The Barista's Ultimate Guide to Coffee

Want to learn more about coffee? Tired of making coffee drinks that give you a headache? The coffee you make at home just doesn't compare to what you purchase in a coffee shop? Read on... here you will find out about the history of coffee and how it has gone from a regional elixir to a worldwide commodity. You will learn how drinks prepared from coffee evolved and how technology has changed the way we consume it. You will learn how to identify where your beans come from just by the taste. Read about the way coffee is roasted and why grinding coffee at home makes such a difference to the final product. Tired of black filter coffee? Then find out about the different ways of brewing coffee at home. Here you will read about different home brewing equipment and the best way to use each one. Ever tried cold brew? Find tips on how to easily make your own coffee concentrate. Plus you will find the best tips and techniques used by baristas that you can apply in your own kitchen!

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A People's History of Coffee and Cafes

A People's History of Coffee and Cafés is an exploration of how a certain plant became a global commodity, creating fortunes and despair, bringing people together and tearing them apart, playing a staring role in the remarkable awakening of our modern world. The theme is coffee; the venue is the coffeehouse - one of the few places where prince and pauper might meet on equal footing. But where did coffee come from? And how did it get to us? For in the course of a single generation, coffee burst onto the European scene like an Arabian Sirocco without the trumpeting of the media, as we know it, paving the way for a new and wonderful product. Bob Biderman is the founding editor of Café Magazine. He has been researching the social history of coffee and cafés since the early 1960s when, as a student at the Univeristy of California, Berkeley, he experienced the first wave of the American espresso revolution. 

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The Ultimate Guide to Coffee Recipes - The Need for Only Coffee and Cream

If you are a huge fan of coffee like myself, then this is one book that you absolutely have to have in your kitchen. With this book, The Ultimate Guide to Coffee Recipes-The Need for Only Coffee and Cream: Over 25 Coffee Recipes Free you will find everything you have ever been looking for in a guide to coffee roasting. 

Instead of just finding basic recipes that only tell you to use coffee and cream, you will find over 25 surprisingly delicious and classy coffee recipes free.

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Magic of Impromptu Speaking

Magic of Impromptu Speaking is a comprehensive, step-by-step system for creating highly effective speeches in under 30 seconds. It is based on research of the most powerful techniques used by winners of impromptu speaking contests, politicians, actors and successful presenters. The book is entertaining to read, has plenty of examples and covers the most effective tools not only from the world of impromptu speaking but also from acting, stand-up comedy, applied psychology and creative thinking. Once you master the system, you will grow immensely as an impromptu public speaker, become a better storyteller in a circle of friends and be more creative in everyday life. Your audience members will think that what you do on stage after such short preparation is pure magic and will recall some of your speeches many years later ....readmore

Mocha and Murder (A Killer Coffee Mystery) (Volume 2)

Roxy becomes entangled in another murder as she puts her sleuthing skills to work in order to prove that Louise Carlton didn't kill Fred Hill over a pet adoption gone wrong. After all, if Louise goes to jail, who is going to find all the animals at Pet Palace a home.

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The Thai Soup Secret

The Thai people have a well kept secret. For hundreds of years, they’ve known about the healing power of their traditional soups. Over the course of several trips to Thailand, Nutritional Therapist Craig Fear, realized there were so many simple, delicious and healthy Thai soups that were unknown to most people in the West. He set about sampling, photographing, and collecting dozens of soup recipes that are easy re-create in western kitchens. The result is the Thai Soup Secret! 

The Thai Soup Secret includes 40 recipes for medicinal broths, congees and authentic soups, all of which will help you progress towards a healthier life. Best of all, of the recipes are designed to be simple, without hours of preparation or long lists of hard to find ingredients.  

Besides being geared towards health and wellness The Thai Soup Secret is also for anyone who just loves Thai food! If a trip to Thailand is not on your agenda anytime soon then this book will be your next best option for discovering the wonderful world of Thai soups!

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Adult Coloring Books

Created by best selling illustrator and modern artist Beth Ingrias, Adult Coloring Books: Coffee Lovers gives you the opportunity to color in 30 coffee inspired designs using your favorite coloring tools. Loaded with witty coffee quotes that every coffee lover will relate to.

This adult coloring book features 30 unique designs found nowhere else. Each intricate design is printed on the front of the pages only so you don't have to worry about your work of art bleeding through and ruining the patterns on the next page.

Unleash your inner artist, relax, unwind and have fun coloring each intricate pattern.

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All about Coffee (Second Edition)

2011 Reprint of the second edition (1935). Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software.The second and standard edition of this definitive work on the history and influence of coffee. Covers the historical, technical, scientific, commercial, social and artistic dimensions of coffee. A still unsurpassed work on the subject. Lavishly illustrated.

