Top FIVE coffee book recommendations
How to make coffee at home https://amzn.to/3Qgxt9t
by James Hoffmann
My Review : This booked helped me to start my home brewing journey. I purchased several v60’s and an Aeropress. This book will help with recipes and it is packed full of tips on how to get started. Follow the link to buy it.
What Amazon says: We all expect to be able to buy an excellent cup of coffee from the many brilliant coffee shops available. But what about the coffee we make at home? Shouldn't that be just as good?
Coffee expert James Hoffmann is the cofounder of Square Mile Coffee, as well as creating extremely informative, and popular, kit and coffee reviews for his YouTube and Instagram channels. In his latest book he demonstrates everything you need to know to make consistently excellent coffee at home, including: what kit is worth buying, and what isn't; how to grind coffee; the basics of brewing for all major equipment (cafetiere, aeropress, stovetop etc); understanding coffee drinks, from the cortado to latte; and the perfect espresso.
The World Atlas of Coffee https://amzn.to/3Ql3n4N
by James Hoffmann
My Review: A huge book that will expand and enrich your coffee knowldge. I loved the country guides. This book helped me develop a deeper knowledge about everything coffee.
What Amazon says: Coffee has never been better, or more interesting, than it is today. Coffee producers have access to more varieties and techniques than ever before and we, as consumers, can share in that expertise to make sure the coffee we drink is the best we can find. Where coffee comes from, how it was harvested, the roasting process and the water used to make the brew are just a few of the factors that influence the taste of what we drink. Champion barista and coffee expert James Hoffmann examines these key factors, looking at varieties of coffee, the influence of terroir, how it is harvested and processed, the roasting methods used, through to the way in which the beans are brewed.
Country by country - from Bolivia to Zambia - he then identifies key characteristics and the methods that determine the quality of that country's output. Along the way we learn about everything from the development of the espresso machine, to why strength guides on supermarket coffee are really not good news. This is the first book to chart the coffee production of over 35 countries, encompassing knowledge never previously published outside the coffee industry.
The Coffee Book: Barista Tips. Recipes. Beans From Around The World
by Annette Moldvaer https://amzn.to/4dcl5Bb
My Review: This is a great book for home baristas. It is full of tips and advice that I enjoyed reading. highly recommened. I improved my brewing technique thanks to the tips this book provided.
What Amazon says: Go on a journey from bean to brew and explore the history of coffee, its production and how to become an expert barista at home.
Are you a coffee lover who wants to learn how to extract the perfect brew? This coffee guide is a must-have for anyone looking for information and inspiration to experiment with different beans, methods, and flavours.
The Coffee Dictionary: An A-Z of coffee, from growing & roasting to brewing & tasting
by Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood https://amzn.to/4bg8cnX
My Review : Expert advice from a top Barista. I particulary liked the advice on gridning coffee. This can be a tricky area to get right. Take the advice of a top barista and you can’t go wrong.
What Amazon says : An A-Z compendium of everything you need to know about coffee, from a champion barista.
Coffee is more popular than ever before - and more complex.The Coffee Dictionaryis the coffee drinker's guide to the dizzying array of terms and techniques, equipment and varieties that go into creating the perfect cup.
With hundreds of entries on everything from sourcing, growing and harvesting, to roasting, grinding and brewing,three-time UK champion barista and coffee expertMaxwell Colonna-Dashwood explains the key factors that impact the taste of your drink.
Craft Coffee: Brewing a Better Cup at Home https://amzn.to/3Wm4Rzz
by Jessica Easto with Andreas Willhoff
My review : Again, a cracker book that will help the home brewer. One thing it will do is improve your technique.
What Amazon says : 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, written 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 the 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.