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My local coffee shop used to have this variety of Italian roast which I LOVED. It was described as "bold, without the bitter", and that was pretty accurate since it had a really deep, strong, pure essence of coffee flavor to it, but it didn't have that acrid/burnt taste that a lot of dark roasts have
They stopped carrying that variety though (or at least haven't done that roast in like 6 months and they said they're not sure when they'll do it again) and so I tried getting a variety labeled as Italian roast from this supermarket. It tasted really burned and bitter, almost like Chock Full o Nuts' NY Roast.

Now that I'm looking it up, quite a few sites are describing Italian roasts as very dark and bitter and burnt tasting. I had a French roast once which matches that description, but then these same sites describe French roasts as dark and bold but without as much of a bitter taste.

Which is it? Are Italian roasts more bitter/burnt, or are French roasts more bitter/burnt?

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