Coffee Isn’t Rocket Science · A Quick And Easy Guide To Buying, Brewing, Serving, Roasting, and Tasting Coffee by Sébastien Racineux, Chung-Leng Tran, Yannis Varoutsikos -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Chapter 1: Coffee miscellanea

What kind of coffee drinker are you? Coffees for every taste Coffee around the world Where to get a coffee The coffee family The coffee trade The coffee professionals Coffee lingo The trouble with coffee

Chapter 2: Making a coffee

Grinding your coffee Coffee grinders Types of burrs Maintaining your grinder Water! A quick chemistry lesson Choosing your water Your perfect cup The espresso cup Espresso The long history of a short coffee Espresso: the tasting experience Tasting Example of a tasting form The espresso machine Choosing your machine Maintaining your machine How it works How to maintain a stable temperature The barista’s routine The strength of the espresso Styles of espresso Espresso by the numbers Espresso map It doesn’t taste right! Why? Milk, coffee & latte art The heart The tulip The rosetta Cappuccino & Co. Filter coffee What you need to make filter coffee Filter coffee: the tasting experience Example of a tasting form Coffee filters The French press The Aeropress The Clever Coffee Dripper The siphon The Hario V60 The Chemex The Kalita Wave The moka pot The electric coffee maker Filter coffee by the numbers Cold coffee Cold brew Japanese-style iced coffee

Chapter 3: Roasting

Roasting The roasting of the bean Roasting styles Blend or single origin? Creating your own blend Reading a coffee package Purchasing specialty coffee Storing coffee at home Cupping The flavor wheel Decaffeination

Chapter 4: Cultivation

Coffee cultivation Life cycle of a coffee plant More about coffee growing Coffee varieties Seasonality and freshness of green coffee Traditional methods of drying coffee Hybrid methods of drying coffee Drying: A recap Cleaning, sorting, and packaging of green coffee Coffee-producing countries Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Burundi Réunion Island Brazil Colombia Ecuador Bolivia Peru Costa Rica Panama Guatemala Honduras El Salvador Nicaragua Mexico Jamaica Hawaii Indonesia India

Chapter 5: Appendices

Useful addresses & coffee events Coffee shop cakes & cookies

Acknowledgments The Authors The Illustrator Newsletters

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