Coffee tasting notes by roast level in Australia
Tasting notes by roast level · 31 Oct 2026
Floral notes are on 27% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel & sweet | 44% | 48% | 62% | 60% | 57% |
| Chocolate | 26% | 41% | 62% | 77% | 84% |
| Stone fruit | 46% | 34% | 28% | 15% | 12% |
| Creamy body | 21% | 25% | 30% | 35% | 25% |
| Berry | 41% | 33% | 23% | 14% | 13% |
| Citrus | 40% | 33% | 25% | 14% | 8% |
| Nutty | 10% | 18% | 29% | 40% | 34% |
| Floral | 27% | 17% | 9% | 5% | 1% |
| Tropical | 23% | 14% | 8% | 3% | 3% |
| Spice | 7% | 8% | 9% | 13% | 14% |
| Orchard fruit | 14% | 11% | 7% | 3% | 2% |
| Earthy | 4% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 7% |
| Winey & fermented | 5% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 2% |
| Tea-like | 7% | 5% | 3% | 1% | 0% |