Making Your Own Gourmet Coffee Drinks: Espressos, Cappuccinos, Lattes, Mochas, and More!

by Mathew Tekulsky

Now you can enjoy gourmet coffee drinks at home with Making Your Own Gourmet Coffee Drinks. This guide to all things coffee has more than 100 recipes and not only shows you how to make all the standard gourmet coffee drinks, but also introduces you to exciting new flavors like Chocolate Cream Coffee, Spiced Coffee Cider, Blended Banana Coffee, Cappuccino Royale, Butterscotch Cappuccino, Iced Almond Coffee, Chocolate-Coffee Crush, Coffee Ice Cream Soda, Strawberry Delight, Iced Maple Espresso, Tropical Espresso Delight, and Coffee Alexander. Learn how to make the perfect cup of coffee with tips on selecting the best quality beans, proper storage methods, the right way to grind coffee, the best way to steam milk, and where to buy your equipment. Aside from traditional hot drinks, this guide teaches you how to make delicious cold brews that are perfectly paired with various liqueurs. Whether you’re waking up in the morning with a hot cup of espresso or winding down with a Mochachino Float, these gourmet coffee drinks are a delicious addition to any day.   8 color photographs, 14 b&w illustrations

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction, Cooking

112 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 4, 1993

About the author

Mathew Tekulsky is an award-winning and best-selling author of novels, screenplays, and nonfiction. His novels include The Chestnut Tree; Saving Annie, a Feathered Quill Book Awards Gold Winner in Adult Fiction and finalist in the American Book Fest Best Book Awards; and Bernie and the Hermit, a finalist in the William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition. His adapted screenplays have received awards from film festivals including the Paris Film Awards, the London International Film Festival, the Cinema New York City Film Festival, and the Toronto Film Awards. His short stories have appeared in a variety of literary magazines.

In nonfiction, he is the author of books including How to Create a Butterfly Garden, The Art of Hummingbird Gardening, Backyard Bird Photography, Galapagos Birds: A Photographic Voyage, Americana: A Photographic Journey, and Making Your Own Gourmet Coffee Drinks. He also wrote “The Birdman of Bel Air,” an online column for National Geographic chronicling his bird experiences through essays and photography. His bird photography has been exhibited in galleries and museums, including the Roger Tory Peterson Institute.

A native of Larchmont, New York, Mathew attended Mamaroneck High School before earning a BA in history with a minor in English from University of Rochester in 1975. During his Junior Year Abroad at the University of Birmingham, he wrote a thesis on Aldous Huxley. In his senior year at Rochester, he studied Southern literature with novelist Jesse Hill Ford. His work often explores memory, history, nature, and the emotional landscape of American life.

Reviews

[(a)lyss(a) · Rating 2 out of 5]

The weakness of this book is how outdated it is now.

The book has a list at the end of places where you can buy coffee beans, with addresses included, and I would be very surprised if any of those places are still there today. The recipes are straight forward and fairly simple, which is nice. But without a history of the drinks or more information about coffee, there isn't anything in the book you can't find online.

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute little book filled with delicious recipes for the home gourmet to use.

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great little book to have on hand if you love a cup of coffee as much as you do reading! Some of these recipes I had never even heard of but cannot wait to try! Enjoy!

[Diane Morris · Rating 2 out of 5]

A nice book texture-wise, good hand size, easy-to-read font, dark print on beige-cream paper.

The basic point is there is coffee and espresso; it can be hot or cold and you add things to it. Usually 1/4 cup cream or 1 cup milk and sweetener - sugar, chocolate syrup, maple syrup, ice cream, rum, Kahlua, Cointreau.

The most interesting thing I found was you could make cold coffee by steeping coffee grounds in cold water for 10-24 hours - just like sun tea.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sp many good coffee ideas

[Mckinley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Basics

[Carly Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Perfect for any coffee lover! Great book to give with a new espresso machine! No photos, though.

[Wallis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good recipes. I've tried quite a few, and it was easy to modify them to be vegan. I'm hoping this book will save me a few $$ as I will brew and concoct my own coffee drinks at home instead of paying $5-6 at a coffee shop for a similar drink.