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Craft Coffee: A Manual: Brewing a Better Cup at Home Hardcover – November 7, 2017

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Named a top food & drink book of 2017 by Food Network, Wired, Sprudge, and Booklist.

This comprehensive but accessible handbook is for the average coffee lover who wants to make better coffee at home. Unlike other coffee books, this one focuses exclusively on coffee—not espresso—and explores multiple pour-over, immersion, and cold-brew techniques on 10 different devices.

Thanks to a small but growing number of dedicated farmers, importers, roasters, and baristas, coffee quality is at an all-time high. But for nonprofessionals, achieving café quality at home can seem out of reach. With dozens of equipment options, conflicting information on how to use that equipment, and an industry language that, at times, doesn’t seem made for the rest of us, it can be difficult to know where to begin.

Craft Coffee: A Manual, written by a coffee enthusiast for coffee enthusiasts, is a comprehensive guide to improving your brew at home. The book provides all the information readers need to discover what they like in a cup of specialty coffee—and how to replicate the perfect cup day after day. From the science of extraction and brewing techniques to choosing equipment and deciphering coffee bags, Craft Coffee focuses on the issues—cost, time, taste, and accessibility—that home coffee brewers negotiate and shows that no matter where you are in your coffee journey, you can make a great cup at home.
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“Provides all the information budding javaphiles need to discover what they like in a cup of specialty coffee—and how to replicate the perfect cup at home.” —Food Network

“Build a better brew by mastering 10 manual methods, from French Press to Chemex, with this comprehensive guide.” —Imbibe Magazine

“Like the coffee bean, Jessica Easto’s book . . . dives deep and reaches wide as it teaches consumers how to improve their daily cup.“ —Chicago Tribune

“Engaging and fun . . . . I really can’t recommend Craft Coffee: A Manual enough. If you’re even mildly curious about brewing coffee at home, it’s absolutely worth a read.” —BuzzFeed

“Easto’s manual for coffee enthusiasts goes beyond mere brew guide to pull back the curtain on the bean itself, coffee processing and roasting, and industry jargon—we’re on to you, tattooed barista. . . . Easto offers a thorough overview of coffee that is never elitist in tone, emphasizing that individual taste should always be one’s guide. . . . Clearly written and comprehensive, this book belongs in every home barista’s tool kit.” —Booklist, starred review

“Craft Coffee is a beautifully written guide to improving your home coffee no matter what your brew method or current coffee setup. . . . If this book doesn’t make your brew better, then I’m coming over to your house every morning, because your coffee is already top notch.” —Sprudge

“Eliminates the intimidation factor from manual brewing. . . . This guide offers value for new cafés or novice baristas, as well as the casual consumer.” —Fresh Cup Magazine

“If you’re ready to learn more about perfecting your morning cup, this is a great place to start.” —Wired

“There’s nothing quite like home brewing for sheer satisfaction. This book will help brewers to finesse their technique and select the best equipment.” —Perfect Daily Grind

“The small hardcover includes recipes and simply explains how to use equipment and produce tastier coffees.” —Eater Chicago

“A well-rounded presentation of coffee basics in an easily digestible format. From helping readers understand the origins of coffee and how it’s processed, to deciphering the vast array of available brewing methods and how to use them, Jessica and Andreas have put together an engaging resource that holds value for home brewers and professionals alike. Full of wonderful illustrations, convenient tables, and helpful sidebars, this is a coffee book well worth poring over.” —Ellie Bradley, editor, Fresh Cup Magazine

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“An engaging resource that holds value for home brewers and professionals alike. This is a coffee book well worth poring over.” —Ellie Bradley, editor, Fresh Cup Magazine

Chemex. V60. AeroPress. Oh my.

For such a simple beverage, coffee can seem complicated, especially if you don’t make it for a living. But thanks to a growing number of dedicated farmers, importers, roasters, and baristas, coffee quality around the world is at an all-time high, and achieving café-caliber goodness at home is well within reach.