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Tasting Coffee: Coffee Cupping Techniques to Unleash the Bean! (I Know Coffee)

You’ve likely heard the coffee professionals in your local coffee shop or roaster talking about the different exciting flavor notes their beans produce—and have then found yourself disappointed when you brew the beans at home and just taste coffee.

Just like with tasting wine, developing your palate to pick out the subtle notes present in high-quality coffee beans can take time and practice, but will yield delicious dividends.

This book gives you a crash course in tasting coffee. It includes information on what notes you can often expect from different growing regions and roast levels, advice on how to train your palate, information on the tasting wheels used by professionals, and tips about how professional tasters brew their coffee to best taste the layers of flavors.

Some coffees are quite complex, with aromas and flavors that can be both subtle and fleeting. This book will help you learn how to taste it like a barista.

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Coffee Culture

"The Anthropology of Stuff" is part of a new Series dedicated to innovative, unconventional ways to connect undergraduate students and their lived concerns about our social world to the power of social science ideas and evidence. Our goal with the project is to help spark social science imaginations and in doing so, new avenues for meaningful thought and action. Each "Stuff" title is a short (100 page) "mini text" illuminating for students the network of people and activities that create their material world.

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Coffee: A Connoisseur's Companion

With this volume, Glenfiddich award-winning cookery writer Claudia Roden explores the history of the coffee bean. Her book also offers guidance on choosing and preparing coffee, and gives a selection of desserts to complement coffee. Readmore

Coffee 2019 Deluxe Wall Calendar

You can practically smell the coffee brewing with Dan DiPaolo's Coffee 2019 Calendar.

Java lovers will get a kick out of each monthly spread featuring mellow-tinged art and words celebrating this essential elixir. Besides providing a mood-lifting buzz, the calendar is packaged in a matching envelope, printed on linen-textured paper, and reinforced with a brass grommet. It also includes a handy September-December 2018 spread and clean and roomy 2019 monthly grids

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The Coffeeist Manifesto

Make Coffee and Espresso at home! Make sure you're not getting ripped off at your local coffee shop! Revised and Expanded Second Edition for 2016 ~50% Additional Content This 'coffee for beginners' book will take you from zombie to full on coffee geek by teaching you everything from the basics of coffee brewing to coffee roasting at home. I've always loved coffee and wanted to know more about it, but I hated all the pretense and mystique that surrounded it. Most of all, I hated walking into a coffee shop and feeling like I had to learn a new language just to order my black coffee. Still... Coffee is more than just a caffeine delivery system! This book sets the record straight and separates fact from fiction. Description from 1st Edition I, too, was a coffee zombie, walking around calling myself a coffee lover. For years I stumbled around in a daze drinking stale, bitter coffee and grumbling “beans… beans…”. Thank Goodness I finally woke up to the world of coffee. By Immersing myself in the coffee world via reading every book I could find, visiting trade fairs, every high-end cafe I could find, and barista competitions, I realized that, while there is a huge amount of information out there free on the Internet and in artisan coffee shops, there was no single resource that connects all the dots and spells it all out for confused novice coffee drinkers. Until now. Fact: Making a great cup of coffee requires focus and commitment. This means that to make a billion dollar for-profit coffee franchise, you MUST find ways to cut corners and short change your customers. Fact: There are some GREAT coffee shops out there that care about coffee and customers and are worth every penny they charge, but they can be hard to identify, making it easy to just settle for familiar chain coffee. Fact: Making very good coffee is NOT THAT HARD. With a minimal investment in time and education you can make the best cup of coffee you’ve ever had in your life in the comfort of your own home. This book shows exactly why billion dollar for-profit coffee chains are inherently unable to produce coffee of the quality you can make in the kitchen. The Coffeeist Manifesto is half self-defense manual and half how-to instructional. By the end of it, any coffee beginner will have a foundational understanding of the coffee industry and know how to identify the good coffee shops from the bad ones. But most importantly, you’ll know how to beat ....Readmore.

The Art & Craft of Coffee Cocktails

First take a journey into the history and craft of coffee, the world's most popular beverage, from crop to cup. Next follow his expert mixing tips aimed at everyone from keen beginners to bartenders working in the world’s best bars.

More than 80 recipes follow, covering all styles of cocktails from stirred and shaken through to blended and blazed. Learn how to perfect simple classics such as Espresso Martini and Irish coffee or try your hand at technical modern marvels Golden Velvet and Death By Caffeine. With The Art and Craft of Coffee Cocktails in hand your daily grind will never be the same!

