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Home Coffee Roasting: Romance and Revival Paperback – April 15, 1996
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- Print length256 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSt. Martin's Griffin
- Publication dateApril 15, 1996
- Dimensions6.96 x 0.54 x 9.06 inches
- ISBN-100312141114
- ISBN-13978-0312141110
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- Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin (April 15, 1996)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 256 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0312141114
- ISBN-13 : 978-0312141110
- Item Weight : 12.8 ounces
- Dimensions : 6.96 x 0.54 x 9.06 inches
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Overall I thought the book was a good read for coffee geeks, and coffee snobs. That's how my wife has taken to discribing me to ours friends since started my home roasting/brewing hobby about two years ago. I love home roasting and brewing it Provides me with a lot of satisfaction and enjoyment all during the day while drain my thermos & & keep my coffee cup full @ work. Once you get past the initial equipment investment you really can save some money home rosting & brewing over buying premium coffee from your local roaster or your favorite coffe shop. However, it does take time & dedicaton each week to roast our own. Also there is a slight learning curve to overcome so it may not be for everyone. Surf the web there is tons of info about home roasting coffee so you can see if it is really something you want to get into. I roast & brew about a 1 pound per week I love it it's a fun, helps me stay awake at work, and my coffee so Ii have been told tastes great & I certainly like it or I wouldn't go through the work of roasting grinding and brewing all of the time. I even roasted about 20 pounds of coffee and gave to friends and family as
Christmas gifts. They loved it and almost everyone has asked for more. This book & several other resources available on the Internet have helped me improve my roasting techniques and broaden my pallet and tastes for varoius coffees and roasting styles. I hope this review was helpful. Now let's go home; roast, grind & brew a cup of coffee!
Aside from that though, there is some very good information in here about the science, the process, and the types of beans and character around the world. The agriculture, science, and history of coffee probably hasn't changed much since this was originally written, so all of that information is highly useful.
I would highly recommend this book as I read it cover to cover four times before attempting to roast my own coffee beans for the first time. It gave me the knowledge and confidence to know what I was doing and how to manage the experience to get a very successful outcome the first time!
virtually all of the commercial roasters, and some homemade, are, and
in great detail. Easy to read, well articulated without being pompous, he
describes the origins of the coffee beans, processing, and shipping. Now
I know why canned coffee tastes so awful! He describes the entire roast
process, all the way from storage of the green beans to grinding and brewing,
and even some coffee flavorings to spice things up for those who enjoy that.
An engaging book for someone who really enjoys coffee, and especially for
those home roasters.
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It covers the history of coffee roasting, a whole stack of different methods of roasting (ranging from a big metal spoon in an open fire to professional roasting equipment), it covers a good selection of consumer machines with their strengths and weaknesses. It describes the process of harvesting coffee and preparing it for roasting, it describes the roasting process itself in a lot of detail along with the tastes associated with different levels of roasting. It covers coffees from around the world, and describes methods of blending and cupping coffees.
Quite simply, if you are even thinking about roasting coffee at home don't do anything until you've read this book.











