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Medium Roast Coffee Beans

Our medium roast selection offers the best of both worlds; robust flavor with smooth body and balanced acidity. Perfect for daily brews that delight and comfort.

Our Best Medium ROast Selections

Whether you’re a seasoned connoisseur or just starting your coffee journey, our team’s top four medium roast picks deliver the perfect balance of flavor and body.

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Smooth, Balanced, and Full of Flavor — Our Medium Roast Coffee Beans

Medium Roast Coffees bring out the perfect balance of brightness and richness. With smooth body, gentle sweetness, and a toasty aroma, they’re the kind of coffee everyone can enjoy. Each batch is roasted fresh and shipped quickly so you can taste the warmth and comfort of a perfectly roasted cup every time.

How Medium Roast Coffee Is Crafted

Medium roasts are developed just past the first crack, allowing the natural sugars in the bean to caramelize without losing the coffee’s origin flavor. This careful roasting process creates a smooth, full-bodied cup with balanced acidity and a satisfying finish. Here’s what defines a true medium roast coffee bean:

  • Medium-brown color: Even roast with little to no surface oil.
  • Balanced flavor: Smooth, mellow, and approachable.
  • Toasty aroma: Subtle hints of sweetness and warmth.
  • Versatility: Ideal for drip coffee, pour-over, or espresso.

Our medium roast gourmet coffees are roasted in small batches to bring out consistent flavor and depth in every cup.

What to Expect from a Medium Roast Coffee Bean

Medium roast coffee offers the best of both worlds — bright enough to highlight the bean’s origin yet rich enough to satisfy those who prefer a rounder, fuller cup. Common flavor notes include:

  • Caramel and cocoa: Sweet and smooth with gentle depth.
  • Nutty undertones: Soft hints of almond or hazelnut.
  • Balanced acidity: Pleasant brightness without sharpness.
  • Toasty aroma: Warm and inviting with a long finish.

Each origin has its own personality, but all medium roasts share a comforting flavor that’s perfect any time of day.

How to Brew the Perfect Medium Roast Coffee

Medium roast coffee is one of the easiest and most rewarding roasts to brew. It performs beautifully across many brewing methods.

  • Drip or pour-over: Showcases smoothness and balance.
  • French press: Adds fullness and depth to the cup.
  • Espresso machine: Produces a softer, sweeter shot than dark roast.
  • Water temperature: Aim for 195°F to 205°F for best extraction.
  • Storage: Keep beans airtight, cool, and dry for lasting freshness.

Each order of medium roast coffee beans is freshly roasted, carefully packed, and shipped fast, so your coffee arrives full of flavor and ready to brew.

Frequently Asked Questions

Have questions about medium roast coffee? You’re not alone. This FAQ covers everything from what defines a medium roast to how it tastes, brews, and compares to other roast levels. Whether you’re new to coffee or a longtime enthusiast, these answers will help you enjoy your next cup to the fullest.

Yes, by volume medium roasts retain slightly more caffeine than darker ones, but less than light roasts.

A medium roast is defined by its medium-brown color, lack of surface oils, and balanced flavor profile that sits between light and dark roasts. These beans are roasted to an internal temperature of around 410–428°F, just past the first “crack” but before the second.

Key Characteristics of Medium Roasts:

  • Flavor: Smooth, rich, and balanced with notes of chocolate, caramel, nuts, and mild fruitiness
  • Body: Fuller than light roasts, but without the bitterness of dark roasts
  • Acidity: Mellow and well-rounded
  • Caffeine: Slightly less than light roast by volume, but more than dark roast

Medium roasts are a favorite for daily drinking, offering the perfect harmony of body, aroma, and complexity.

Expect notes like chocolate, caramel, nuts, mild fruitiness, and balanced acidity.

Drip, pour-over, French press, AeroPress, and cold brew all showcase medium roast flavor beautifully.

“Strength” usually refers to flavor, not caffeine. Medium roast has a fuller, smoother flavor than light roast, but the caffeine levels are nearly the same. The roast level affects taste more than energy boost.

Medium roast coffee is known for smooth, balanced flavor with notes of caramel, nuts, and mild chocolate. It has gentle acidity and a rounded sweetness that make it easy to enjoy black or with cream.

Yes. All of our medium roasts are made with 100% Arabica beans, roasted fresh in small batches for maximum flavor and aroma.

Many of our most popular blends and single origins are available in decaf, giving you the same smooth, balanced flavor without the caffeine.

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