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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.
Well, we all live and learn. According to a Wiki entry, there is a difference in the two, with the Turkish beans being darker and stronger in flavor than the Greek version. In any case, the word coffee with all of its variants is Arabic in origin. The brew was also first made by Arabs.