درجة التحميص غامقة، انما المرارة مش كتير.

Literally, it means the degree/level of roasting.

• درجة = degree, level
• التحميص = roasting / roast

Together, this is a very natural way to say roast level in Arabic, especially when talking about coffee.

This is an iḍāfa structure, often called a possessive or of-phrase.

So درجة التحميص is literally:

• درجة = degree
• التحميص = the roasting

Together: the degree of the roasting, which naturally becomes the roast level.

In Arabic iḍāfa:

• the first noun usually does not take الـ
• the second noun can take الـ
• the whole phrase becomes definite if the second noun is definite

So درجة التحميص = the roast level, not just a roast level.

Because Arabic normally leaves out the present-tense to be in sentences like this.

So:

• درجة التحميص غامقة literally looks like roast level dark
• but it means The roast level is dark

This is completely normal in Egyptian Arabic and in Arabic generally.

If you wanted past tense, you would use a verb such as كان:

• درجة التحميص كانت غامقة = The roast level was dark

Because درجة is a feminine noun, and the adjective agrees with it.

• درجة = feminine
• غامقة = feminine form of dark

So the adjective matches درجة, not التحميص.

Compare:

• تحميص غامق = a dark roast / dark roasting
• درجة التحميص غامقة = the roast level is dark

Here غامقة means dark, specifically in the sense of a dark roast.

It does not just mean dark in color in a general way. In food and drink contexts, it can also describe something deeper, heavier, or more intensely roasted.

So in this sentence, it sounds very natural for coffee.

Here انما means but or however.

It introduces a contrast:

• the roast is dark
• but the bitterness is not that strong

So it connects two ideas that might seem surprising together.

Yes, انما can be used this way in Egyptian Arabic, but many speakers would also very naturally say بس or لكن.

For example:

• درجة التحميص غامقة، بس المرارة مش كتير
• درجة التحميص غامقة، لكن المرارة مش كتير

All are understandable. بس often sounds the most casual and conversational.

المرارة means bitterness.

It comes from the same root as مُرّ, which means bitter.

So:

• مُرّ = bitter
• مرارة = bitterness

Using المرارة lets the speaker talk about bitterness as a quality or tasting note, which is very natural when describing coffee.

Using المرارة sounds a bit more like talking about a flavor characteristic, not just giving a simple adjective.

So:

• القهوة مُرّة = the coffee is bitter
• المرارة مش كتير = the bitterness isn’t much / isn’t very strong

For tasting notes, المرارة can sound more precise and descriptive.

Arabic often uses the definite form when talking about a quality that is understood in context.

Here, the speaker means the bitterness of this coffee. So المرارة is natural.

In English, you might say either:

• the bitterness isn’t much
• it isn’t very bitter

Arabic often prefers the noun with الـ in this kind of description.

مش is the normal Egyptian negation for non-verbal sentences, and كتير means much / a lot / very depending on context.

So:

• المرارة مش كتير literally = the bitterness not much
• natural English = the bitterness isn’t much or it isn’t very bitter

This is a very common Egyptian pattern.

Because in Egyptian Arabic, كتير is very commonly used as an invariable colloquial word meaning a lot, much, or very.

It does not usually change for gender the way a full adjective might in more formal Arabic.

So مش كتير is a fixed, very natural colloquial expression.

It can mean either, depending on the sentence.

Here, because the speaker is talking about a quality like bitterness, English would usually say:

• not very bitter
• or the bitterness isn’t too much

So Arabic uses مش كتير, but the best English wording depends on what sounds natural.

A rough Egyptian pronunciation would be:

daragit it-taḥmīṣ ghāmaʔa, innama l-marāra mish kitīr

A few useful notes:

• درجة is often pronounced daraga / daragit depending on connection
• الـ before ت in التحميص is pronounced with assimilation: it-taḥmīṣ
• ق in غامقة is often a glottal stop in Egyptian, so it sounds like ghāmaʔa
• كتير is usually kitīr

Yes. A very everyday Egyptian version could be:

درجة التحميص غامقة، بس المرارة مش كتير

Or even more conversationally:

البُن غامق، بس مش مُرّ قوي

That second version is less technical and more casual. The original sentence sounds a bit more like a tasting description.