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Dan, unroasted coffee is green. The coffee you buy at the store (either ground or whole bean) is always roasted.

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Wow, learn something new every day.

I never thought why coffee beans were brown, now I know.

I drink coffee, but never have really gotten to the point where I notice a difference in flavor. I'll just get a latte if I want that.

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never have really gotten to the point where I notice a difference in flavor

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It's an acquired taste, like audio equipment.

It's going to cost you!

Interesting note here: according to Alton Brown (host of Good Eats), the more roasted a coffee bean is (the darker the roast, in other words), the less caffiene it has.

Not to mention the lighter roasts actually taste like coffee instead of char... <runs and hides>

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It's an acquired taste, like audio equipment.

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Yea I just have coffee with one creme of french vanilla on mondays, wendesdays, and fridays after my 8 AM class when I'll actually be up for breakfast. It doesn't really matter what it tastes like that much, I suppose.

Whenever I go to starbucks it's always something with lots of sugar...like...a venti double shot zebra mocha..mmmm.

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the more roasted a coffee bean is (the darker the roast, in other words), the less caffiene it has

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Ok dark roasted is out, I don't care how good it tastes, I need my caffiene.

Can be quite smoky especially if you like dark roast. There is a fine line between light and dark roast, watch it close. Always loved crossing the Mississippi river bridge in Baton Rouge, LA and smelling the coffee roasting at the Community Coffee plant just below the bridge. I now live in Chicago and still mail order all my coffee from the Community Coffee web site.

The other thing my wife makes me do out side is brew my beer. The first time I brewed beer inside, you could smell it for a week. It did not help that she was pregnant at the time. It has been 8 years since then and she still claims it makes her sick.