Craft coffee A manual : brewing a better cup at home

Jessica Easto

Book - 2017

This comprehensive but accessible handbook is for the average coffee lover who wants to make better coffee at home. Unlike other coffee books, this one focuses exclusively on coffee, not espresso, and explores multiple pour-over, immersion, and cold-brew techniques on 10 different devices. Thanks to a small but growing number of dedicated farmers, importers, roasters, and baristas, coffee quality is at an all-time high. But for nonprofessionals, achieving café quality at home can seem out of reach. With dozens of equipment options, conflicting information on how to use that equipment, and an industry language that, at times, doesn't seem made for the rest of us, it can be difficult to know where to begin. Craft Coffee: A Manual, writt...en by a coffee enthusiast for coffee enthusiasts, is a comprehensive guide to improving your brew at home. The book provides all the information readers need to discover what they like in a cup of specialty coffee and how to replicate the perfect cup day after day. From the science of extraction and brewing techniques to choosing equipment and deciphering coffee bags, Craft Coffee focuses on issues -- cost, time, taste, and accessibility -- that home coffee brewers negotiate, and shows that no matter where you are in your coffee journey, you can make a great cup at home.

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Subjects
Genres
Handbooks and manuals
Published
Chicago : Surrey Books, an Agate Imprint [2017]
Language
English
Main Author
Jessica Easto (author)
Other Authors
Andreas Willhoff (author)
Edition
First edition
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
272 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
ISBN
9781572842335
  • Brewing basics
  • Choosing hardware
  • The coffee
  • Buying the coffee
  • The flavor
  • Brewing methods
  • Appendix: Troubleshooting, tips, and tricks.
Review by Booklist Review

*Starred Review* Easto's manual for coffee enthusiasts goes beyond mere brew guide to pull back the curtain on the bean itself, coffee processing and roasting, and industry jargon we're on to you, tattooed barista. As the title indicates, the book is devoted to knowledgeably making craft coffee at home, a term coined to reflect the values of the third-wave coffee movement, which focuses on the coffee bean's unique flavors, ethical production, and connection to independent coffee roasters. Consulting with Willhoff, director of education for Halfwit Coffee Roasters, Easto offers a thorough overview of coffee that is never elitist in tone, emphasizing that individual taste should always be one's guide. That said, this is for people who want to level up their coffee game, which means buying high-quality beans and ditching the countertop coffee maker for one of the 10 manual brew methods detailed in the book's pages. Divided into two main categories, immersion and pour over, Craft Coffee walks readers through the equipment, measurements, and brewing technique for each device, accompanied by a description of the cup it produces. A few of the methods covered are the French press, AeroPress, Chemex, Hario V60, and BeeHouse dripper. Sections are also dedicated to understanding different coffee-growing regions, expanding one's palate, deciphering the bag's label, and troubleshooting one's brew. Clearly written and comprehensive, this book belongs in every home barista's tool kit.--Smith, Julia Copyright 2017 Booklist

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