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Colouring Books for Adults My Coffee Shop

FIVE STAR ARTISTS CHOICE Master all Mediums Series - Collect all 25! Hello there. Thank you for purchasing from Baldwin Avenue Art Supply. The aroma of hot coffee, tea and cakes…there is nothing better! 10 COFFEE images repeated twice within 100 pages of sturdy sketch book, heavy cream paper. One book in the Master all Mediums Series, this book encourages artists to create it again differently. Baldwin Avenue sells exclusive, high quality art books, journals, gift books, and sketch and art items. Thank you for shopping with us. 

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Coffee - Philosophy for Everyone

Offering philosophical insights into the popular morning brew, Coffee -- Philosophy for Everyone kick starts the day with an entertaining but critical discussion of the ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, and culture of coffee.

• Matt Lounsbury of pioneering business Stumptown Coffee discusses just how good coffee can be
• Caffeine-related chapters cover the ethics of the coffee trade, the metaphysics of coffee and the centrality of the coffee house to the public sphere
• Includes a foreword by Donald Schoenholt, President at Gillies Coffee Company

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Nutri Ninja Cookbook

50 Original Rich Tasting Nutri Ninja Recipes-Favorite Way To Make Smoothies, Iced Coffee Drinks, Shakes And The Like

Prepare smoothies, shakes, drinks to get your mind blown. You can have these for any meal and it will keep you full!

Originally, smoothies were made from fresh fruits like bananas, strawberries, pineapples and orange juice. Today, there are literally hundreds of combinations of fruits, vegetables, herbs and other healthy ingredients that can go into a smoothie recipe. Weight loss is not often a goal for NutriNinja users, but it's often an unexpected side effect! The increased intake of natural, whole foods and those good-for-you calories from fruit and healthy fats like avocado and nuts can lead to a slimmer waistline and looser fitting clothes. But for those actually looking to lose weight, specific recipes can go a long way in helping you reach your goals. But you also want delicious recipes! We've gathered 50+ original recipes so you can get started - no excuses!

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Make Mine Cold Brew

Cold brewed coffee is hot, but it's not new. Starting with a brief history of cold brew, this book explores the factors that go into making the perfect batch and then expands into ideas and recipes to elevate your coffee to the next level. Cold brew coffee can even be made with dairy and alcohol, and makes the perfect ingredient in delicious desserts. This short book contains over 50 recipes for flavorings, drinks, cocktails, and desserts that will keep you in caffeinated goodness for weeks to come.

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Coffee Lover's Coloring Book

Get fantastic value for money with this huge Coffee Coloring Book!

The 40 hilarious, super relatable designs in this coloring book for adults will provide hours of entertainment!

Features of this Coffee Coloring Book:

• Single sided coloring pages allow for the pages to be removed
• Suitable for markers, felt tips, gel pens, coloring pencils and more due to single sided, removable pages
• Professional quality designs from start to finish
• 3 Color test pages at the back of the book

Coffee Coloring Book: This Coffee coloring book contains 40 single sided coloring pages. This allows you to remove each page for framing or hanging. This also helps reduce bleed through onto the other designs even if you are using markers, making this book suitable for everything from coloring pencils through to marker pens. 

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Joe: The Coffee Boo

This fresh new release is a beautiful, hip guide to the world of coffee brought to you by New York City’s popular connoisseur coffee chain, Joe. Written from the point of view of owners (and siblings) Jonathan and Gabrielle Rubinstein, the reader is welcomed into the tight-knit international specialty coffee community of committed growers, buyers, roasters, entrepreneurs, baristas, and drinkers. Their mission: to source, purchase, roast, serve, and drink the world’s finest coffees.

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The Coffee Lovers Notebook

Increase Creativity
Writing by hand has been associated with boosting creativity. Whether you're searching for the next big business idea or for creative ways to express your thoughts, writing in a notebook can give your creative juices more punch. This means coming up with better ideas more quickly and easier than before. Imagine the how a boost in creativity will make you feel at work, home or at school. Your next great idea may be write at the tips of your fingers waiting to be expressed on the pages of the Coffee Lovers Notebook.

