The Perfect Cup : a coffee lover's guide to buying, brewing, and tasting / Timothy James Castle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Castle, Timothy James.

Contributor:

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coffee.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

xi, [1], 244 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Distribution:

Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.

Place of Publication:

Reading, Mass. : Aris Books, 1991.

Contents:

Foreword / Corby Kummer

Introduction

I. Getting to know beans about coffee. How to compare coffee tastes; The vocabulary of coffee; Decaffeinated coffee; Flavored coffee; Learning the language; A coffee lover's guide to the world of coffee; Roasting; Blending

II. How to brew the perfect cup. Brewing methods; Pre-brewing care and considerations; Espresso yourself

III. How to buy coffee and whom to buy it from. Choosing a roaster-retailer

IV. Coffee's journey from mountain to market. Where coffee is grown; How coffee is grown; How coffee is processed; Sorting and grading dried green beans; Premium coffee estates; The business of coffee; Coffee as commodity

V. Breaking new grounds in the kitchen. Recipes.5

Notes:

Text design by Ruth Kolbert. Illustrated by Bob Giuliani.

Includes indexes.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.

Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.

Kislak copy is "Second printing, June 1991".

ISBN:

0201570483

9780201570489

OCLC:

22305575

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