Coffee books
There are many Coffee books you can buy. Consider:
Counter Culture: The American Coffee Shop Waitress
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Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-12-16 Summary: "She takes care of me" ... Many long years ago, Roadside Magazine ran an a photo essay cleverly entitled "Boy Meets Grill," celebrating the guy at our local diner or coffee shop who flips pancakes, turns out meltingly crisp home fries, and knows how to do when it comes to eggs "sunny side up" and "over easy." But what about the ladies who make our visits so comforting and memorable? A marvelous book has just been published, Counter Culture: The American Coffee Shop Waitress, by Candacy Taylor. It is marvelous because it is a book of integrity ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-12-02 Summary: Counter Culture ... Candacy, have given us a studied slice of American culture that has been there for many years but not given much spotlight before this great work. The gifts of these great personalities to American culture are outstanding. They are our moms, sisters, confidants, advisers, comforters, talking partners, servers, giving us a home feeling away from home. Candacy has done a magnificent job in exposing these great lives and great stories to public view. The book from Amazon.com is a must reading for those interested in this ...more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-10-30 Summary: Beautiful book ... This is a beautiful book physically, with charming photos of coffee shop waitresses. It's also a most pleasant read. I'd recommend it for one's reading pleasure, but also as a wonderful gift. ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | "Career waitresses do more than just serve food. They are part psychiatrist, part grandmother, part friend, and they serve every walk of American life: from the retired and the widowed, to the wounded and the lonely, and from the working class to the wealthy. The classic diner waitress is an icon of American culture. . . . This book takes a moment to honor and recognize waitresses' contribution to our communities. Doing this project has helped me to redefine my perspective on life, work,...more
The Coffee Mom's Devotional: A Rich Blend of 30 Brief and Inspiring Devotions
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Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-09-09 Summary: This is a GREAT book! ... As a mother of two in her early 30's, this devotional book is EXACTLY what I was looking for. The author totally gets what this stage of life is like. She puts things in perspective and then encourages her readers to look in the right direction. She makes you want to grow in your walk with Jesus...and reminds you He loves you right where you are. I look forward to reading this each morning. ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-08-02 Summary: Keeping the "Cup Half-Full Perspective ... Reading Celeste Palermo's book is inspiring, humorous, and puts all those mishaps we experience in life in perspective. She had me roaring with laughter, crying, and reflecting as I read her book along with the Bible verses she suggested. Celeste definitely has a "half-cup full" outlook on life ...and I'm not referring just to her cup of coffee! I, myself, am a grandmother now, but I could relate perfectly to this book and I believe everyone could. It doesn't matter if you are male, female, a parent or not, or even ...more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-07-01 Summary: Couldn't get enough of this book! ... I recently took this book with me on a trip and found myself unable to put it down. It had me laughing, smiling, crying and yes, nodding my head in agreement as I read each devotional. I am a mom of five and there are times I question if certain "mommy" experiences are normal and duplicated by others, wondering if anyone can relate to my daily chaos. Well this coffee mom does. I loved how Celeste acknowledges God in our role as mothers and everyday life. What a truly uplifting and inspirational book. I loved it so ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | What do moms thirst for even more than coffee? Moms want to know they matter, that they make a difference. They want to know they are not alone in their parenting experience and that their lives have purpose. They want to see their children prosper. They want a full cup. Celeste Palermo gives moms more than a jolt of caffeine with these humorous, yet poignant, brief devotions easily read while on the run. Moms juggling cups of coffee will relate to her coffee related stories and insights...more
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting and Running a Coffee Bar
