Coffee tasting notes by roast level in Australia
Tasting notes by roast level · 12 Sept 2026
Floral notes are on 29% of light roasts and 1% of dark roasts.
How often each note group appears at each roast level, as a share of the beans at that level that carry notes.
| Light | Medium light | Medium | Medium dark | Dark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chocolate | 27% | 45% | 63% | 76% | 86% |
| Caramel & sweet | 40% | 51% | 62% | 61% | 57% |
| Creamy body | 20% | 26% | 31% | 37% | 26% |
| Stone fruit | 42% | 32% | 27% | 16% | 14% |
| Nutty | 10% | 20% | 32% | 40% | 34% |
| Berry | 42% | 34% | 23% | 17% | 13% |
| Citrus | 40% | 32% | 25% | 12% | 8% |
| Floral | 29% | 15% | 9% | 4% | 1% |
| Spice | 8% | 9% | 11% | 15% | 15% |
| Tropical | 24% | 13% | 8% | 4% | 2% |
| Orchard fruit | 12% | 9% | 8% | 3% | 2% |
| Earthy | 5% | 5% | 4% | 7% | 8% |
| Winey & fermented | 5% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 2% |
| Tea-like | 8% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 1% |