Colombian Coffee Roast Guide: Choose Your ANASU Bag

Choose medium roast if you want a starting point for exploring ANASU Colombian coffee, medium-dark if you want a step toward a deeper roast, and dark or French roast if that is the style you already enjoy. Vanilla and hazelnut are flavored options, not separate roast levels.

That is the short answer. The more useful choice depends on how you make your coffee and whether you drink it black, with milk, or over ice. This guide compares the actual ANASU bags in the CoffeeAnd USA store so you can choose one deliberately instead of guessing from a regional name.

The ANASU lineup at a glance

• Medium roast: ANASU Armenia Medium Roast and ANASU Santa Marta Mountain Medium Roast. Choose Armenia to try the balance described in its product notes, or Santa Marta to explore another medium-roast offering.
• Medium-dark roast: ANASU Manizales Medium Dark Roast. A useful next comparison when you know you enjoy medium coffee but want to try a darker roast label.
• Dark roast: ANASU Tolima Dark Roast. Start here if dark roast is already your usual choice.
• French roast: ANASU Huila French Roast. An option for shoppers who specifically look for French roast.
• Flavored medium roast: ANASU Vanilla Flavored Medium Roast and ANASU Hazelnut Flavored Medium Roast. Choose these when you want the named flavor, rather than simply a different regional coffee.

The current ANASU listings offer 0.55 lb bags available ground. Check the individual product page before ordering, especially if you need a particular grind or whole-bean format.

What the roast name tells you, and what it does not

Roast describes how the coffee has been roasted; Colombia describes its origin. A Colombian coffee is not automatically light, medium or dark. The National Coffee Association explains that roast names can vary between roasters and that French roast belongs at the dark end of the range. A darker flavor is also not a dependable measure of caffeine. See the NCA’s guide to coffee roasts.

A regional name alone cannot tell you which bag you will prefer. In this selection, Armenia and Santa Marta are both medium roast, while Tolima is dark roast. Read the complete product name rather than choosing by the place name alone.

Choose for the cup you actually make

If you drink coffee black

Try Armenia or Santa Marta first if you are undecided. Brew a familiar serving size and taste it before adding anything. If your usual coffee is French roast, there is no reason to start over at medium: Huila is the more direct comparison to your existing routine.

If you add milk

Compare your usual roast with one neighboring roast level while keeping your coffee dose and milk amount unchanged. Manizales and Tolima are two useful bags for that comparison. Our coffee-with-milk guide explains how to avoid changing several variables at once.

If you like flavored coffee

Pick vanilla or hazelnut because you want that flavor. A chocolate tasting note in a regional coffee is not the same as a flavored product. Read our vanilla-versus-hazelnut comparison before choosing.

A simple two-bag comparison

Choose Armenia and Manizales, use the same brewer and water, and measure the same amount of grounds for each. Taste both at a comfortable drinking temperature. Write down which you would prefer tomorrow morning, not which sounds more impressive. This is a buying exercise you can do at home, not a claim that we have conducted a comparative tasting of these bags.

For your next order, keep the bag you preferred and change just one selection. You will build a more useful picture of your own taste than by opening every roast at once.

Ready to choose?

Start with ANASU Armenia Medium Roast, compare it with ANASU Manizales Medium Dark Roast, or shop CoffeeAnd USA to see the full selection and current prices. Need help with the available format? Phone Orders: (786) 786-4495.