One of the country’s most celebrated roasters explains how to choose, brew, and enjoy the new breed of artisan coffees at home, along with 40 inventive recipes that incorporate coffee or taste good with a cup.
Blue Bottle Coffee Company has quickly become one of America’s most celebrated roasters. Famous for its complex and flavorful coffees, Blue Bottle delights its devoted patrons with exquisite pour-overs, delicious espressi, and specialized brewing methods.
Yet as coffee production becomes more sophisticated with specialized extraction techniques and Japanese coffee gadgets, the new artisan coffees can seem out of reach. The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee explains this new world from farm to cup, exploring the bounty of beans available and the intricate steps that go into sourcing raw coffee from around the globe. Blue Bottle founder James Freeman coaches you through brewing the perfect cup of coffee, using methods as diverse as French press, nel drip, siphon, and more to produce the best flavor.
For coffee lovers who want to roll up their sleeves and go deeper, Freeman explains step by step how to roast beans at home using standard kitchen tools—just like he did when starting out. The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee also introduces a home technique for cupping, the industry method of tasting coffees for quality control, so you can hone your taste and share your meticulously roasted coffee with friends.
Rounding out the book are more than thirty inventive recipes from Blue Bottle pastry chef and former Miette bakery owner Caitlin Freeman that incorporate coffee or just taste particularly good with coffee, such as Saffron Vanilla Snickerdoodles, Stout Coffee Cake with Pecan-Caraway Streusel, Affogato with Smoky Almond Ice Cream, Coffee Panna Cotta, and more.
With more than one hundred stunning photographs showing coffee’s journey from just-harvested cherry to perfect drink, this distinctive and deep guide to the new breed of amazing coffees from one of the top artisan coffee makers will change the way you think about—and drink—coffee.
Featured Recipes from The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee
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- Ten Speed Press
Nice coffee table book Its a very nice read but its more about reading on the experiences and insights of the founders of Blue Bottle Coffee.. the recipes are a bonus and you do learn about coffee, but not as detailed as I expected it. Two of my favorite parts of the book are when Mr Freeman talks about espresso pods with a tad of humor (yes – your Nespresso really taste bad compared to a real espresso machine) and when he explains in detail and “fine tuning” his favorite pour over method – you can tell he…
New Insights for the Coffee Aficionado! This is the third book I’ve read on the topic of Coffee, recently. It’s also the one which has given me the most insight into the people who grow, roast, and serve this wonderful beverage. I feel a bit transformed, actually.I thought the coffee revolution of the late ’60’s helped me to appreciate coffee more. I started buying Peet’s, ground my own, and experimented with pour over, French Press, and home espresso methods. I was very happy with my morning cup. Then, a new generation…
Great Book This book is a full-on revelation in the field of coffee. I thought I knew a lot about coffee. I was nearly clueless. The author has been one of the great pioneers of the so-called ‘Third Wave’ coffee movement, and I am a big fan. There are still so few places that roast and prepare coffee well, so it is a significant problem in my view. But as more and more people learn about coffee, things will continue to improve. This book and the documentary (available on Amazon) ‘A Film About Coffee’ are…