The Home Barista: How to Bring Out the Best in Every Coffee Bean
For coffee enthusiasts everywhere, a charming handbook to becoming your own favorite barista More than 100 million Americans start each day with a cup of coffee (many at no small price)! It’s a fact : We love coffee. Now, in The Home Barista, two professionals reveal the secrets to brewing coffee worthy of the priciest
For coffee enthusiasts everywhere, a charming handbook to becoming your own favorite barista
More than 100 million Americans start each day with a cup of coffee (many at no small price)! It’s a fact : We love coffee. Now, in The Home Barista, two professionals reveal the secrets to brewing coffee worthy of the priciest cafés right in your own kitchen.
Connoisseurs Simone Egger and Ruby Ashby Orr enlighten readers with insights and advice from crop to cup and beyond. Savvy, smart, and charmingly designed, The Home Barista guides you through the essentials—from understanding your bean’s origins and establishing your palate to perfecting your technique. It’s the essential coffee-lover’s guide to turning a simple bean into a sensational beverage:Roast your own beans. (Is it worth it? How not to burn them!)Learn all the lingo you need to talk coffee like a pro.Master the elusive espresso (by refining tamp, time, and temperature).Create barista-worthy milk texture and foam designs.Try seven different ways to brew—from the French press to the Turkish ibrik.
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Probably good for beginners, too basic for experienced coffee enthusiasts I bought this as a gift for a friend who is not only a coffee enthusiast, but also a former barista, thinking he’d enjoy some new ideas and techniques for his at-home coffee.I flipped through the book when I got it and it was obviously for someone who’s new to the coffee world. Seemed like a good book, but not for someone who’s more experienced with coffee.
This book is good if you are looking for very, very, very,…….did I say very,…….basic information. This book is good if you are looking for very, very, very,…….did I say very,…….basic information. It is a small book and as a result content does not go very deep. Example, the history of coffee along with regions and regional characteristics was covered in about 15, maybe 20 6″x6″ pages which included pictures with a few sentences per country of origin. The “how too’s”, at least the ones I read, did not go into much detail, no tips and tricks, guidelines, or things to…
Awesome! I purchased this book for a wedding shower to include with the bride’s Crate and Barrel coffee mugs. She thanked me more for the book than the mugs… so money well spent (on the book, at least!) I glanced through prior to giving it to her… well written and great photos!