That’s where this book comes in. Written by a coffee enthusiast for coffee enthusiasts, Craft Coffee helps you figure out what you like, what to buy, and how to use it. From demystifying the science of extraction and manual brewing techniques on 10 different devices to choosing equipment and beans, this accessible guide focuses on the issues—cost, time, taste, and accessibility—that home coffee brewers negotiate. No matter where you are in your coffee journey, you can make a great cup at home.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Agate Surrey; Sew edition (November 7, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1572842334
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1572842335
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.12 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 1 x 7.75 inches
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Alan Lekan
5.0 out of 5 stars Like a great cup of coffee, strikes the right balance
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2020
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Don’t let the compact package fool you as this is a world-class book that efficiently outlines all that is important to produce a superb cup of brewed coffee. It is NOT about anything ESPRESSO just so you know but just might be the single best resource to learn how to bring out the best in the coffee you have.

The author is a superb writer. If you have a very low tolerance for wonky or diffuse writing styles, you will be relieved to not find that here. She strikes an ideal balance between technical education, logical organization, story telling and a bit of entertainment. It will not be over anyone’s head, yet even an experienced barista will find little gems of know-how for enhancing to their craft.

The author rightly categorizes the current local/specialty coffee culture as “craft” which focuses on respect and support of origin/grower, fair distribution of profit throughout the supply chain and really understanding how to bring out the best in each origin through the various preparation processes. But it is mainly a book on how to optimize various immersion methods from Melitta, Chemex, Hario V60, Kalita Wave, etc.. For the classic French Press, the authors promote a unique, 8-minute method (its great). They wisely don’t disqualify the alluring French Press which is a favorite ritual for countless Europeans who knew a lot more about good coffee before we did over here.

The sections about country of origin, coffee sourcing, storing methods, tasting tips are not dragged down by blah blah but gives most people the key points. For example, the reader will learn the key aspects of a coffee that affect its taste profile: origin (Africa, So Am, Pacific, etc), growing elevation (>1500m is coveted), washing methods (wet, dry, natural, honey), types of beans (arabica, robusta, pacamara), etc.

So, is all this focus on making a simple cup of coffee the mere indulgent obsession of hipster culture? Sure, there is part of this, perhaps such as in the way “flavor notes” can be ridiculously bantered about like describing a work at an art show vs. simply enjoying what you like without analyzing it to death. (In fairness, such obsession is necessary F&B-industry language to standardize what is being experienced and later described). This book will help you appreciate the terroir influence on flavor (high altitude is superior), the producers and their culture and how to bring out their best in the preparation. Indiscriminate prep can dishonor a great coffee which is not cheap. And there is no honor in making bad coffee. This well-written book will help the novice enter the magic that is great coffee.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Comparison of Two Coffee Books: Craft Coffee vs. Brew
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2019
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To improve my home brewing and coffee knowledge, I picked up a couple of books. After reading both, this is my impression of each and how they are different from each other. To sum it up, Brew is a beginner-oriented guide with great photos, and Craft Coffee is both a beginner and intermediate level guide that contains a wealth of information but no photos.

Craft Coffee: A Manual
• Overall a 201 type of book – more detail and coverage of coffee beans, equipment, brewing, flavors, etc.
• Great walkthroughs of different brewing methods; has more brewing methods than Brew, including details on different pour over methods
• More science-oriented information, but still approachable to most people
• Much more detail than Brew on coffee origins and their characteristics, why coffees taste the way they do, and a more detailed breakdown of brewing equipment and how best to operate it
• No photos, no color graphics

Brew: Better Coffee at Home
• Overall a 101 type of book – simple, straightforward information about specialty coffee
• Great photos and useful beginner-oriented graphics; has the feel of a coffee table book
• Things that it has that Craft Coffee doesn’t: flash chill method, beautiful color photos, recipes (including cocktails)
• Lumps the pour over brewing method into basically one category (apart from Chemex) and doesn’t provide detailed information about how to brew using different pour over methods

I read Craft Coffee first, and because of that I breezed through Brew in about 30 minutes because Brew 1) has much less text and 2) Craft Coffee already covered almost everything that Brew contains.