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Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2006-03-03 Summary: From what it's really like to run a coffee bar to legal issues, sales, shop equipment choices, kitchen layout and more ... There's plenty of money to be made in the coffee business and if your dream is to get out there and run a coffee bar, you're in luck: Complete Idiot's Guide To Starting & Running A Coffee Bar provides all the basics on how to do so. From what it's really like to run a coffee bar to legal issues, sales, shop equipment choices, kitchen layout and more, much of the book is very specific to the coffee industry and provides a wealth of specific business advice. ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-01-06 Summary: Down to Earth ... I am planning to open a Coffee Business. I have bought other books about this subject and I think this book compensates what others lack. I would recommend you to buy it. ...more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2006-03-16 Summary: Well-balanced, lively, informative, and entertaining ... One of the things that struck me most about this book is that it seems perfectly balanced. By this I mean that it covers all the general business angles of running a coffee bar, but it never loses sight of its coffee-oriented focus. While there's certainly plenty of information that people running other businesses would find useful in here, you'll never find yourself thinking that you could have gotten the same information out of a more generic business or restaurant business guide. Everything focuses on the particular ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | Brew up your own business. This is a step-by-step guide to realizing what for many people is a cherished dream: opening a successful coffee bar. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Starting and Running a Coffee Bar includes the dirt on what it’s really like to work behind the counter and information on everything from how to build a business plan, to how to make the drinks and how to price them. -Only series book of its kind -The specialty coffee business is still growing -Small businesses...more
It's Not About the Coffee: Lessons on Putting People First from a Life at Starbucks
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-09-21 Summary: Leadership Advice That Works ... When it comes to leadership, there's no shortage of "how to" books. But the difference between books that offer laws, factors and rules, and Behar's quick read is that It's Not About the Coffee pinpoints the one thing on which every organization must focus to reach success--the people. The book is a collection of learnings from Behar's career as a senior executive at Starbucks. It was here that he helped establish the company's culture, which stresses the importance of people over profits. Behar coached hundreds of ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-04-28 Summary: Great Book! ... This is a perfect book for any businessman hoping to make it in this economy. A great buy and a great read. ...more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-05-15 Summary: More than a one hat kind of book... ... Although this book will tell you that in life and business we all need to be wearing only one hat, meaning fulfilling one role, this book wears many hats, and wears each one with style and attitude. Within the chapters of It's Not About the Coffee you will find a self help book, a business book (for small and big companies), and an exciting read. It's Not About the Coffee is about the human spirit and how we can push forward with only our values and instincts to guide us. The Ten Principles of Personal Leadership ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | During his many years as a senior executive at Starbucks, Howard Behar helped establish the Starbucks culture, which stresses people over profits. He coached hundreds of leaders at every level and helped the company grow into a world-renowned brand. Now he reveals the ten principles that guided his leadership-and not one of them is about coffee. Behar shows that if you think of your staff as people (not labor costs) they will achieve amazing results. He discusses the importance of building...more
Everything but the Coffee: Learning about America from Starbucks
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Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2010-01-20 Summary: Corporate powers, posing as public service providers, have taken advantage of the privatization of life ... "Everything but the Coffee" is on the ROROTOKO list of cutting-edge intellectual nonfiction. Professor Simon's book interview ran here as the cover feature on January 18, 2010. ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-12-05 Summary: Thanks a Latte, Starbucks! ... Bryant Simon, the author of "Boardwalk of Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban America," has written another compelling book about a once beloved, now declining, American institution in "Everything But the Coffee: Learning About America from Starbucks." From its inception in the early 1970s to today, Simon traces the rise and fall of Starbucks, not only as a company and business venture, but also as a piece of Americana. Simon, a Professor of History at Temple University, defines what he calls "the Starbucks ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | Everything but the Coffee casts a fresh eye on the world's most famous coffee company, looking beyond baristas, movie cameos, and Paul McCartney CDs to understand what Starbucks can tell us about America. Bryant Simon visited hundreds of Starbucks around the world to ask, Why did Starbucks take hold so quickly with consumers? What did it seem to provide over and above a decent cup of coffee? Why at the moment of Starbucks' profit-generating peak did the company lose its way, leaving observers...more
