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Book Review – Cheap coffee: Behind the curtain of the global coffee trade

Posted on June 7, 2021 by Jennifer Ferreira

If you choose to read one publication about coffee this year, I suggest it is the new book by Karl Wienhold called ‘Cheap Coffee: Behind the Curtain of the Global Coffee Trade’. This book provides an overview of how and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Filtered: Coffee, the cafe and the 21st century city by Emma Felton

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Jennifer Ferreira

A book about cafés and cities is a great addition to my growing collection of coffee and café culture books. ‘Filtered: coffee, the café and the 21st century’ by Dr Emma Felton is a book which discusses so many of … Continue reading →

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Book Review – Coffee: A Global History by Jonathan Morris

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Jennifer Ferreira

Coffee: A Global History written by Professor Jonathan Morris is part of Reaktion books ‘Edible Series’. As a geographer I have always been interested in how things shape the world, and these books provide a great insight into how particular … Continue reading →

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Book Review – Coffee: From Bean to Barista by Robert Thurston

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Jennifer Ferreira

I had a bit of time over the holidays to catch up on some of the latest coffee related books. I’d actually forgotten I’d pre-ordered this one so it was a nice surprise just before Christmas. I learnt about the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Craft Coffee A Manual

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Jennifer Ferreira

Through my research into the coffee and coffee shop industries I have learnt lots about coffee and the different ways to prepare it – I even went on a SCA Barista Skills course at Prufrock in an attempt to understand … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Devils Cup by Stewart Lee Allen

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Jennifer Ferreira

If you’re interested in the history of coffee and you like reading travelogues, then this book may interest you. I’ve recently been trying to read more around the history of coffee more generally, and a reference from another book led … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Coffee for one by K J Fallon

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Jennifer Ferreira

While there has been growth and change in our coffee consumption out of the home in coffee shops as they have become staple features of the daily lives of many people across the globe, the patterns in coffee consumption at … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Coffee: A Comprehensive Guide to the Bean, the Beverage, and the Industry.

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Jennifer Ferreira

The second edition of Coffee: A Comprehensive Guide to the Bean, the Beverage and the Industry is a welcome addition to my ever-growing coffee related library. Edited by Robert Thurston, Jonathan Morris and Shawn Steiman, two history professors and the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Jennifer Ferreira

I have seen the Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers mentioned in various places recently, from Caffeine Magazine (and video) to a number of coffee blogs (such as DoubleSkinnyMacchiato). Initially I assumed this was a novel, but on reading the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Where to Drink Coffee by Avidan Ross and Liz Clayton

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Jennifer Ferreira

I had some time to kill before a meeting in London recently and ended up at one of my favourite coffee shops in central London, Kaffeine (I happened to be in the Great Tichfield street branch but I like the … Continue reading →

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