This engaging yet scholarly account chronicles the lively history of coffee for over five centuries, detailing how this crop continues to impact global politics, culture, and the environment.
This perennial best-seller offers scores of recipes for cappuccinos, lattes, mochas and other espresso-based beverages. You will also find history and information on flavoured syrups, toppings and garnishes.
Written by one of the country's leading tea professionals, this work is an illuminating resource for tea drinkers interested in developing and refining their palate as well as their understanding of the complex agricultural, historical, and cultural significance of tea.
Describes the equipment, ingredients and techniques used for roasting a variety of styles of coffee at home, in a revised guide that includes an expanded resources section, storage tips, and instructions for creating one's own unique coffee blend.
This revised, updated edition includes over 1,000 espresso and Italian soda recipes. "Espresso Quick Reference Guide" also includes a complete ingredient index, as well as endless coffee and other related trivia, and the hottest trends! Learn about the history of coffee, how to prepare the perfect cup, espresso equipment, how to grow, harvest, ...
Today's cup of java isn't what it used to be. With America waking up to coffee's limitless versatility, here is the first book devoted solely to the wide variety of gourmet coffee drinks. Tekulsky includes more than 100 recipes and gives tips for brewing a perfect cup of smooth, flavorful coffee.
"Tea and Crumpets" will transport you to the legendary European tearooms and storied salons offering simplified recipes for recreating at home the sandwiches, pastries, cakes, and confections that have made them famous. Savor the Ritz's recipe for cucumber sandwiches, the aristocrat of the tea table, and Claridge's raisin and apple scones. Learn ...
For the past decade, the Starbucks Coffee chain has ballooned from 11 stores in Seattle to a major company with over 1,000 outlets throughout the nation. This is the story of how this extraordinary company combined coffee, commerce, and community into a dynamic force in business. The authors offer entrepreneurs, marketers, and managers innovative ...
This revised edition of the guide to coffee discusses the history and folklore surrounding the coffee bean, and looks at the art of coffee tasting, the roasting process, coffee grinders, brewing styles, and serving traditions.
Fred Thompson shows us how easy it is to make a wide variety of iced teas right at home: from classics (Southern Style Ice Tea, Solar Tea) to infusions (Iced Mango Tea, Berry Spice Iced Tea), from spritzers (Green Tea Passion Fruit Spritzer) to offbeat and cocktail teas (Tea Smoothie, Beach Bourbon Slush). Thompson discusses basic methods for ...
This guide to blending and brewing healthful herb teas includes easy-to-make recipes and anecdotes from several renowned herbalists. Readers will find teas for the head and throat, digestion, nervous system, lungs, bones and joints, skin, and more.
Wild, a coffee trader and historian delivers a rollicking history of the most valuable legally traded commodity in the world after oil, and an industry that employs 100 million people throughout the world.
This is the remarkable story of tea and its uses from ancient times to the present. The narrative takes the reader from the jungles of Southeast Asia to the splendor of the Tang and Song Dynasties in China, from the tea ceremony aesthetics of medieval Japan to the fabled tea and horse trade of Central Asia, from the advent of Britain's love affair ...
For those who love dessert with their coffee and coffee in their dessert, Maxwell House presents the ultimate collection of cakes, pastries, pies, tarts, chocolates, cookies, ice cream desserts and coffee drinks. Full color.
A coffee lover's guide to the best brews-written by two industry insiders Coffee Basics is a brief, no-nonsense guide to coffee products, appreciation, and brewing. It demystifies coffee's origins and history, explores the overwhelming amount of different varieties and explains exactly how to brew the best cup. The authors describe the regional ...
Delicious treats from famous tea rooms, along with charming and informative tea history and lore. The accompanying CD of classical chamber music sets the mood for a relaxing retreat from the outside world. The CD comes in a tamper-proof pouch. Two-color, with line drawings.
This book includes Foreword by Wayson Choy with an introduction by Rose Murray. In the 1960s, Edna Staebler moved in with an Old Order Mennonite family to absorb their oral history and learn about Mennonite culture and cooking. From this fieldwork came the cookbook "Food That Really Schmecks". Originally published in 1968, Schmecks instantly ...
"You must drink tea with us tonight." - Sense & Sensibility. Who would not want to sit down with Jane Austen and join her in a cup of tea? Here for the first time is a book that shares the secrets of one of her favourite rituals. Tea figures prominently in Jane Austen's life and work. In fact, the beloved novelist was the keeper and maker of tea ...
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 ...
With interest in tea on the rise - especially for items like green tea and chai - the New Tea Book is completely updated and revised and stands as the ultimate authority on tea. Not only does it contain all-new photography, but the recipes are either new or have been rewritten and re-tested. All aspects of tea are covered, from descriptions of ...
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 ...
Whether it's a delicate green tea from China or a bracing Assam black, a seemingly mild-mannered cup of tea represents a turbulent history of intrigue and conquest, tradition and revolution, East and West. In this sweeping tour through the history, culture, and lore of this 2,000-year-old beverage, veteran tea professionals Mary Lou Heiss and ...
With beautiful writing, exquisite art and photography, and 63 traditional recipes, this elegant volume pays tribute to the joys of teatime. This centuries-old ritual is serene and intimate, and each page reveals a special way to celebrate the occasion. Take tea (properly brewed, of course) with English savouries and sweets, and an elegant setting ...
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