COFFEE by claudia-roden
This text provides the story of coffee as both crop and beverage tracing its history from Africa and Arabia to Europe and America. The author explores the labour-intensive processes of growing coffee and preparing the beans, provides an A-Z guide to the quality beans from each coffee-producing country, and gives advice on buying, storing, roasting, grinding and brewing. The final section features recipes, from laced drinks to cakes and ice creams.