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My Takeya Cold Brew Iced Coffee Recipe Book

This book shows you exactly how to get the most out of your Takeya Cold Brew Coffee Maker so you can brew like a pro! No other book contains specific instructions and recipes for your Takeya Coffee Brewer. Combined with 101 of the best, most popular coffee recipes, this book is the perfect companion for anyone who owns a Takeya! LEARN HOW TO: - Unlock your Takeya’s potential for Amazing coffee creations! - Pro tips to make the best coffee you’ve ever had - Use multiple brewing techniques to get the flavor you want - Make over 100 creative and delicious coffee drinks - Use steeping times to your advantage - Make concentrated cold brew - Much more! LEARN HOW TO AVOID: - bitter, tasteless coffee - too strong or too weak - the same boring coffee every day... Do you own a Takeya Cold Brew Iced Coffee Maker? Then this book is for you. All of our recipes and “how to” information are designed specifically for the Takeya, and to help you with your lifestyle and health goals. Buy today! MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE Free shipping for Prime members 
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How to Make Coffee

Real coffee is so popular these days that you can find it on just about every street corner. There is no doubt that we have some fantastic cafes that really add to our lives. It is therefore unfortunate that most of us end up drinking the instant stuff when we get home. If you want to have that real coffee experience at home then this book is for you. You get real tips on how to select coffee, where to buy it and how to prepare it. If you want to enjoy gourmet coffee at home then look no further. How to make coffee gives the genuine benefits of making real coffee at home. It explains where coffee is produced and how the origin and processing of the beans can contribute to the unique flavors of different coffees. The book details all of the equipment that you need to make great tasting coffee and how you can enhance your experience by buying and using machines such as coffee grinders and roasters. The differences between the various methods of preparing coffee are detailed as well as how to determine what is best for you. There are a number of different coffee recipes given including all of those for the ones that you would see at your local coffee bar. There are also recipes for other coffee ideas such as those with alcohol and iced coffee. Get this book and enhance your life with real coffee. Contents: Introduction Where Does Coffee Come From? Coffee Beans The Best Way to Buy Coffee Beans Coffee Beans for Espresso Fair Trade Coffee Beans Grinding Coffee Beans Roasting Beans at Home Espresso Coffee How to Make Coffee Using the French Press Method How to use a Filter Coffee Machine Making Stove Top Coffee Flavored Coffee Beans Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans Coffee Recipes Alcoholic Coffee Recipes Iced Coffee Iced Coffee Recipes Coffee and Health Conclusion About the Author ....Readmore

Espresso Coffee, Second Edition

Written by leading coffee technology specialists in consultation with some of the world's biggest coffee manufacturers, the second edition of the successful Espresso Coffee will once again comprehensively cover the current status of the chemistry and technology of espresso coffee. It comprehensively covers topics such as agronomy, green coffee processing, roasting/grinding, packaging, percolating and decaffeination techniques. It provides a comprehensive resource for those interested in the fundamental notions of coffee quality; with a point of reference given in the form of a detailed bibliography to provide direction to the wider literature.

• Chapters Include: Quality of espresso coffee; The plant; The raw bean; Roasting; Grinding; Packaging; Percolation; The cup; Physiology

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FRENCH PRESS COFFEE COOKBOOK

What will you find in my French Press Coffee Cookbook? If you are a coffee lover and can’t imagine your day without a cup of this delicious drink, or you just want to know how to prepare the best coffee in the world, I am happy to introduce you my book – French Press Coffee Cookbook. With the help of my cookbook, you will discover more than 25 coffee recipes from all over the world. It is really easy to make this drink a part of your daily life or even to prepare it for some special occasions. Surprise your friends and relatives with delicious recipes of Tangy Bourbon Espresso, Almond Milk Cold Brew Latte and many others. The reason why it is so easy to make these drinks is simply because you do not need any additional equipment. Just look into the book and follow the recipe. With simple and easy to follow instructions, you will learn how to make delicious and exclusive coffee. The French Press Coffee Cookbook will guide you to the world's famous, delicious and outstanding taste of this amazing drink.

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A COFFEE LOVER`S GUIDE to COFFEE - B&W edition

A friendly guide to coffee with the valuable information any coffee lover must know. Recent years have witnessed a quiet, almost unnoticeable revolution: all around the world, drip coffee has been replaced by espresso, macchiato, and cappuccino, with a similar quality to those served in the best Italian coffee shops. The technological developments of espresso machines, moka-pot, French-press and other newfangled equipment has allowed the flourishing coffee market to enter the domestic kitchen, turning coffee into an integral part of everyday, modern life. However, despite its huge popularity and expanding markets, coffee remains uncharted terrain, known only to connoisseurs. No more. A Coffee Lover s Guide is an accessible, comprehensive, easy-to-read and enjoyable guide, written with love and made especially for anyone drinking, making, selling or buying coffee. It is an easy, available, communicative and enjoyable way to learn and understand coffee and the coffee world better. A recommended gift for any coffee lover! A Coffee Lover s Guide includes a short, accessible and comprehensive synopsis of coffee s history and origin, it s types and varieties, different ways of brewing and grinding, coffee machinery, and even popular uses and traditions of coffee, including coffee reading. All the answers in one place: the perfect guide for any coffee lover! Enjoy the read, and enjoy your coffee even more!

