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Shawn Steiman

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Kansas City, The United States

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Shawn Steiman, Ph.D, is a coffee scientist, Q-grader, and consultant based in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. He is a graduate of Oberlin College and the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

His coffee research has included coffee production, entomology, ecology, physiology, biochemistry, organoleptic quality, and brewing. He owns Coffea Consulting, a coffee-centric consulting firm, and Daylight Mind Coffee Company, a multi-faceted business that includes a coffee roastery, a coffee house and a coffee school. Steiman regularly presents seminars, workshops, and tastings for both public and private events. In addition to 3 books, he has authored numerous articles in scientific journals, trade magazines, newsletters, and newspapers.

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	Coffee: A Comprehensive Guide to the Bean, the Beverage, and the Industry by Robert W. Thurston, Jonathan Morris (Editor), Shawn Steiman (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.73 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Little Coffee Know-It-All: A Miscellany for growing, roasting, and brewing, uncompromising and unapologetic 3.79 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hawai'i Coffee Book: A Gourmet's Guide from Kona to Kaua'i 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Ragpicker King (The Chronicles of Castellane, #2)

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Blood of the Old Kings (The Bleeding Empire Book 1)

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message 2: by Shawn

Dec 03, 2013 09:11AM

Todd wrote: "I think you've read more than zero books. Mrs. Turk would be appalled."

True! She would be. Maybe I'll start using Goodreads. I just got to remember...

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Dec 02, 2013 05:39PM

I think you've read more than zero books. Mrs. Turk would be appalled.

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