What is the difference between toasted and roasted? My Spanish coffee
beans are toasted (tostado) not roasted (asado), according to the
packet. Obviously this is just a linguistic difference, but why aren't
English-speaking beans toasted too? (Of course Spanish beans are
milled (molido) not ground, so maybe they just HAVE to be different!)

Oh pshaw, on Sun 04 Nov 2007 05:58:14a, jmm1951 meant to say...

> What is the difference between toasted and roasted? My Spanish coffee
> beans are toasted (tostado) not roasted (asado), according to the
> packet. Obviously this is just a linguistic difference, but why aren't
> English-speaking beans toasted too? (Of course Spanish beans are
> milled (molido) not ground, so maybe they just HAVE to be different!)
>
>

I suspect it's all semantics.

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Oh pshaw, on Sun 04 Nov 2007 06:42:31a, margaret suran meant to say...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> Oh pshaw, on Sun 04 Nov 2007 05:58:14a, jmm1951 meant to say...
>>
>>> What is the difference between toasted and roasted? My Spanish coffee
>>> beans are toasted (tostado) not roasted (asado), according to the
>>> packet. Obviously this is just a linguistic difference, but why aren't
>>> English-speaking beans toasted too? (Of course Spanish beans are
>>> milled (molido) not ground, so maybe they just HAVE to be different!)
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I suspect it's all semantics.
>>
>
> I think of something toasted as done on the outside, but uncooked
> inside, such as toasted bread, while roasted nuts or roasts are cooked
> throughout. I am probably wrong. )
>

No, Margaret, you are quite right. However, I doubt that coffee beans
would just be toasted on the outside, as the inside would still be "green"
and not very palatable as brewed coffee. I think in this case it's just
the choice of words and that the beans (from a US frame of reference) are
indeed roasted.

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Wayne Boatwright

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Oh pshaw, on Sun 04 Nov 2007 07:19:02a, margaret suran meant to say...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>>>>
>>> I think of something toasted as done on the outside, but uncooked
>>> inside, such as toasted bread, while roasted nuts or roasts are cooked
>>> throughout. I am probably wrong. )
>>>
>>
>> No, Margaret, you are quite right. However, I doubt that coffee beans
>> would just be toasted on the outside, as the inside would still be
>> "green" and not very palatable as brewed coffee. I think in this case
>> it's just the choice of words and that the beans (from a US frame of
>> reference) are indeed roasted.
>>
>
> I know, that is why I believe I am wrong. I do not speak Spanish and
> thus am not able to communicate with my coffee beans. (
>
> I buy them ground to order, but they are already roasted and it says so
> in the stores, such as Zabar, Agata & Valentina and Citarella.
> However, if I see Vienna Roast in one of the stores, I will be able to
> speak to those beans. )
>

I still say you're right. One doesn't brew coffee from beans that are
still green on the inside.

When you get an answer from those beans from Vienna, do tell us what they
have to say. ;-)

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Wayne Boatwright

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margaret suran schrieb
<snip>
> I know, that is why I believe I am wrong. I do not speak Spanish and thus am
> not able to communicate with my coffee beans. (
>
> I buy them ground to order, but they are already roasted and it says so in the
> stores, such as Zabar, Agata & Valentina and Citarella.
> However, if I see Vienna Roast in one of the stores, I will be able to speak
> to those beans. )

And they will answer :
"Heast, Mäderl, ah Bohn sein is net leiwand. Zerst restens di, bist auschaust
wia a Nega, und daun mohlt di a no a Pülcher ! Heats ma auf !"

Will that help you ? ;-P

Gschamsta Diena,

Michael Kuettner