Real Fresh Coffee: How to source, roast, grind and brew the perfect cup

All my friends are elite coffee drinkers. Up until now I had now idea what they were talking about. But after reading this book - I'm both informed and now and appreciative coffee drinker

This is a great book with all the right amount of information on all aspects relating to coffee.

Quite an informative and interesting book, a good review of world coffee production, bean varieties, how to brew, it's all there. Unfortunately the publisher has chosen to use a faint grey ink in the main text, making the book very hard to read. The use of faint print is something that started maybe 20 years ago on kids' webpages when they didn't want adults to be able to read their stuff at a glance on their fans' monitors, but the hipsterish trick of doing that in a print book was fairly stupid; me, I like a book I can read anywhere, using my middle aged eyes and without having to be in bright sunlight or its equivalent. The very well regarded Sibley Guide to The Birds used the same font colour in one of its later editions and, thanks to user outrage, the book had to be recalled and reissued. Anyway, I'm deducting one star on account of the illegibility.

Very informative good high level overview of the industry. Perfect for beginner to intermediate in the trade. Will continue to read and reference.

love it, lots of info, well written

ALL OK

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This was a gift, the print edition bought from Amazon. It was thoughtful and original, since the giftor knows of my interest in coffee. I’ve perused the book, reading only a few chapters at this point. It is well laid out and appears well written and comprehensive. Its hard cover and high quality paper for text could put it in the category of a nice coffee table book.However, whoever the editor is ought to be shot! The authors should have raised a stink! Most text is horribly difficult to read, in a relatively small font. The font chosen has no body to it. I know little of font technicals, but if you could take Ariel and make the inking super slender, and then print it to save money on ink, you have an idea. On the few green tinted pages, light green ink was used. The main text on most white pages is super light grey! Only bold and larger text is easily readable, meaning headings and some summary/intro paragraphs. Photos are beautifully rendered on very good quality paper stock. Some descriptive captions are bold and readable; others are light grey!I can only hope the Kindle version of this book is not done from photos taken of the original, as the light grey and small text of the original will bite the reader.Get yourself a different book, or get this hardcover, extract what you comfortably can from it, then return it. Save your money. For me, I actually will limit reading it for a few pages at a time, as I’ve discovered it’s readable with our kid’s 5” diameter magnifying glass, not conducive to reading an hour at a time by the fireside!

After reading this book I understood very deeply the way the coffee bean goes from growing straight to your cup. It is also VERY informative in a good sense - not unnecessary words, but only those which you should know to improve your brewing and understanding of coffee overall.Nice images add another points to this already well-made book.My recommendation for ALL coffee lovers!

I am writing this review by comparing this book to DK’s Coffee Obsession, which l also own. Coffee Obsession is an excellently illustrated book and is very informative. Real Fresh Coffee should be re titled Ethical Coffee Passion, because the authors passion spills over onto the pages and is very inspirational over the work they do with their suppliers. By way of explanation the authors founded Union Hand Roasted Coffee which source, roast and sell coffee. The book takes you through their hands on education in all aspects of the coffee world of which l had a fuller understanding after reading. Coffee Obsession will give you a great overview of the coffee world, but Real Fresh Coffee is more of a good read as well as being an education. I like both for different reasons.

The truth about coffee :)

easy to understand, rich of knowledge

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