The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee

Growing, Roasting, and Drinking, with Recipes: 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.

Famous for its complex and flavorful coffees, San Francisco’s Blue Bottle Coffee Company delights its devoted patrons with exquisite pour-overs, delicious espressi, and specialized brewing methods. This distinctive and deep guide by Blue Bottle founder James Freeman will change the way you think about—and drink—coffee.

• Author: James Freeman, Caitlin Freeman and Tara Duggan
• Publisher: Random House
• Pages: 240 pages
• Material: Hardcover

FEATURES

• Blue Bottle Coffee Company has quickly become one of America’ s most celebrated roasters
• Explore the new world of coffee from farm to cup with one of the top artisan coffee makers
• Discover the bounty of beans available and the intricate steps that go into sourcing raw coffee
• Blue Bottle founder James Freeman coaches you through brewing the perfect cup of coffee
• Learn methods as diverse as French press, drip, siphon and more to produce the best flavor
• Freeman explains step by step how to roast beans at home using standard kitchen tools
• Learn a home technique for cupping, the industry method of tasting coffees for quality control
• Hone your palate and share your meticulously roasted coffee with friends
• More than thirty inventive recipes from Blue Bottle pastry chef and former Miette bakery owner Caitlin Freeman
• More than 100 stunning photographs showing coffee’s journey from just-harvested cherry to perfect drink
• This distinctive and deep guide will change the way you think about —and drink —coffee