This category includes coffees like Colombia, Costa Rica Tres Rios, Guatemala Antigua and Mexico. Kona, though geographically a product of the Pacific islands, falls within this Latin American range of taste and aroma. East African coffees are unique and under-appreciated. These coffees are found in the morning cup of nearly every professional coffee taster. The category includes Kenya, Ethiopia Sidamo and Yergacheffe and Ethiopia Harrar.
Indonesian coffees are at the opposite end of the spectrum from Latin American coffees.
Usually full-bodied and smooth, low in acidity, and often possessing earthy and exotic taste elements. This group includes Estate Java, Sumatra Boengie, Papua New Guinea and Sulawesi. Dark Roasts use coffees of varying geographic origins to provide a specific range of flavors, from the caramel spice of Espresso, to the smoky tang of Italian Roast, to the pungent roastiness of French Roast. The difference at Starbucks is using specific, varietal-quality coffees in each dark roast blend. Blends combine varietal tastes to create greater complexity and completeness.