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Internet Password Organizer

Now you can log into your favorite social media sites, pay your bills, review your credit card statements, and shop at your favorite online stores, quickly and effortlessly!

Available with discreet cover designs in a variety of fun and exciting colors and patterns that are sure to please every member of your family!

New features include a dedicated section for you to store your credit card information, making online shopping and bill paying easier than ever!

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A Secret History of Coffee, Coca & Cola

Featured in Columbia College Today's Bookshelf section

"A straight forward and accessible text…Cortés’ highly detailed paintings call up concomitant issues and famous faces as well…In dense passages describing political payments between corporate interests and federal narcotics officials, the reproduction–in Cortés’ deft watercolors–of memos, official letters, and newspaper articles serves as an indictment of the rule of law with loopholes for the profit minded. This is an excellent introduction to the complexities of 'American interests,' the realities of corrupt rationale invoked in the pursuit of world health, and the need to take a longer view than the immediate to see how substance and substance abuse both share space and operate on different planes. Right and wrong are not black and white but form a gray of varying shades."
--Library Journal

“If you hate the War on Drugs, Ricardo Cortés should be one of your favorite illustrators.”
--Vice

“Astonishingly addictive and intoxicatingly revelatory, ...Coffee, Coca & Cola offers an impressively open-minded history lesson and an incredible look at the dark underbelly of American Capitalism . . . A stunning, hard cover coffee-table book for concerned adults, this captivating chronicle is a true treasure.”
--Comics Review (UK)

“This fascinating and beautifully illustrated piece of visual journalism . . . is as thoroughly researched and absorbingly narrated as it is charmingly illustrated.”

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The Social Life of Coffee

What induced the British to adopt foreign coffee-drinking customs in the seventeenth century? Why did an entirely new social institution, the coffeehouse, emerge as the primary place for consumption of this new drink? In this lively book, Brian Cowan locates the answers to these questions in the particularly British combination of curiosity, commerce, and civil society. Cowan provides the definitive account of the origins of coffee drinking and coffeehouse society, and in so doing he reshapes our understanding of the commercial and consumer revolutions in Britain during the long Stuart century.

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Tea & Etiquette

Afternoon tea conjures up both feelings of elegance and gentility. It is, after all, synonymous with civility and blessed with the endearing quality of being part of the world's enduring cup of humanity. The customs and courtesies associated with this most civilized ceremony, however, are disquieting to the uninitiated. Fear of committing "tea faux pas" is on the upturn, as tea is now serving not only a social function, but a professional one as well-an alternative to the business lunch or dinner. This has created an unprecedented demand for learning the essentials of tea etiquette as executives meet in hotel lounges to discuss business over a cup of tea.

Uncommon Grounds

Uncommon Grounds tells the story of coffee from its discovery on a hill in Abyssinia to its role in intrigue in the American colonies to its rise as a national consumer product in the twentieth century and its rediscovery with the advent of Starbucks at the end of the century. A panoramic epic, Uncommon Grounds uses coffee production, trade, and consumption as a window through which to view broad historical themes: the clash and blending of cultures, the rise of marketing and the “national brand,” assembly line mass production, and urbanization. Coffeehouses have provided places to plan revolutions, write poetry, do business, and meet friends. The coffee industry has dominated and molded the economy, politics, and social structure of entire countries.Mark Pendergrast introduces the reader to an eccentric cast of characters, all of them with a passion for the golden bean. Uncommon Grounds is nothing less than a coffee-flavored history of the world.

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Liquid Education

From growing and harvesting to making the perfect cup. Do you love a good brew but don’t know your robusta from your arabica? Do you wish you could espouse the benefits of your Chemex over a French press? Maybe you just want to make a damn good cup of coffee at home. Liquid Education: Coffee will educate you on everything from growing conditions, bean varieties, picking, drying, and roasting to extraction and brewing, milk selection, and drink types. This comprehensive guide will help you navigate the multitude of beans, blends, and equipment available to make your way to your perfect cup.

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Sawada Coffee Style

Owner Hiroshi Sawada is an internationally acclaimed barista. After winning the Latte Art World Championship, he dared to open an independent coffee shop in the center of Tokyo, in the middle of a number of major chain coffee shops and traditional tearooms. In this book, he discloses all the key secrets on how to create a popular cafe and how to pull in customers even if surrounded by competitors. He touches every aspect of cafe management--from the concept-making, interior design, machines, gear, menu, method, and branding to the development of staff and importance of customer service. 

