The Espresso Bartenders Guide to Expresso Bartending [Paperback]

Sally Slankard (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 191 pages
• Publisher: Hooked on Espresso; Revised edition (June 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963617370
• ISBN-13: 978-0963617378
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,103,304 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good recipes, incredibly crappy book, April 9, 2002

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Brian Connors (Yarmouth, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Espresso Bartenders Guide to Expresso Bartending (Paperback)

This book is a prime example of why self-publishing is an iffy proposition. The recipes in it are excellent; that's not the problem. The writing is wretched, the editing is nonexistent; while I'm sure the author is an excellent tutor one on one (whatever criticisms I have of the book as written, she knows what she's talking about), but she cannot write to save her life. I found reading this book as an adjunct to my training (I was a Starbucks barista at the time) to be terribly useful, but I haven't seen my copy since 1999 and I haven't really missed it.

The only really invaluable recipe here is the Snickerdoodle latte, which is a vanilla latte with whipped cream and cinnamon on it. Apart from that there are far better sources for information. For the record, the three stars I gave this book are almost solely because of the recipes (it gets some props for at least attempting an organization that fits a barista better than a bartender, though); if it wasn't for that it would barely be deserving of one star.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 600 recipes will help those going into the business, March 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Espresso Bartenders Guide to Expresso Bartending (Paperback)

I liked the Espresso Quick Reference Guide better but they make a good team of books for those going into the espresso business.

36 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars BAD !, June 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Espresso Bartenders Guide to Expresso Bartending (Paperback)

600 recipies ... WHO NEEDS IT ? There is nothing said about the art of making a great espresso, a few useless pages in the begining and that's it. What about all the different types of coffee machines ( piston or pump ? ), the water, the milk ? In the little paragraph about milk, UHT milk used throughout Europe, the land of Espresso, is not even mentioned ... and yes you can make your own UHT milk. There are so many recipes that would make anyone SICK, the awful variations suggested were invented to fill in pages. A barista needs to know how to make good espresso and a few basic coffee drinks, no one needs a book suggesting Marshmellow in a rasberry flavored ... thing, topped with whip cream. Awful. Coffee lovers : avoid it.