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A Coffee Lover's Guide to Coffee: All the Must - Know Coffee Methods, Techniques, Equipment, Ingredients and Secrets
A friendly guide to coffee with the valuable information any coffee lover must know. Recent years have witnessed a quiet, almost unnoticeable all around the world, drip coffee has been replaced by espresso, macchiato, and cappuccino, with a similar quality to those served in the best Italian coffee shops.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 the perfect guide for any coffee lover!Enjoy the read, and enjoy your coffee even more!
Scroll up to grab your copy of A Coffee Lover’s Guide now!
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 the perfect guide for any coffee lover!Enjoy the read, and enjoy your coffee even more!
Scroll up to grab your copy of A Coffee Lover’s Guide now!
238 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 9, 2015
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January 2, 2020
For the love of coffee
A well written and careful discussion about all things coffee. Yes, I am a coffee fanatic, having more coffee brewing methods at my disposal than some people have shoes.
Not a cookbook or necessarily an intro to coffee, this is a book for people who love...really love it. Trivia and FAQ are abundant, and even some good guidelines for purchasing and storing.
Love love love!
A well written and careful discussion about all things coffee. Yes, I am a coffee fanatic, having more coffee brewing methods at my disposal than some people have shoes.
Not a cookbook or necessarily an intro to coffee, this is a book for people who love...really love it. Trivia and FAQ are abundant, and even some good guidelines for purchasing and storing.
Love love love!
September 9, 2017
I love coffee so this is a book of interest to those who love coffee and want to learn more about it. The edition I read is a Kindle edition. Although the print was really small, the font was very crisp and I had no trouble reading it on my smart phone Kindle app. The author has a remarkable lack of humor in the writing (maybe I just expect to be entertained while learning things) but once it got into the types of coffee drinks and how they are made, I was thoroughly hooked. I have to admit I've been quite curious about how cold brewed coffee is made and all of the differences between cappuccino, latte, etc. There's a lot of information including where to find additional information so this is a solid resource for those interested in coffee. I give this 4 stars instead of 5 since some of the reading is very dry but I suppose it's just a matter of what one finds interesting. This increased my appreciation of coffee.
June 30, 2017
A Coffee Lover's Guide to Coffee: All the Must - Know Coffee Methods, Techniques, Equipment, Ingredients and Secrets by Shlomo Stern
This book is very informational but it's hard to read with very light font color.
Contents include an intro, history, how to plant, harvest and the different tastes of coffee. Roasting, grinding and other type of coffee. Brewing methods are varied and even a section on espresso and many other specialty drinks.
Very in depth about the beans and what they will produce in way of flavor.
Many high color photographs included along the way.
Love index at the back that explains about the term used and it's definition.
URL links are included for reference and resources.
This book is very informational but it's hard to read with very light font color.
Contents include an intro, history, how to plant, harvest and the different tastes of coffee. Roasting, grinding and other type of coffee. Brewing methods are varied and even a section on espresso and many other specialty drinks.
Very in depth about the beans and what they will produce in way of flavor.
Many high color photographs included along the way.
Love index at the back that explains about the term used and it's definition.
URL links are included for reference and resources.
January 15, 2020
I love coffee☕. That being said I also appreciate learning new things. While this is not the type of book that you will sit and devour in a casual reading session. It is quite educational.
The font could be larger to make for a more comfortable reading experience
The photos are good and help with information, that at times can be slow and tedious.
The font could be larger to make for a more comfortable reading experience
The photos are good and help with information, that at times can be slow and tedious.
June 24, 2017
most excellent and entertaining book to find (free) on FreeBooksy! Chock full of interesting info.
July 2, 2020
Useful book for beginners
The book is a great source for a coffee learner. The information is short but interesting, it has very good images too. Highly recommended!
The book is a great source for a coffee learner. The information is short but interesting, it has very good images too. Highly recommended!
January 9, 2017
Highly informative read; well researched, written, editted.
June 29, 2016
It surprised me with the fact that it takes an average of 42 coffee beans to get 1 espresso shot (0.25 oz or 7 gram) of ground coffee.
That makes a double-shot espresso of 82 coffee beans, in my cup of latte macchiato.
I now appreciate my cup of coffee more than ever.
Recommended for coffee lovers.
That makes a double-shot espresso of 82 coffee beans, in my cup of latte macchiato.
I now appreciate my cup of coffee more than ever.