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Destination Coffee Shops

The obsession for the dark bean takes you coast to coast on the caffeine trail! Meet your coffee shop travel log! Part journal. Part guide. All AWESOME. DESTINATION COFFEE SHOPS celebrates America's favorite crema stops... -Fast on-boarding for developing the coffee snob within! -Keep track of your trails on the USA "Bean There" Map! -Chart your course for beloved latte destinations, according to thousands of coffee shop lovers. The 5 most populated cities of each of the 50 states (plus DC!) offer coffee shop euphoria! Check out the handy annual list and start navigation! -Pages and pages of guided critiques to savor and chronicle your own coffee shop conquests! -And latte more! One coffee shop at a time, one sprawling country, one perfect binding for the collection of your espresso journeys. The caffeine-crazed, espresso-lover will loveth this log! 
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Left Coast Roast

From Alfred Peet's original shop on the corner of Walnut and Vine in Berkeley, to the small roasters opening each year, West Coast roasters have largely defined and refined how Americans drink and think about their morning cup of joe. They have turned a morning ritual into an obsession.

Left Coast Roast is a caffeine-fueled guide to 55 key companies in Washington, Oregon, and Northern California—from small artisan roasters like Heart, Coava, and Kuma and history-making icons like Peet's and Starbucks, to rapidly expanding shops like Portland's Stumptown and San Francisco's Blue Bottle. Profiles describe each company's background, roasting history, and style, and explain how to visit and order beans for home brewing. 

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Texas Jack's Famous Cold Brew Coffee Recipes

I have always associated cold coffee and iced coffee with those coffee chains and their pretentiousness, fancy names, flavorings, and let’s not mention the prices. With that said, I hadn’t given cold brew coffee a chance. Being in Texas and with our brutally hot and humid summers, especially down here in Houston, cold brew coffee is almost a necessity during those “walking on the sun” days. My first experience to iced coffee was a disaster. On one of those hell on earth days one of the guys ran down to the corner convenience store and brought back several cups of iced coffee for the crew. My first impression? Awful, nothing more than a bitter, watered down version of what coffee should be. When I voiced my thoughts, good old Buck said, “What you expect for dollar Texas Jack?” A few days later, over lunch with a friend at a Pho restaurant, I mentioned my experience when asked if I wanted to try a Vietnamese iced coffee. He said, “Give it a chance Texas Jack.” So, reluctantly I caved in. I was served this concoction, a tall glass with a caramel looking drink with ice. After my first sip, and much to my amazement, I was sent to another plane of existence, a parallel universe where, for a moment, I was in culinary bliss. It was satisfyingly rich in flavor and sweet but not too sweet, understated yet it had nuances that I have never experienced before. After coming back to reality, I insisted that I meet the sage responsible for creating such a divine drink. I was taken behind the bar where the barista walked me through the process. I felt that the heavens had parted and I was being allowed to gaze upon some esoteric and forbidden knowledge. It was revealed that it was cold brew coffee, coarse ground coffee steeped in cold water then strained into a glass with a tablespoon of sweeten condense milk on the bottom, stirred, and add ice. The barista explained to me how cold brew coffee has a completely different flavor, even though you’re using the same coffee beans when compared to hot brew. With a cold brew infusion process, you have less acidity thus making for sweeter taste. Serving it with ice doesn’t affect or weaken it as it’s already cold. Most iced coffees are made from the hot brew method. This method makes for a more bitter drink as the hot water not only extracts the good qualities of the coffee but also the undesirable aspects. Plus, it needs to be brewed stronger to allow for the dilution caused by the ice. After 15 minutes, I soon realize that besides being so simple and easy to make cold brew coffee, cold brewing is a better way for making a higher quality and better tasting coffee. When I returned to my seat, I was asked what my thoughts about cold brew coffee. I said that I had an epiphany about the greatness of cold brew coffee and needed to share it with the Texas Jack Nation. Thus, the reason for this book. Readmore.

Coffee With C.C.: A 7 Pattern Caffeine Inspired Knitting Collection

I am super excited to be sharing my love for knitting and caffeine in my new book!

Each pattern in the book is inspired by my love for coffee. Most patterns are inspired by a specific coffee drink, with one pattern being inspired by coffee in general.

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Espresso Coffee

"Espresso Coffee: Professional Techniques has been called the 'Barista's Bible,' and for good reason."

