Contents
More than a wake-up pill • Filling the knowledge gap • Specialty vs. commercial coffees
Dancing (and nondancing) goats • Coffee’s economic paradox • Coffee snobs to the rescue
Coffee stores, real and virtual • What all the names mean • Roast names and roast taste
What to taste for • The cupping ritual demystified • Grace notes and ambiguities
Choosing coffee by origin • Blending and blends • Flavored coffees
6. How It Can Make the World Better
Coffee, people, and environment • Organic, shade-grown, fair-trade, and sustainable coffees
How coffee is roasted • Formula vs. eye, ear, and nose • How to roast your own
Keeping it fresh • Choosing the right grinder and grind
Choosing a method and a machine • Brewing it right
What makes espresso espresso • Espresso history • Classic, beatnik, and mall espresso
How to brew the coffee, froth the milk, assemble the drinks, and find the right equipment
The social sacrament • From coffee ceremony to travel mug
How coffee is grown, processed, and graded • Growing your own
Public ceremonies and ritual conviviality • Coffee places
15. Staying Healthy Drinking It
Poison vs. panacea • Science weighs in • Decaffeinated coffees
Sending for It: A List of Resources