Coffee With Nonna: The Best Stories of My Catholic Grandmother
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 4 Date: 2008-08-01 Summary: Italian ... The concept was good. Definitely for those who grew up in the Catholic/ Italian mind set. Nonna was always so clever. I enjoyed the book. I'm not sure that a non Catholic could identify with the meaning of the stories or appreciate them completely. ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-09-15 Summary: Fantastic, Entertaining and Spiritually Enriching Book ... This is a warm, entertaining, and surprisingly spiritual book. The author recounts the many wonderful and spiritually educational stories his Catholic Grandmother told him as a young boy growing up during WWII. Her stories are all designed to help her young grandson live the Catholic faith more fully, to better understand the teachings of Jesus Christ, and to be a better Christian. The stories will serve that purpose for all of us. I found the stories uniquely instructive and full of spiritual wisdom - yet entertaining, ...more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-03-27 Summary: COFFEE WITH NONNA ... I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS BOOK!! I ADORED THE LESSONS THAT WERE TAUGHT THROUGHOUT, SOME OF WHICH I COULD IDENTIFY WITH THRU MY OWN FAMILY. THE LIGHT SENSE OF HUMOR WAS VERY REFRESHING. IT TOUCHED MY HEART TO BE ABLE TO FEEL THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE AUTHOR AND HIS NONNA AND HOW SPECIAL SHE WAS TO HIM, EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A SPECIAL PERSON IN THEIR LIVES LIKE HER. I WILL BE GETTING THE NEXT ONE ALSO. ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | During World War II, young Vincent Iezzi was at home with his grandmother in his Philadelphia neighborhood. Because of the war effort, most of the mothers, big sisters, and aunts were working in the factories while most of the fathers, big brothers, and uncles were off at war. Nonna always knew just what to say. Gifted with a native ability to tell stories, her solution for every one of Vincent’s questions or problems was another elaborate story, accompanied by cups of coffee sweetened...more
I Love Coffee!: Over 100 Easy and Delicious Coffee Drinks
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Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 4 Date: 2009-08-28 Summary: Nice but be aware of target audience ... This is a nice book that has descriptions of many alcoholic and non-alcoholic coffee drinks. The book also describes the different ways of making coffee. However, do not expect a sophisticated barista handbook. You get a primer of how to make the cappucino foam and a primer on latte art. That's all. You are unlikely to be able to make the latte art on the cover of the book. If you need more information, this is not the book for you. You should check out "The professional barista's handbook" available for purchase direct ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-12-12 Summary: home brew ... This was a very good and informative book on the ins and outs of making a great coffee, and other coffee flavored drinks. The author did a lot of research on coffee's and the history of making the perfect cup. This book is a must read for anyone wanting to master the art of becoming a home Barrista. ...more
[3] Rating: 4 Date: 2009-07-16 Summary: I just love coffee ... I bought this product because I wanted to know some new coffee recipes because I like the latte and capucchino a lot. ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | Now coffee lovers can make delicious cappuccinos, cold coffee quenchers, decadent coffee desserts, and classy coffee martinis year-round using simple techniques with gourmet results in this indispensable coffee guide and cookbook. In I Love Coffee! coffee connoisseur Susan Zimmer shares expert advice and techniques, from how to brew the perfect cup and how to make a basic cappuccino without a machine to a World Barista Latte Art Champion's tips for making masterful latte art designs. It...more
The Various Flavors of Coffee: A Novel
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Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-01-23 Summary: Great read! ... This was a great novel - it was hard to put it down, and was one of the few I've read front to back so quickly. Several interesting story lines that interwove themselves and kept me engaged through the whole read. ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2010-01-08 Summary: I'll have a Venti please ... I read this book about a month ago and still cannot stop thinking of it. It is a little shocking to experience the world through our narrator--he is not the most "moral" young man. However, it is quite an adventure to watch him transform, and literally watch the world transform around him. One of the best books I have read. Yet the "love" scenes are pretty intense--and descriptive--and are not for those who might not appreciate a man's point of view of loving-or learning to love--women. I'm ordering the Food of Love ...more
