White Knight Light Roast OFT, Whole bean coffee, Fresh Roasted Coffee LLC. (2 lb.) (Grocery)

   These folks understand what Light Roast means, as opposed to numerous other brands out there. Gevalia used to be my 'go to' brand but it is pretty pricey, and now that another company knows what it means to make an actual light roast and at an affordable price in whole bean, I think I found a new main stay.Time for a roasting lesson for your coffee lovers out there. Coffee beans start out green, then they are roasted into various hues of brown and black, I shall tell what each of those hues means right now.Light roast - The beans are the color of dull mud. Due to a minimal roasting time the beans are not as dark as other coffee, nor as strong in terms of flavor, however, the internal oil content and therefore caffeine content is at its highest. This results in a cup of coffee that has a mild taste (next to no bitterness) and a strong level of caffeine.Medium - The beans are dark, dark brown and some are even black with a few here and there covered...Read more

I purchased White Knight Light Roast specifically for home brewing and it is excellent. After grinding the bean, it has a wonderful, rich aroma that starts off chocolatey and finishes with a hint of smoke. The benefit of a quality light roast in a cold brew is that the brewing process brings out more subtlety of the bean without it getting overpowered by the flavor of a darker roast but this only works if your bean has qualities worth extracting.White Knight Light Roast is excellent for this purpose. Once brewed, the lighter quality of the bean really lets the full flavor profile of the coffee come forward. I recommend coarse grinding the bean before the brew, let brew for 10-12 hours and serve over ice with milk. As wonderful a cup of cold brew as I've ever brewed.