God in a Cup: The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Coffee (Hardcover)

from Harlan879

This is a terrifically researched, if only moderately well-written, story of the current cutting edge of American coffee importers and roasters. Following employees of Intelligencia, Counter Culture, Stumptown, and other high-profile high-end coffee purveyors, the authors travels to Africa and Ce...

from sydamy

This book made me look at my coffee with even more love. To understand the road the bean traveled to reach my cup. The farmers, the roaster and finally they way I brew, all affecting the taste. The buyers that try to help the farmer and the only reward is better coffee for all of us. The obsessio...

from gpaisley

Written in disposable filler-material newspaper fluff-piece style. Extended descriptions to boost word count that add nothing to the story.

from jonesjohnson

Much like coffee itself, this book gets repetitive. Unfortunately, it does not reach the level of caffeine dependency. There. I got the obvious out of the way. I love microhistories, as many people apparently do. The format invites detail and overexamination of minutae. IMHO, it is the author's j...