Why Taiwanese roasters go darker than the internet
Milk, humidity, and a market that drinks coffee after dinner.
The milk argument
Most cups sold here are milk drinks. A very light roast disappears under milk; a medium roast does not.
Roasters who sell wholesale to breakfast shops roast for that constraint, and the style travels upward into their filter lists.
Roast profiles are not philosophy. They are what your customers order at nine at night.
The evening argument
Coffee is an after-dinner drink as much as a morning one, and a darker cup sits better at nine in the evening.
This is also why decaf is taken more seriously here than in most cities of the same size.
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