The Joy of Coffee : The Essential Guide to Buying, Brewing, and Enjoying - Revised and Updated
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In this revised and updated edition of the most authoritative guide to coffee, Corby Kummer travels the country and the world to give you all the latest information you need to make a great cup at home: - The best beans and how to buy and store them - The grinder that's essential for great coffee - Incisive reports on brewing and espresso-making equipment and tips on how to get the best from them, with photographs of current models - A complete, up-to-date list of sources for beans, equipment and Fair Trade organizations
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If coffee from a can or jar is your idea of purgatory, The Joy of Coffee is the book for you. Its author, Corby Kummer, originally came to the subject of coffee while writing a series of articles for the Atlantic Monthly, and he found so much to say about the bean that he decided to write a book. Kummer began with some basic questions: "What matters most in buying coffee? How can you sort through the jumble of place names and whimsical labels on beans and blends? Is a dark roast better, more sophisticated, than a light roast? Is it essential to grind coffee beans at home?" What he learned in response to these queries comprises the bulk of The Joy of Coffee.
Starting with a tour of a coffee plantation and ending in the reader's own kitchen, Kummer leads a lively and informative discussion of all phases of coffee production, from harvesting to roasting to brewing. He discusses different roasts and the different types of coffeemakers, and he even talks about caffeine consumption and methods of decaffeination that preserve the bean's flavor. At the end of The Joy of Coffee is a chapter chock full of recipes for tasty treats that either go well with coffee or include it as an ingredient. Like a great cup of Joe, The Joy of Coffee is good to the very end. |
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| 04-10-08 | 4 | 1\1 |
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"The Joy of Coffee" by Corby Kummer, © 1995, 1997, 2003
This is a rather amazing book. Mr. Kummer starts with the growing of the coffee bean, harvesting, and ends up describing the selection of the various beans for blends. The truly interesting part is that there end up being so many beans that are usable, or maybe that is just my reading of it. The beans are so variable coming off the tree, and the processing is so intricate, I was surprised that we actually got some coffee. Another thought was the need for exporting all the quality these countries can. They are so cash poor they have to sell all they can to provide for the economic system. We are sure lucky here to be able to enjoy the fruits of our labors without worrying so much about the money, so far. (Review Data Last Updated: 2008-08-22 06:33:30 EST)
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| 01-20-08 | 5 | 1\1 |
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Very cool book. Everythin you want to know about coffee but were afraid to ask. The Coffee Bible, you might say.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-04-11 06:15:00 EST)
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| 06-08-07 | 4 | (NA) |
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great book, very informative and well written. information and style come together.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-01-21 06:34:36 EST)
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| 03-27-06 | 5 | 1\2 |
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I learned a lot from this book about coffee, and it was a very valuable source of information when I recently purchased a new espresso machine.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-06-08 19:26:22 EST)
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