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Coffee Basics: A Quick and Easy Guide | 
| Authors: Kevin Knox, Julie Sheldon Huffaker
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 71477
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 216
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0471136174
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.3373
EAN: 9780471136170
ASIN: 0471136174
Publication Date: January 1, 1997
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Product Description
A coffee lover's guide to the best brews?written by two industry insiders Coffee Basics is a brief, no-nonsense guide to coffee products, appreciation, and brewing. It demystifies coffee's origins and history, explores the overwhelming amount of different varieties and explains exactly how to brew the best cup. The authors describe the regional character of coffee beans from around the world and discuss a variety of roasting equipment and brewing methods for both home and restaurant. - Lists mail-order sources for the best beans, plus great coffee drink recipes, tasting tips, and a complete coffee taster's glossary
KEVIN KNOX (Boulder, Colorado) is a Vice President and coffee buyer for Allegro. As a beverage specialist for Starbucks he was responsible for appraisals, quality standards, recipes, training procedures, and brewing equipment. JULIE SHELDON HUFFAKER (Portland, Oregon) writes for Cafe Ole and Coffee Matters magazines.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Great intro July 4, 2007
D. Dominguez (Miami, FL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great introduction to the world of coffee for anyone getting into any part of the industry or if you just really enjoy coffee and want to learn more about it.
 A solid, useful reference May 13, 2007
Cameron Miller
I particularly enjoyed the Chapter on Regional Character (pp 47 - 71). I disagree with description of Kenya as being a "... brooding heavyweight ..." page 39. Kenyan coffee is notably light-bodied. Book has a good glossary of terms in Appendix A.
To the point -not over powering March 12, 2007
Robert G. Lackie (Alpine, CA)
I wanted to know about coffee. This book gave me knowledge about coffee. Easy to read and to the point. After reading this book I ended up talking to individuals in the coffee business and I was able to communicate on their level about coffee and its production.
Great source for coffee amateurs September 26, 2005
Maria De Los Pagan (Houston, TX)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I recommend this book for any person who wants to explore and expand his knowledge about the coffee. Its history, procedures, types of coffee, regions, recipes, etc. Good book with much information.
 Great coffee book May 12, 2003
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
This book gives a good basic understanding of what coffee is all about. I especially like the specificity of information about coffees from different areas in the Regional Character chapter. For example, discussing Costa Rica's two best growing areas and how the coffees differ. I also found the opinions of which coffees are worthy of their price helpful. I read the Perfect Cup first and am glad I did because it was a good coffee overview for me. Coffee Basics was a great second book for me because I was looking for more specific information about coffees of each area. If I hadn't read Perfect Cup first I think the break down of info. on each type of coffee/regional character would have been information overload for me. If you are new or relatively new to the coffee world and are excited about learning more and more about the subtlties and nuiances present in that cup, I highly recommend you read this book.
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