The World Encyclopedia of Coffee [Hardcover]

Mary Banks (Author), Christine McFadden (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1999

This book explores all aspects of coffee, with interesting, informative text, beautiful color photographs and over 70 recipes.

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About the Author

Mary Banks is a native of Texas, and lived in Rome before working at the International Coffee Organization in London. She has been trained in all aspects of coffee processing, roasting, grinding, blending and brewing. This training has led to work for TV and radio and lecturing on the subject of coffee. Christine McFadden has many years experience as a food writer and editor, contributing to a variety of magazines and publications such as BBC Good Food, House and Garden and Healthy Eating. Catherine Atkinson is a trained Cordon Bleu Cook and has worked in various hotels and restaurants including the Roux Brothers patisserie. She currently works as a freelance writer and a consultant for various food and wine magazines as well as books. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Anness (November 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0754801977
• ISBN-13: 978-0754801979
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,480,660 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC!, April 6, 2006

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Jesseca Y. Lamb "thriller/suspense addict" (Central Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The World Encyclopedia of Coffee (Hardcover)

This book is absolutely amazing. It's so thorough. It takes you from the history of coffee to the way it is used today.

The way the history is written will hold your interest as they highlight and write in an entertaining way.

The book describes the process of getting the coffee beans, roasting them, and the way they are ground up. It uses great description in how the flavors are different.

Also, throughout the back of the book, there are TONS of different recipes from coffee drinks (hot and cold) to cakes, crepes, ice cream, and pies, along with many other recipes.

There are resources at the end of the book.

This is perfect for the kitchen, the coffee table, and especially a gift for the die hard coffee lover in your life. You'll learn more than you ever thought you could.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Coffee enthusist trying to learn more about describing coffee, March 21, 2007

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J. Cox (Athens, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The World Encyclopedia of Coffee (Hardcover)

The book is quite informative. I really have been looking for a reference that provides the scales for describing coffee: aroma, acidity, body, flavor and aftertaste are some of the standard descriptive categories and the descriptor for the extremes and midpoints of each category. I also wanted to see several coffees rated on these scales so I could calibrate myself to what muddy, complex, etc. really means. This was missing. My search continues.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Everything you want to know about coffee, March 28, 2000

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This review is from: The World Encyclopedia of Coffee (Hardcover)

It is a very interesting book about the history of coffee, coffee around the world, the art of coffee drinking, and many recipes of cakes, pastries, in which coffee is one of the ingredients. There are many nice pictures in the book. The only thing I dislike is that there are some spelling mistakes.