Recommended for coffee lovers.
May 18, 2016
For Coffee Fans
I never knew about the process of making coffee until I read this book. His is full of facts and trivia about the beverage. The United States became a coffee drinking nation because of the taxes on tea imposed by the British government on the Colonist.
I never knew about the process of making coffee until I read this book. His is full of facts and trivia about the beverage. The United States became a coffee drinking nation because of the taxes on tea imposed by the British government on the Colonist.
June 14, 2016
Confident Newbie
Coffee is something I enjoy. However, after reading this book I feel much more empowered and confident to try new things with coffee. This book is a great resource for coffee aficionados of any skill level.
Coffee is something I enjoy. However, after reading this book I feel much more empowered and confident to try new things with coffee. This book is a great resource for coffee aficionados of any skill level.
May 17, 2016
Good to the last drop
Anything and everything you could or want to know. I enjoyed the history and facts about coffee. If you like coffee you'll like this.
Anything and everything you could or want to know. I enjoyed the history and facts about coffee. If you like coffee you'll like this.
January 31, 2017
Yum
Lots of good info in this book things I didn't know, and things I did know. Good for reference. I will look to this again, I'm sure.
Lots of good info in this book things I didn't know, and things I did know. Good for reference. I will look to this again, I'm sure.
March 27, 2017
Why did I by " A COFFEE LOVER'S GUIDE TO COFFEE" by Shlomo Stern? I was born in Vienna, I guess that says it all. Anybody will be hard pressed to find a person born in Vienna who doesn't love coffee and coffee houses. It also means that I have read a lot of books about coffee and coffee houses.
I truly enjoy reading up on the topic.
Which is why I was not only surprised how much more I could learn from Stern's book; the amazing beauty of this book blew me away.
Though I missed a mentioning of Vienna's famous coffee houses, I loved the little history lessons in the book, "It was named Penny University because visitors could drink coffee and conduct discussions for the price of one penny. The number of new coffee shops grew so fast that by 1700 there were more than 2,000 coffee shops in England."
The art is in the details of this book. Though at first I was surprised that this book is more than 200 pages long, I so appreciated the beautiful pictures and the meaningful tables, listing each coffee's aroma , taste and preferred roast.
Stern also lists all countries where coffee is being grown and illustrates his descriptions with interesting AND beautiful pictures, that will bring the topic alive, even for a devoted tea drinker. I also learned something; indeed, I had no idea that they grow coffee in Vietnam. Somehow I had always thought that the local population prefers tea, to drink and to grow.
The appendix includes various charts to help readers by a coffee machine, should they be on the hunt. I love these charts. The catch is, Stern does not do what today's magazine evaluation do, just try to squeeze as much information into one chart and be done with it; he offers a chart for every aspect to be considered, really quite brilliant.
5 stars for this book, for excellence and beauty, even though Mr. Stern seems to ignore Vienna and its famous coffee houses completely.
Highly recommended for coffee lovers,
Gisela Hausmann, author and review expert
I truly enjoy reading up on the topic.
Which is why I was not only surprised how much more I could learn from Stern's book; the amazing beauty of this book blew me away.
Though I missed a mentioning of Vienna's famous coffee houses, I loved the little history lessons in the book, "It was named Penny University because visitors could drink coffee and conduct discussions for the price of one penny. The number of new coffee shops grew so fast that by 1700 there were more than 2,000 coffee shops in England."
The art is in the details of this book. Though at first I was surprised that this book is more than 200 pages long, I so appreciated the beautiful pictures and the meaningful tables, listing each coffee's aroma , taste and preferred roast.
Stern also lists all countries where coffee is being grown and illustrates his descriptions with interesting AND beautiful pictures, that will bring the topic alive, even for a devoted tea drinker. I also learned something; indeed, I had no idea that they grow coffee in Vietnam. Somehow I had always thought that the local population prefers tea, to drink and to grow.
The appendix includes various charts to help readers by a coffee machine, should they be on the hunt. I love these charts. The catch is, Stern does not do what today's magazine evaluation do, just try to squeeze as much information into one chart and be done with it; he offers a chart for every aspect to be considered, really quite brilliant.
5 stars for this book, for excellence and beauty, even though Mr. Stern seems to ignore Vienna and its famous coffee houses completely.
Highly recommended for coffee lovers,
Gisela Hausmann, author and review expert
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