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Coffee Kitchen

When we think of coffee, most of us think of it as a wonderful hot drink. However, coffee goes far beyond the much-adored ceramic mug. Used as an ingredient in recipes, coffee suddenly transforms the dish into something exotic, rich in flavor, and highly memorable. Coffee pairs nicely with spices, meats, cheeses, and even makes a wonderful vinaigrette. This recipe book is for the coffee enthusiast who is bold (yes, pun intended!), those who love the aroma of coffee and those who are ready to take their coffee experience to an entirely new culinary level. Bon Appetit! 
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The Birth of Coffee

A simple cup of coffee: Millions of people greet the morning, take a break, or end a meal with this dark brew. In these brief moments, coffee's rich flavor and deep aroma are simple pleasures unquestioningly accepted, although few of us ever consider the origins of this evermore popular beverage.

Yet 25 million people wake up thinking about coffee, not simply as a part of their morning routine, but as the whole of their workday. In The Birth of Coffee, Daniel Lorenzetti and Linda Rice Lorenzetti explore coffee's profound impact on people in coffee-growing nations.  Spanning four continents, the Lorenzettis' eloquent text and evocative photographs capture the places where coffee is more than a popular beverage, but a force in politics, economics, and history.

From the cloud-covered farms in Colombia to the rugged mountains of Indonesia and the bustling markets of Yemen, the Lorenzettis find themselves in landscapes dominated by the coffee industry: roads lined with beans, trails to distant fields, and wild forests of coffee trees. But the business of coffee easily flows from the fields to all aspects of life: For the people in these photographs, life too is steeped in an industry dependent on nature. Like the slow brewing of its final product, the business of coffee and the life of its workers have remained remarkably unchanged for centuries.

Despite the big business behind them, coffee often comes to us from small farms where little mechanization is used. Where fields teeming with coffee trees spring from the mountainous landscape, the process of raising, picking, sun-drying, and sorting coffee beans requires a dexterous and vigilant workforce.  As the Lorenzettis observe, by the time a coffee bean is on its way to port, it has moved through dozens of hands ....Readmore.

The Coffee Journal

THE COFFEE JOURNAL is the ideal companion for all your coffee tasting notes and reviews.

THE COFFEE JOURNAL features room for your Coffee Wish List (all those coffees you wish you had already had), tracking the Best Coffee Shops, and your Favorite Coffee, and all you coffee tasting adventures.

Track all the coffees you try, brew date, where you put the coffee to the test and your coffee tasting companions, the country of origin, brew type, fair trade status, temperature (hot, warm, cold, iced), price, aroma, appearance, taste, coffee radar, and review.

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The Home Barista

More than 100 million Americans start each day with a cup of coffee (many at no small price)! It’s a fact : We love coffee. Now, in The Home Barista, two professionals reveal the secrets to brewing coffee worthy of the priciest cafés right in your own kitchen.

Connoisseurs Simone Egger and Ruby Ashby Orr enlighten readers with insights and advice from crop to cup and beyond. Savvy, smart, and charmingly designed, The Home Barista guides you through the essentials—from understanding your bean’s origins and establishing your palate to perfecting your technique. It’s the essential coffee-lover’s guide to turning a simple bean into a sensational ....Readmore.

The Little Coffee Know-It-All

So you think you know your coffee? Consider this book your advanced degree in all things java. You may think you know the how and why of roasting and brewing, but you nerds know nothing yet. This goes even further into everyone's favorite beverage. With even deeper history, techniques, science, and tasting guides than some of the other guides, you're going to obsess over this book for the ultimate coffee lover. The Little Coffee Know-It-All is not for the faint of heart.

What's the best way to store coffee and why? How do you brew the perfect cup of joe? What's the premium coffee bean in the world? What's the roast with the most? What's the real reason to use a siphon coffee maker? In The Little Coffee Know-It-All, Shawn Steiman, Hawaii's own "Doctor Coffee," answers these questions and more in a fun, playful but scientifically rigorous manner. If you are serious about your coffee, this book is the perfect companion to your journey from coffee drinker to a being a coffee know-it-all. Readmore

My AeroPress Coffee & Espresso Maker Recipe Book

This book shows you exactly how to get the most out of your Aerobie Aeropress so you can make delicious and creative coffee and espresso drinks like a pro! No other book contains specific instructions and recipes for your Aeropress. Combined with 101 of our best, most popular recipes, this book is the perfect companion for anyone who owns an Aeropress! LEARN HOW TO: - Unlock your Aeropress’ potential for amazing coffee drinks - Properly set up your Aeropress - Use the correct temperature water for best results - Use the best coffee and coffee grind for your taste - Brew hot and cold - Brew using the “inverted” brewing method - Add exotic flavors to make the most amazing coffee experiences you’ve ever tasted! Do you own an Aeropress coffee plunger? Then this book is for you. All of our recipes and “how to” information are designed specifically for the Aeropress, and to help you with your lifestyle and health goals. Buy today! MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE Free shipping for Prime members ....Readmore

The Philosophy of Coffee

This is a short, entertaining, and illuminating introduction to the history and culture of coffee, from the humble origins of the bean in northeast Africa over a millennium to ago, to what it is today, a global phenomenon that is enjoyed around the world. It is the perfect gift for coffee lovers, and includes chapters on the rise of the coffeehouse, legal bans on coffee, Brazil's domination of the world coffee trade, and the birth of the espresso ....Readmore.

