee, and minimizing any bitter flavor development. It’s worth pointing out that there isn’t a “best” brewing method for medium roast coffee. Use a coffee brew method you like, have or want to have and go from there.

Temperature Matters

Another interesting factor to consider is heat of the water used when brewing. 195–205 °F/90–96°C is the standard range for brewing coffee products. Medium heat, for brewing medium roast coffee works best, but as long as you or the machine your using stays in this temperature range, your end product should be good to go! Happy Brewing!

Want More Sinister?

Want to keep reading our brewing guides? Check out Roasts and Brewing! Interested in our coffee names? Check out our coffee behind the name blogs! Check out this complimentary red-eye Manhattan recipe featuring our medium roast coffee Premonition for a little coffee drink making inspiration! Ready to try some medium roast coffee? Click the button below!