Customer Reviews

Cappuccino/Espresso: The Book of Beverages (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks)

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The size is perfect for a quick kitchen reference book. The format is user friendly and has a certain charm. It is not the best guide for begining cappuccino makers as the directives are vague regarding how to make the perfect cup of expresso. As the book points out itself, in order to get a perfect cappuccino, you must first brew a perfect expresso. Overall, I enjoyed the recipes and like the fact that cold drinks were included for the warmer months. The price makes it an easy addition to any kitchen that has an expresso machine.

This book has every catigory of coffee beverage and is great for the beginner, or as a gift for the friend who just bought there first cappuccino/expresso machine. I found lots of interesting drinks to try, hot and cold as well as lists and ideas for flavors to go with the drinks. I brought it home and read it, then tried several items all that same night.

I bought this book from Amazon.com many years ago and have fully enjoyed it. It has a lot of variety with the recipes, it also has a section on Italian Cream sodas, which are very good, especially in the summer time when you would rather have something cool as opposed to something hot. Most all the syrups can be bought from Da Vinci Gourmet if you have no place to buy them in your home town. My favorite recipes vary with this book, but I have tried many. The two best would be Strawberry Amaretto Mocha and Coffee Toffee. Although I do find all of them very good. I wish there were more books like this, it mostly contains all recipes which was what I was looking for.

My husband and I found this book a delight when wanting something other than plain coffee. With the variety of sugar-free syrups out there now, one can enjoy some of the most decadent cups of 'dessert' available with little affect to the waistline. If you enjoy coffee, cappuccino and/or espresso, you will likely use this book often.

My husband just bought himself a barista and has been having a blast with this recipe book! He's bought so many of the syrup flavors that we're getting a wine rack to store them. We haven't tried all the drinks yet, but so far we haven't been disappointed with any of them.

I really liked this book. I was looking for a coffee recipe book and for me this is it! It even helped me develop my own recipes. I would recommend this book to every one.

Nothing outstanding that you probably have not heard of before this purchase but gives you a couple of ideas to do something different. Easy to use.

Let me state right upfront, this is not a bad book it just isn't what I hoped for. If you strive to recreate what can be had at Starbucks & CO this book is for you. If you however want to learn how to make the various coffees unique to Europe this book will disappoint. You will look in vain for the Viennese Melange, the Greek Cafe Frappe, or a Turkish Coffee. A rather meager handful of Italian Coffee's are the only real coffee's in this book. Everything else is flavor syrup this, and fudge that, with a scoop of Rocky Road on top, exactly the stuff I am tired of.

Handy companion if you're looking for additional coffees to your drinks menu.
The book has no pictures to go with the recipes, which is a pitty. Nevertheless, useful.

I bought this little book about 5 years ago, and love going back to it for different drink ideas. It provides a basic background on coffee and the different types of espresso-based drinks. It's great to get my creativeness going on new recipes. Nice to keep around if you're throwing a party and need some new interesting drink ideas. Also provides alcoholic versions.