
Review
If coffee from a can or jar is your idea of purgatory, The Joy of Coffee is the book for you. Its author, Corby Kummer, originally came to the subject of coffee while writing a series of articles for the Atlantic Monthly, and he found so much to say about the bean that he decided to write a book. Kummer began with some basic questions: “What matters most in buying coffee? How can you sort through the jumble of place names and whimsical labels on beans and blends? Is a dark roast better, more sophisticated, than a light roast? Is it essential to grind coffee beans at home?” What he learned in response to these queries comprises the bulk of The Joy of Coffee. Starting with a tour of a coffee plantation and en [Read More...]
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September 11th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
Very cool book. Everythin you want to know about coffee but were afraid to ask. The Coffee Bible, you might say.
September 11th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
I learned a lot from this book about coffee, and it was a very valuable source of information when I recently purchased a new espresso machine.