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 enlarge | Author: Kenneth Davids
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 43145
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0312312199
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.3373
EAN: 9780312312190
ASIN: 0312312199
Publication Date: November 20, 2003
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 Romancing this book May 7, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great history. I learned a lot from this book. I would recommend it to anyone that is alreaday roasting coffee.
Coffee roasting, explained January 21, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Although my coffee roasting apparatus (homemade) is not included in this book,
virtually all of the commercial roasters, and some homemade, are, and
in great detail. Easy to read, well articulated without being pompous, he
describes the origins of the coffee beans, processing, and shipping. Now
I know why canned coffee tastes so awful! He describes the entire roast
process, all the way from storage of the green beans to grinding and brewing,
and even some coffee flavorings to spice things up for those who enjoy that.
An engaging book for someone who really enjoys coffee, and especially for
those home roasters.
If you can read you can roast May 6, 2005
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book can take you from ground zero to roasting your coffee at home. In the process you will learn of the history and make-up of coffee. There are chapters on equipment and techniques. You get charts for telling the different results of roasting by time and color.
Just when you think you have it all down pat there are references as to where to purchase equipment, green coffee, and further reading.
I am dabbling with each method yet if you do not dive into roasting the information alone is worth the purchase price.
Fun, informative and enlightening! December 30, 2004
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
Let me start off by saying that I do not like to read at all. I rarely start books and even more rarely finish them. With this book however I read it from cover to cover in three days! A very fun book for the coffee hobbyist or anyone who would like to learn more about coffee and home coffee roasting. Not only is this book packed with history (in a fun way) it is also a wealth of reference information regarding home roasting and the overall coffee process, from plant to cup!
This book is laid out in a very easy to read format. The chapters can be long but everything is broken down into small 1-4 page sections. Kenneth Davids has a real grasp on the fundamentals of coffee production and lays out a lot of information in an easy to follow entertaining way. The book reads very well from cover to cover.
The content is not too scientific and also not too general. Whether you have no idea about anything coffee or you are a coffee hobbyist (like me) you will learn a lot and come to appreciate all that goes into a truly good cup of coffee. Davids also includes a lot of reference information laid out in a fashion that is easy to search and locate specific information such as coffee origin notes, roasting and flavor terms, roasting equipment and methods to name a few. Davids does review and discuss many of todays home roasting equipment quite well however this information is already dated. Not to worry though the total of this information represents a small portion of the total book.
Included are also a lot of drawings and diagrams. This book really captures the romance of coffee and coffee roasting and delivers it in a wonderful easy to read and use fashion. I cannot put this book down and have read and reread many parts of it. I refer to the roasting notes and procedures to assist in my home roasting. This book is as much an indispensable tool as it is an entertaining easy chair read. If you even have a slight interest in coffee then this book has a lot to offer!
 Dated, only for the true beginner January 6, 2003
9 out of 16 found this review helpful
If you have other books by the same author,
pass this one. Roasting techniques and styles
are to be found on various web sites with much
greater detail.
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