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Coffee: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Coffee

Do you consider yourself a coffee lover? Perhaps you enjoy a good cup of coffee once a day…or maybe it’s a whole pot? But have you ever stopped and wondered just how much more you could enjoy coffee if you just knew a little bit more about it? For example, did you know that there are more than a handful of different ways to brew your morning “cuppa Joe”? “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Coffee” is designed to teach you more about coffee than you ever imagined you wanted to know. Don’t worry, we’re not about to take you through the anatomy of the coffee bean (is there such a thing?) but we are about to open your eyes to a whole new world of coffee flavor! From the differences between the different types of coffee plants, to the differences between roasting, grinding and brewing methods, this book will make sure that you are equipped to make the best cup of coffee of your life by the time you put it down!

365 Things Every Tea Lover Should Know

This fun, attractive collection rejoices in all there is to learn, savor, praise, and enjoy about tea. Every turn of the page offers a feast ofquotes about the wonder of teafacts about tea’s history and qualitiestea-for-two (and more) party tipssips of inspiration for everyday livingsuggestions to make the most of every cupSized and designed for maximum gift-giving appeal, this presentation will serve joy to anyone longing for the restorative and flavorful spirit of tea.

The Little Coffee Know-It-All: A Miscellany for growing, roasting, and brewing, uncompromising and unapologetic

If they call you a know-it-all, well, you’ve got the last laugh – the best coffee in town!So you think you know your coffee? Consider this book your advanced degree in all things java. You may think you know the how and why of roasting and brewing, but you nerds know nothing yet. This goes even further into everyone’s favorite beverage. With even deeper history, techniques, science, and tasting guides than some of the other guides, you’re going to obsess over this book for the ultimate coffee lover. The Little Coffee Know-It-All is not for the faint of heart.What’s the best way to store coffee and why? How do you brew the perfect cup of joe? What’s the premium coffee bean in the world? What’s the roast with the most? What’s the real reason to use a siphon coffee maker? In The Little Coffee Know-It-All, Shawn Steiman, Hawaii’s own “Doctor Coffee,” answers these questions and more in a fun, playful but scientifically rigorous manner. If you are serious about your coffee, this book is the perfect companion to your journey from coffee drinker to a being a coffee know-it-all.