So, if you’re the type of person that just wants the basics to step up your home brewing game, then Brew is probably the better option. If you’re looking for a more comprehensive guide to home brewing and coffee in general, then I recommend Craft Coffee for the reasons detailed above.

I think Craft Coffee has everything you need in a guide to better home brewing, whereas Brew might leave some people wanting for more information and detail in several areas.

Minor (very minor) cons for Craft Coffee are a few typos and lack of color graphics, which would have been useful in a couple of places.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great gift idea! Funny, useful, educational, and a pleasure to read. Also, it looks downright beautiful so that always helps. :)
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2018
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This book is a great way to learn more about coffee: where it's from, how it's grown, what all the jargon you hear at coffee shops means, how to brew better coffee at home, how to troubleshoot your off-tasting coffee brews, and more!

It strikes the perfect balance of being too industry-specific and too vague/overly-simplistic.

I especially enjoyed the brewing techniques outlined because they not only give you lots of recommendations on brewing with different devices, but explain to you _why_ you should do each step. Many folks on the internet will dogmatically tell you how to make the "best" French press/Chemex/V60/whatever and list a bunch of steps and leave it at that. That might get you started, but what do you do when it doesn't taste... good? That's where this book comes in. After reading it, you start to understand _why_ coffee can sometimes be life-changing and sometimes gross.

Another thing is that the authors do a great job at meeting consumers in the middle. They DON'T tell you to buy hundreds of dollars of fancy equipment (spoiler alert: you don't need a lot to make tasty coffee at home). Rather, they calmly explain to you what type of equipment and beans are most important to invest in and what will yield the most benefit based on your interest and needs.

I bought this for several friends over the holidays and they all love it!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Redble,great content
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2018
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Great content, as well i didnt like that it calls "a manual" and trought the book she has alot of subjective unrelevant.
Very organized and fully, from the fruit to the bean-proccess-methods and technique.
Readble for the ones that dont come from coffee understanding (prehaps, not for expert).
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Deleon Araújo.
5.0 out of 5 stars O melhor manual para quem está entrando no mundo dos cafés.
Reviewed in Brazil on April 6, 2024
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Leitura fácil, dinâmica e repleta de detalhes tais como, temperatura ideal da água, forma correta de despejar a água no V60, informações preciosas de equipamentos assim como a historicidade de cada um deles.

Hoje ele adorna a minha estante de livros sobre café.

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Oliv2675
5.0 out of 5 stars Section pratique, bien divisé selon la méthode de préparation
Reviewed in Canada on October 18, 2022
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J'ai été particulièrement surpris par les aides visuel du livre.
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Andrea Munari
5.0 out of 5 stars Utile
Reviewed in Italy on October 28, 2023
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Se volete un punto di partenza nel mondo del caffe in generale qui troverete molte informazioni utili.Questo libro vale la spesa.
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Pavel
5.0 out of 5 stars Practical. Informative. Interesting.
Reviewed in Poland on August 15, 2023
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I've read a lot of cooffee books already, and thyis one - one of the best.
It is not only very well descriptive but also super practical. The recipes provided there are super close to the reality with good deviations, for example for 1 recipe - multiple variations, like french press method and also cold brew, the same - for the clever dripper and so on.

Also, I found good short practical advises at the very end of the book with how to fix certain problems in your cup, which you can can use right away.
There is also a good balance in coffee regions explanations and processing methods - not too much, just to put some beautiful context for the beans we're buying, buuuut this also explaining how it affects our taste. Like, washed coffee = more origin nuances, moire clear cup. Natural = more body, and so on... This helped me take right decisions on my brewing methods.

If talking about another books, they making huge emphasis on the coffee origins parts, but more in encyclopedia manner unfortunatelly... But here, after reading, you clearly understand what does it mean and how it would help you to understand what will end up in your cup.
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Candane
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 17, 2022
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An easy read - not too technical.
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