The Little Coffee Know-It-All by Steiman, Shawn -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Contents Introduction Part One: The Beans

100% Arabica—So What? What’s so Important About High-Altitude Coffee? What’s so Special About Shade-Grown Coffee? Coffee is the Seed of a Fruit?! Is One Round Peaberry Better than Two Flat-Faced Beans? Why Does My Roaster Talk About Cherry Processing? Can You Tell Me The Flavor Profile of the Coffee From Location X? Why Does a Coffee Plant Produce Caffeine? Coffee Can Rust? How Do I Really Know That’s Kona Coffee? That Coffee was Eaten By an Animal?

Part Two: The Roast

Why is a Coffee Bean Just a Tiny Test Tube? Are you Afraid of Dark Roasts? What do I Call This Roast Level? What do you Mean By Coffee Freshness? How do I Keep My Coffee Fresh? How is Coffee Decaffeinated? Will a Dark Roast Keep Me Up at Night? What’s the Deal With Acrylamide? Is There More to Know if I’m a Home Roaster?

Part Three: The Brew

Does Coffee Brewing Have Anything to do with Chemistry? How do I Know I Got it Right? Why Can’t I Call it a Siphon Brewer? What Kind of Grinder Should I Own? How do I Get the Most Buzz From a Cup?

Part Four: The Cup

What’s the Best Coffee in the World? Why Does this Coffee Taste Different than it did Last Time? How Can I Outsmart My Own Head? Why Does the Bag Say Wood and Spice but I Taste Earthy? How Come My Textbook Got the Tongue Map Wrong? Is that Cheese in My Coffee? Can I Drink Coffee when I’m in Outer Space? Why Does Coffee Send Me Straight to the Bathroom? Will Drinking Coffee Dehydrate Me?

References Acknowledgments About The Author Index Dedication Copyright Page