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The Hawaii Coffee Book

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"The Hawai'i Coffee Book: A Gourmet's Guide from Kona to Kaua'I" by Shawn Steiman ($[...], Watermark Publishing, 134 pp.). Hawaii boasts some of the world's best coffee and "The Hawai'i Coffee Book" covers the topic in amazing detail. As a matter of fact, I was impressed with how thorough this book covered the topic of coffee itself, let alone Hawaiian coffee. This book is practically a primer on coffee and you'll come away surprised at how much more you'll learn about it after reading this book.

"The Hawai'i Coffee Book" goes beyond expectations by including a chapter on cooking with coffee, plus the pictures and graphic illustrations complement the book in an exceptional manner. This book packs a lot of punch for just [...] bucks - you'll know you've gotten a good deal when you buy this one.

This book takes the reader on a journey through the islands of paradise using one of its iconic products-coffee-as the motif. All aspects of coffee growing, processing, tasting, even using in recipes, are included in here. For those visiting Hawaii, the many tours and seasonal festivals are really nice inclusions in the book. Since most people associate Hawaiian coffee with the Kona growing region, I found the sections on the history of where and when coffee was (and is being) grown to be particularly enlightening. The diversity of coffee varieties being grown was also interesting, especially since most of that diversity is outside the Kona region. This is a good read for those who want to learn more about one of the world's premier coffees, and I look forward to the second edition with updates in a few years' time.

The book is very interesting. It covers many aspects concerned with Hawaiian coffee from history, tradition, cultivation, quality control, roasting, tasting, buying a good coffee and has a very nice section with recipes the have coffee as an ingredient. Very, very nice book. Good pictures. Easy recipes that everyone can do. I recommend it.