The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee by James Freeman

The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee by James Freeman

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 Coffeeexplains 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 Coffeealso 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.

TARA DUGGAN is a food and wine reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle and the author of three cookbooks, including The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee and The Working Chef. She is a James Beard Foundation Journalism Award winner and a graduate of the California Culinary Academy. The New York Times, The Denver Post, The Chicago Tribune, and The Toronto Star have all published her work. Tara, her husband, and their two girls live in San Francisco, but she loves spending time on her family's off-the-grid farm in Northern California, where she gets creative with kitchen waste.

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ISBN 13	9781607741183
ISBN 10	1607741180
Title	The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee
Author	James Freeman
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2012-10-09
Number of pages	240
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