The Truth About Dark Roasts.

It’s often said that darker coffee is “stronger,” meaning it contains more caffeine, but that's not exactly true. When green coffee goes into a roaster, it's literally just roasted to different levels of doneness – just like your morning toast.

Blonde roasts are among the lightest-roasted beans, and because they don't spend as much time cooking, they actually contain more intact caffeine compounds than medium or dark-roasted beans. Heat accelerates chemical interactions, which means it also breaks down caffeine compounds. So it stands to reason that the longer a coffee bean is roasted, the less caffeine it's going to contain when it's ground up and brewed.

Dark-roasted coffee has stronger, bolder flavors, but it doesn't contain more caffeine. You might see dark-roast coffee labeled as French roast or Espresso roast, but that just means the beans are likely roasted longer to get a richer, toastier flavor. So whatever your roast preference, coffee always tastes better in a genuine Anthora cup.

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