Thoughts on coffee

[TZ-Someplace]

Have generational tastes changed?
Is medium roast mild? That's what my gevalia traditional roast is marked as.
I started drinking coffee in the 90's when the big thing was arabica (e.g. good Columbian) vs robusta (cafeteria coffee). Starbucks was just spreading out with its dark roast/french roast, and Trader Joe's had a wide selection of affordable single source arabica coffees ranging from acidic Columbian and Costa Rican to low acid Sumatran, Kona too. Most all were medium roast. I don't remember ever seeing a light roast. Do you?

I've been drinking Aldi's or Nescafe decaf with milk for the past ten or fifteen years and have not kept up with trends. Is dark roast (Starbucks type) the new normal for the people who turn up their noses at Folgers and Chock Full O Nuts? I think the coffee flavor is gone from dark roasts leaving just toast/char, but I don't have a very well developed palate.

What do you like? Have your tastes changed?