Drip coffee apparatuses are typically better at brewing lighter roasts, while espresso machines excel at brewing darker roasts of coffee. This is because the longer brewing time of drip coffee makers allows more time for the lighter roast flavours of the coffee beans to extract.

1. Drip Coffee. Coffee that comes from a drip coffee maker is brewed through a filter containing the ground, coarse coffee beans as boiling water is “dripped” on top. The filter leaves behind the ground coffee beans as liquid passes through and into a decanter or coffee pot that is then used for serving.