French Midnight Coffee Blend

Description

The French Midnight Coffee Blend has a very strong, roasted, dark chocolate taste. French roast = super strong. Roasted as a French roast, the Peruvian based blend is really really dark. Released from the roast at end of second crack, it’s a near fire risk (that’s a joke). for those real strong coffee lovers!

French Roast Coffee

French roast coffee is one of many coffee roasts named for a regional roasting style. It was popular throughout much of Europe around the turn of the 19th century. Today, the term is used most often when describing almost any very dark-roasted coffee.
Sometimes, French roast coffee is also referred to (colorfully) as Turkish roast, (incorrectly) as Espresso roast, or (simplistically) as Dark roast.

How Is French Midnight Coffee Beans Roasted?

During the roasting process, the internal temperature of the coffee beans reaches a whopping 233 C
As coffee roasts get “darker”, the color of the coffee beans darkens and more coffee oils appear on the surface. In keeping with these characteristics, French roast coffee beans are dark brown and shimmering with oil.
French roast beans are also at the end of what’s called the “second crack.” This means they are cooked with such intensity that they make two cracking noises during the roasting:
One crack comes from the release of steam.
Another crack happens when the cell walls break down and release oils to the surface of the beans.
In most roasts, coffee beans only crack once.

What Does French Roast Coffee Taste Like?

French roast is considered to be a double roast coffee. This is a category of dark roasted coffee characterized by an intense and smoky-sweet flavor, accompanied by a thin body and mouthfeel.
Compared to lighter roasts (like cinnamon light roast coffee, which is highly acidic), French roast coffee is far less acidic and roasted in flavor. It often has a charred, charcoal-like note, but the Midnighht Blend also contains dark choc notes.
Dark roasts like French roast completely overpower the flavor and aroma nuances of the coffee beans themselves. That makes it nearly impossible to taste much of the origin or coffee varietal of the beans.

To summarize, the profile of French roast coffee is:

-Intense and bold
-Very dark
-Somewhat sweet
-Much less acidic than lighter roasts
-Thin in body, with a more watery mouthfeel than some coffees