The Professional Barista's Handbook - by Scott Rao

FROM THE AUTHOR: When I began in the coffee business fourteen years ago, I read every book I could find about coffee. After reading all of those books, however, I felt as if I hadn't learned much about how to make great coffee. My coffee library was chock-full of colorful descriptions of brewing styles, growing regions, and recipes, with a few almost-unreadable scientific books mixed in. I would have traded in all of those books for one serious, practical book with relevant information about making great coffee in a café. Fourteen years later, I still haven't found that book. I know many other professionals, as well as some obsessive non-professionals would like to find that same book I've been looking for. This book is my attempt to give it to them.

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Scott Rao is also the author of The Coffee Roaster's Companion and Everything but Espresso.