Light roast coffee

Brew & Rate lists 274 coffees in this category, from 79 roasters.

The roasters with the most entries are Rum Baba (11), Tchibo (11) and Colectivo Coffee (9).

By origin, the main countries are Ethiopia (69), Colombia (49), Kenya (18) and Guatemala (16).

By process: washed (103), natural (59), anaerobic (15) and honey (15).

110 carry an SCA score, averaging 89.3; the highest is Gori Gesha Washed (Gesha Village Coffee Estate) at 95.

On a 1–5 scale they average 4.3 for acidity, 4.6 for sweetness, 2.7 for body and 1 for bitterness.

The most common varieties are Heirloom, Caturra and SL28.

Where altitude is recorded (138 coffees), they grow between 960 and 2,400 metres.

Prices run from €29 to €600 per kg, with a median of €108 per kg.

232 of 274 are specialty coffees.

Roasters most often recommend them for filter (130), V60 (92) and Chemex (59).

This is recorded for 904 of 6953 coffees in the catalogue, so the list may not be complete.