[3] Rating: 4 Date: 2009-05-08 Summary: Savor the flavor ... In 1895, aspiring poet Robert Wallis, having previously been sent down from Oxford, is sitting in a cafe drinking a cup of coffee. Find the coffee not to his liking he complains to the waiter that the "coffee tastes rusty". Thus starts this somewhat bawdy tale of love, voting rights for women and coffee. It shows the many weaknesses of a man who is trying to figure out what is right in life. The descriptive terms for coffee at the begnning of each chapter make you want to pause to make your own cup to savor while reading. ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | The internationally bestselling author of The Wedding Officer delivers a stunning blend of exotic adventure and erotic passion that seduces from the very first page—and intoxicates until the last . . . a novel whose mystery begins with a single coffee bean. A cup of coffee changed Robert Wallis’s life—and a cup of very bad coffee at that. The impoverished poet is offered the last thing a struggling young artiste in fin de siècle England could possibly want: a job. But the job Wallis...more
Home Coffee Roasting, Revised, Updated Edition: Romance and Revival
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Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-10-16 Summary: If you can read you can roast ... This book can take you from ground zero to roasting your coffee at home. In the process you will learn of the history and make-up of coffee. There are chapters on equipment and techniques. You get charts for telling the different results of roasting by time and color. Just when you think you have it all down pat there are references as to where to purchase equipment, green coffee, and further reading. I am dabbling with each method yet if you do not dive into roasting the information alone is worth the purchase price. ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2010-01-21 Summary: Very Informative ... This book is very concise and informative. It is a must read for those going into coffee roasting. It also makes a great reference book. ...more
[3] Rating: 4 Date: 2010-01-07 Summary: Great! ... I bought this item for my husband at his request and he really, really likes it! Compared to other books on the market...he says this is a really good one. ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | In the past decade, coffee roasting has gone from a fringe trend of true believers to an increasingly mainstream audience. Long considered the bible of the home-roasting movement, Home Coffee Roasting has been completely revised throughout with new, up-to-date sections on the latest developments in home-roasting equipment and provides step-by-step guidelines to the coffee-roasting process. The new edition also features: -A much expanded resources section for green beans and home-roasting...more
The Coffee Trader: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
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Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 4 Date: 2009-10-25 Summary: 17th Century Intrigue Brewed Right ... If you're somebody who prays to the gods of java every day, that fact alone would make you want to read this, Liss sets his book in 17th century Amsterdam where a shrewd Jewish trader who's desperately down on his luck, is drawn into a money making scheme that involves a new berry called the coffee bean that supposedly produces near miraculous results in those who ingest it. But there's plenty of things standing in his way. There's a dangerous and mentally unstable client who blames Miguel for his current poverty, ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-10-17 Summary: Historical fiction perfection ... Very nice, you can feel you are in the historical city of Amsterdam while reading this book - and smell the coffee too. Most of all I liked the description of the people, it all feels true, and is a quite fascinating era. I thought this was even better than Liss' previous book, A Conspiracy of Paper: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle), which is no small feat. ...more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2010-02-25 Summary: Superb Historical Mystery ... The book is fabulous.written on a background of Dutch Jewish history, it hearkens back to the heyday of early stock-market frenzy that followed Tulip mania. There is a somewhat odd narrative,told from several viewpoint of time and place, but this only adds to the suspense.Surprises and surprises ! Really,the best remark I can make is that the book is historically inculcating while emotionally exciting. Strong recommendation. ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | Amsterdam, 1659: On the world’s first commodities exchange, fortunes are won and lost in an instant. Miguel Lienzo, a sharp-witted trader in the city’s close-knit community of Portuguese Jews, knows this only too well. Once among the city’s most envied merchants, Miguel has suddenly lost everything. Now, impoverished and humiliated, living in his younger brother’s canal-flooded basement, Miguel must find a way to restore his wealth and reputation. Miguel enters into a partnership...more
