3RD EDITION
WE HAVE HERE, IN THE ROASTERY, NOT EVERY COFFEE BOOK KNOWN TO MANKIND, BUT A FEW HUNDRED. THE WORLD ATLAS OF COFFEE BY JAMES HOFFMANN HAS CERTAINLY FILLED A LARGE GAP IN THE COFFEE BOOK MARKET. NOT SINCE "THE COFFEE COMPANION" BY JON THORN IN 1995, OR "THE BOOK OF COFFEE" BY ALAIN STELLA PUBLISHED IN 1997, HAS ANYONE WRITTEN SUCH A THOROUGH WORK ON COFFEE.
CONSIDERING CUP OF EXCELLENCE & BARISTA CHAMPIONSHIPS HAVE ONLY COME ABOUT THIS CENTURY, AND THAT DIRECT TRADE & TRAVELLING TO ORIGIN {FOR SMALL COMPANIES AT LEAST} HAS ONLY BEEN A POSSIBILITY IN THE LAST TEN YEARS OR SO, THERE IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF MODERN COFFEE INFORMATION MISSING.
JAMES' BOOK IS WRITTEN IN THREE PARTS,
PART ONE COVERS VARIETIES, HARVESTING, PROCESSING ETC.
PART TWO COVERS ROASTING, TASTING, BREWING & ESPRESSO BASICS.
PART THREE COVERS THE ORIGINS - AFRICA, ASIA & THE AMERICAS - WITH TASTE PROFILES, GROWING REGIONS & A BRIEF COFFEE HISTORY OF EACH COUNTRY.
JAMES IS ONE OF THE OWNERS OF SQUARE MILE COFFEE ROASTERS IN LONDON & WAS THE 2007 WORLD BARISTA CHAMPION.
