Coffee Obsession

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I recommend this book as a starting point for people learning about coffee, as well as visual learners. Visit any major city in the world and you can easily find a Starbucks with a reliable menu of lattes, cappuccinos, Americanos, and a myriad of specialty coffee drinks. In addition, she adds a whole section on seasonal and holiday coffee drinks to the mix (for you pumpkin spice people). I'd say the only thing that did not come across quite as clearly is some of the differences in basic drinks, like a classic latte vs a flat white.

This is one of the stunning books about coffee diversity and history, and pretty inexpensive for its breadth of knowledge. The wheel of flavors is a huge resource for me as a barista trying to get better at describing the flavor profile of different coffees. While Americans love the sugary extravagant coffee beverages such as Frappés or Macchiatos, Aussies keep it simple and prefer coffees such as long black or flat white. Packed with coffee know-how like indicators of quality, storing, grinding, and why milk matters, plus details of coffees from around the world, equipment, recipes, and more, professional baristas and ordinary patrons alike both attest to loving and learning from one of the best coffee books today. With more than 130 classic coffee recipes to suit every taste, detailed flavor profiles and tasting notes, as well as recommended roasts from around the world, Coffee Obsession is like nothing else out on the market.The book is filled with pictures, diagrams, maps, and techniques that will help you brew the perfect pot. While coffee houses usually welcomed aristocrats, one Venetian coffee house had a reputation for breaking social boundaries.

But there’s a practical reason, according to Aman Advani, CEO and co-founder of Massachusetts-based apparel firm Ministry of Supply. If you’re interetsed in recipes that center around coffee, Stephenson outlines the full process of making desserts and tasty treats using your favorite bean. Coffee Atlas of Ethiopia takes readers into the complex world of growing beans, harvesting them, drying the beans, and eventually making them into coffee or espresso. While the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans state that consuming 3 to 5 cups of coffee daily – the equivalent of 400 milligrams of caffeine – is not likely to cause harm or shorten your life if you're generally healthy, be aware that you may have reached this amount after only your second refill of your oversized mug.Moreover, unlike Napoleon Bonaparte who drank his coffee black, Voltaire tended to mix his coffee with a little bit of tasty chocolate. Illy’s patent on the Illetta, a machine powered by pressurised water instead of steam, would become a blueprint for future machines. Today, in Berlin, Germany, Lechner has produced a substance suitable for manufacturing dishwasher-safe coffee cups and saucers.