When it comes to Full City Espresso, owner Matt Parrish, uses his own secret formula to roast coffee beans specifically for espresso machines. The full city roast is comparable to an espresso roast, also called a light French or continental roast. The beans are perfectly roasted to medium-dark with little surface oiliness to worry about gumming up your brewing equipment. Tasters found this to have a light and fruity aroma, and a full-bodied flavor.