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Italian Roast is much darker and oilier than a French Roast and often preferred in Italy. If a coffee is described as being a French or Italian roast, it isnât because they were grown or roasted in these countries, just that the roaster utilized this generalized roast level for that blend of beans.
I have heard it said that this is one of only a few coffees blended post-roasting. The 80% Latin America and Asia Pacific coffees are roasted especially for Verona, and then the remaining 20% Italian Roast, creating a unique sweetness to the coffee, gets blended in at the finish.