In this completely revised, expanded edition of his classic Home Coffee Roasting, James Beard Award nominated Kenneth Davids reveals the secrets to simple, quality home roasting.

Home Coffee Roasting provides insightful, easy-to-follow guidelines for every step in the process:

• The new home roasters: how to evaluate and use them
• A resource guide for green beans and home-roasting equipment
• Best techniques for storing green beans
• Tips on perfecting a roast
• How to create your own blend

With David’s charming blend of commentary on coffee, the history of roasting and connoisseurship, how-to instructions, copious illustrations, and an invaluable resource guide, this revised, expanded edition of Home Coffee Roasting is the one necessary book for every true coffee lover.

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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 ending in the reader’s own kitchen, Kummer leads a lively and informative discussion of all phases of coffee production, from harvesting to roasting to brewing.

He discusses different roasts and the different types of coffeemakers, and he even talks about caffeine consumption and methods of decaffeination that preserve the bean’s flavor.

At the end of The Joy of Coffee is a chapter chock full of recipes for tasty treats that either go well with coffee or include it as an ingredient.

Like a great cup of Joe, The Joy of Coffee is good to the very end.

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