Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Coffee miscellanea
What kind of coffee drinker are you? 2
Coffees for every taste 4
Coffee around the world 6
Where to get a coffee 8
The coffee family 10
The coffee trade 11
The coffee professionals 12
Coffee lingo 14
The trouble with coffee 16
Chapter 2 Making a coffee
Grinding your coffee 20
Coffee grinders 22
Types of burrs $$$ 24
Maintaining your grinder 25
Water! 26
A quick chemistry lesson 27
Choosing your water 28
Your perfect cup 30
The espresso cup 31
Espresso 33
The long history of a short coffee 34
Espresso: the tasting experience 36
Tasting 40
Example of a tasting form 41
The espresso machine 42
Choosing your machine 44
Maintaining your machine 46
How it works 47
How to maintain a stable temperature $$$ 48
The barista's routine 50
The strength of the espresso 52
Styles of espresso 53
Espresso by the numbers $$$ 54
Espresso map $$$ 58
It doesn't taste right! Why? 60
Milk, coffee & latte art 62
The heart 64
The tulip 65
The rosetta 66
Cappuccino & Co 67
Filter coffee 71
What you need to make filter coffee 72
Filter coffee: the tasting experience 74
Example of a tasting form 77
Coffee filters 78
The French press 80
The Aeropress 82
The Clever Coffee Dripper 84
The siphon 86
The Hario V60 88
The Chemex 90
The Kalita Wave 92
The moka pot 94
The electric coffee maker 96
Filter coffee by the numbers $$$ 98
Cold coffee 101
Cold brew 102
Japanese-style iced coffee 103
Chapter 3 Roasting
Roasting 106
The roasting of the bean 108
Roasting styles 110
Blend or single origin? 112
Creating your own blend 113
Reading a coffee package 114
Purchasing specialty coffee 115
Storing coffee at home 116
Cupping 118
The flavor wheel 120
Decaffeination 122
Chapter 4 Cultivation
Coffee cultivation 126
Life cycle of a coffee plant 128
More about coffee growing 130
Coffee varieties 132
Seasonality ant! freshness of green coffee 134
Traditional methods of drying coffee 136
Hybrid methods of drying coffee 138
Drying: A recap 139
Cleaning, sorting, and packaging of the green coffee 140
Coffee-producing countries 142
Ethiopia 144
Kenya 145
Rwanda 146
Burundi 147
Réunion Island 148
Braril 150
Colombia 151
Ecuador 152
Bolivia 153
Peru 154
Costa Rica 156
Panama 157
Guatemala 158
Honduras 159
El Salvador 160
Nicaragua 161
Mexico 164
Jamaica 165
Hawaii 166
Indonesia 168
India 170
Chapter 5 Appendices
Useful addresses & coffee events 174
Coffee shop cakes & cookies 176
Index 179