All Over Coffee
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Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-05-11 Summary: Pure Genius! ... I have never written a review of anything, but Paul Madonna's "All Over Coffee" is so brilliant, I can't not write one. "All Over Coffee" is not just a comic that appears in the SFC, or, maybe, to some, that's all it is. But if you take the time to look at each drawing and really reflect on it, the drawing and accompanying text will likely become so much more. Some drawings and textss are simply windows into poignant moments, but others are so startling and arresting that reading them will make you stop what you are ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-02-02 Summary: Adventures of the Spirit and Eye ... I love this book! Madonna is superb illustrator with a mischievous wit and Zen spirit. A native San Franciscan, the Victorian and other architectural details of the old neighborhoods are familar to me, and it is fun to determine locations of his panels. He forces us to be aware of similar details of our lives, of the juxtapositions of form and space, and in but a few words, like a haiku, he captures relationships, moods, and the human condition. Even if you are not rooted in The City, this book deserves study, whether ...more
[3] Rating: 4 Date: 2007-08-23 Summary: Maybe You Had to Be There ... I ended up buying this one essentially sight unseen, after seeing a couple of excerpts on the Comics Journal blog. And excerpted is probably not the best way to comprehend this - Madonna's art is stunning from the get-go, and any individual page has a really satisfying (and very 1970's-ish) feel. But as comics, it doesn't ever come together, particularly when read grouped. Madonna's vibe seems to be a captured moment, and having 200 or so captured moments in a row doesn't do anything to increase their impact - if anything, ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | In February 2004, the San Francisco Chronicle began printing an enigmatic feature called “All Over Coffee.” Almost immediately, letters of love and hate, confusion and praise poured in. Accustomed to the familiar formats of comic strips and cartoons, some readers struggled to understand a creation that seemed to live both within and beyond those boundaries. All Over Coffee blends the timing of comics with the depth of poetry. Artist and writer Paul Madonna has fused art, literature,...more
The Joy of Coffee: The Essential Guide to Buying, Brewing, and Enjoying - Revised and Updated
Feature: ... ISBN13: 9780618302406; Condition: NEW; Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. ...more
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-04-24 Summary: A fun education of the coffee world ... I have been getting more and more into coffee and espresso drinks in recent years. I've finally started going more specialty coffee as I won't even drink supermarket coffee any more. Once I started wanting to know more about coffee, I found this book at a used book store. I've been reading it off and on for a while. It is a plethora of coffee information. If you are a relative newbie, this book will give you basic knowledge of almost every aspect of the world of coffee, from its growth and harvesting to making your ...more
[2] Rating: 4 Date: 2008-04-10 Summary: Coffee, Coffee and More Coffee ... "The Joy of Coffee" by Corby Kummer, © 1995, 1997, 2003 This is a rather amazing book. Mr. Kummer starts with the growing of the coffee bean, harvesting, and ends up describing the selection of the various beans for blends. The truly interesting part is that there end up being so many beans that are usable, or maybe that is just my reading of it. The beans are so variable coming off the tree, and the processing is so intricate, I was surprised that we actually got some coffee. Another thought was the need for exporting ...more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-01-20 Summary: Joy of Coffee ... Very cool book. Everythin you want to know about coffee but were afraid to ask. The Coffee Bible, you might say. ...more
Editorial Reviews — [1] ... Product Description | In this revised and updated edition of the most authoritative guide to coffee, Corby Kummer travels the country and the world to give you all the latest information you need to make a great cup at home: • The best beans and how to buy and store them • The grinder that's essential for great coffee • Incisive reports on brewing and espresso-making equipment and tips on how to get the best from them, with photographs of current models • A complete, up-to-date list of sources for beans,...more
[2] ... Review | If coffee from a can or jar is your idea of purgatory, The Joy of Coffee is the book for you. Its author, Corby Kummer, originally came to the subject of coffee while writing a series of articles for the Atlantic Monthly , and he found so much to say about the bean that he decided to write a book. 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,...more
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