Coffee Basics
Author: Knox
Put your local coffee bar to the test with Coffee Basics!
With thousands of coffee bars and restaurants serving an endless variety of blends, roasts, and brews, ordering a specialty coffee drink has become as daunting a task as selecting a fine wine. How can you distinguish between great coffee and great hype? Read Coffee Basics.
Kevin Knox and Julie Sheldon Huffaker have filled this handy reference with hundreds of industry truths and trade secrets. You'll learn the fundamentals of coffee buying, brewing, and tasting; and develop an aficionado's ability to see beyond the expensive trappings of today's coffee explosion. You'll discover:
- The basic coffee facts: its origin, history, and many varieties
- Step-by-step methods for selecting, roasting, blending, and flavoring coffee "to taste"
- A coffee taster's glossary
- Simple charts showing grind progression, relative grinding times, and regional characteristics
- The scoop on decaffeinated, organic, and espresso beans
- Specialty coffee recipes
- Lists of the best sources for beans and professional equipment
Whether you make coffee at home or at a fine restaurant, Coffee Basics offers a bottomless cup of brewing knowledge and drinking pleasure.
Table of Contents:
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Ch. 1 | What Is Coffee? | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | A Brief History of the Bean | 15 |
| Ch. 3 | The Name Game: Reading Coffee Labels | 21 |
| Ch. 4 | A Taster's Guide to Cupping Coffees | 29 |
| Ch. 5 | Regional Character | 41 |
| Ch. 6 | Roasting and Blending | 73 |
| Ch. 7 | How to Brew Great Coffee at Home | 89 |
| Ch. 8 | Espresso: A World unto Itself | 121 |
| Ch. 9 | Putting Restaurants to the Test | 139 |
| Ch. 10 | Customizing Your Coffee | 147 |
| Ch. 11 | Issues in the Marketplace | 155 |
| Appendix A | Glossary of Tasting Terms | 177 |
| Appendix B | Equipment Sources, Related Reading, and Industry Information | 183 |
| Index | 191 |
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reFresh: Contemporary Vegan Recipes From the Award Winning Fresh Restaurants
Author: Ruth Tal
One of Canada’s hottest restaurants puts a Fresh spin on vegetarian cuisine!
Toronto’s Fresh restaurants are consistently rated as among the most popular restaurants in the city. Appealing to vegetarians, vegans and those who enjoy meatfree meals as part of a healthy diet, Fresh has evolved from a humble juice bar into a chain of three dynamic and gorgeous downtown restaurants.
reFresh is a new edition of Ruth Tal’s first book, Juice for Life (Wiley 2000, 978-0-7715-7690-4). Completely revised and updated, reFresh offers the reader a sumptuous selection of the best recipes found on the restaurant’s menu today, all in a gorgeous full colour package that reflects the award-winning style and design of the restaurants themselves.
New in this edition:
• Over 100 of the latest recipes from the three Fresh restaurants
• A fresh new design that calls attention to the health benefits of various menu items
• Information on nutritional supplements that can be incorporated into the recipes for an added boost!
• Up-to-date information on buying and using a juicer at home
• A complete recipe index
• A new foreword by renowned chef Susur Lee
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