One of the country's most celebrated roasters explains how to choose,
brew, and enjoy the new breed of artisan coffees at home, along with 40
inventive recipes that incorporate coffee or taste good with a cup.
Blue Bottle Coffee Company has quickly become one of America's most
celebrated roasters. Famous for its complex and flavorful coffees, Blue
Bottle delights its devoted patrons with exquisite pour-overs, delicious
espressi, and specialized brewing methods.
Yet as coffee production becomes more sophisticated with specialized
extraction techniques and Japanese coffee gadgets, the new artisan
coffees can seem out of reach. The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee
explains this new world from farm to cup, exploring the bounty of beans
available and the intricate steps that go into sourcing raw coffee from
around the globe. Blue Bottle founder James Freeman coaches you through
brewing the perfect cup of coffee, using methods as diverse as French
press, nel drip, siphon, and more to produce the best flavor.
For coffee lovers who want to roll up their sleeves and go deeper,
Freeman explains step by step how to roast beans at home using standard
kitchen tools--just like he did when starting out. The Blue Bottle
Craft of Coffee also introduces a home technique for cupping, the
industry method of tasting coffees for quality control, so you can hone
your taste and share your meticulously roasted coffee with friends.
Rounding out the book are more than thirty inventive recipes from Blue
Bottle pastry chef and former Miette bakery owner Caitlin Freeman that
incorporate coffee or just taste particularly good with coffee, such as
Saffron Vanilla Snickerdoodles, Stout Coffee Cake with Pecan-Caraway
Streusel, Affogato with Smoky Almond Ice Cream, Coffee Panna Cotta, and
more.
With more than one hundred stunning photographs showing coffee's journey
from just-harvested cherry to perfect drink, this distinctive and deep
guide to the new breed of amazing coffees from one of the top artisan
coffee makers will change the way you think about--and drink--coffee.