Coffee: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Coffee

Do you consider yourself a coffee lover? Perhaps you enjoy a good cup of coffee once a day…or maybe it’s a whole pot? But have you ever stopped and wondered just how much more you could enjoy coffee if you just knew a little bit more about it? For example, did you know that there are more than a handful of different ways to brew your morning “cuppa Joe”?

“Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Coffee” is designed to teach you more about coffee than you ever imagined you wanted to know. Don’t worry, we’re not about to take you through the anatomy of the coffee bean (is there such a thing?) but we are about to open your eyes to a whole new world of coffee flavor!

From the differences between the different types of coffee plants, to the differences between roasting, grinding and brewing methods, this book will make sure that you are equipped to make the best cup of coffee of your life by the time you put it down! 

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New York City Coffee

The coffee industry was made for New York: complex, diverse, fascinating and with plenty of attitude. Since arriving in the 1600s, coffee held patriotic significance during wartime, fueled industrial revolution and transformed the city's foodways. The New York Coffee Exchange opened tumultuously in the 1880s. Alice Foote MacDougall founded a 1920s coffeehouse empire. In the same decade, Brooklyn teenager William Black started Chock Full o'Nuts with $250 and a dream. Third wavers Ninth Street Espresso and Joe made the latest latte craze mainstream. Through stories, interviews and photographs, coffee professional and Tristate native Erin Meister shares Gotham's caffeinated past and explores the coffee-related reasons why the city never sleeps. 
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Coffee 2018 Deluxe Wall Calendar

Why limit your coffee enjoyment to one or two times a day? Dan DiPaolo's energy boosting coffee art in this fanciful calendar will perk up your mood all day every day of the year.

The Coffee 2018 Deluxe Wall Calendar comes in its own matching envelope and is printed on heavy, high quality paper so that it looks as good as that first cup in the morning tastes.

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Coffee Basics

With thousands of coffee bars and restaurants serving an endless variety of blends, roasts, and brews, ordering a specialty coffee drink has become as daunting a task as selecting a fine wine. How can you distinguish between great coffee and great hype? Read Coffee Basics.

Kevin Knox and Julie Sheldon Huffaker have filled this handy reference with hundreds of industry truths and trade secrets. You'll learn the fundamentals of coffee buying, brewing, and tasting; and develop an aficionado's ability to see beyond the expensive trappings of today's coffee explosion. You'll discover:

• The basic coffee facts: its origin, history, and many varieties
• Step-by-step methods for selecting, roasting, blending, and flavoring coffee "to taste"
• A coffee taster's glossary
• Simple charts showing grind progression, relative grinding times, and regional characteristics
• The scoop on decaffeinated, organic, and espresso beans
• Specialty coffee recipes
• Lists of the best sources for beans and professional equipment

Whether you make coffee at home or at a fine restaurant, Coffee Basics offers a bottomless cup of brewing knowledge and drinking pleasure.

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Fearless Broths and Soups

You know you want to start eating healthy, but it seems too complicated, too expensive, and too time-consuming. Maybe you suffer from insomnia or skin disorders. Maybe it’s digestive ailments like IBS or ulcers. Maybe you’ve been diagnosed with osteoporosis. There’s no shortage of diet information on the internet these days, but it seems a little extreme for your tastes. Isn’t there a way to get back to basics? Isn’t there a way to eat healthy and maybe even resolve some of your health issues without resorting to cutting out major food groups?

Convenience Doesn’t Have to Cost You Your Health

Maybe your health concerns aren’t so dramatic, but you still want to feed your family the best food you can. Maybe you’re just looking for a meal you can put on the table in mere minutes after you get home from work. Something hearty, satisfying, and healthy that you can prepare ahead of time and have ready for any meal of the day. The solution to convenient, healthy meals won’t be found in any box, can, or package. All you’ll find there is MSG, trans fats, and “natural” flavors. No, the solution to a simple, hearty meal will start in your stockpot.

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