num_pages: 256
description: Professionals and enthusiasts alike will love this beautiful book by James Hoffmann. From overviews of the world's most vibrant coffee-growing regions to step-by-step brewing tutorials the content is educational thought-provoking and substantial. I've already recommended this book to Barista Magazine readers countless times.-- Sarah Allen EditorBarista Magazine A beautiful world guide to the brown bean. Taking the reader on a global tour of coffee-growing countries The World Atlas of Coffee presents the bean in full-color photographs and concise informative text. It shows the origins of coffee -- where it is grown the people who grow it; and the cultures in which coffee is a way of life -- and the world of consumption -- processing grades the consumer and the modern culture of coffee. Plants of the genus Coffea are cultivated in more than 70 countries but primarily in equatorial Latin America Southeast Asia and Africa. For some countries including Central African Republic Colombia Ethiopia and Honduras coffee is the number one export and critical to the economy. Organized by continent and then further by country or region The World Atlas of Coffee presents the brew in color spreads packed with information. They include: Americans consume 400 million cups of coffee per day equivalent to 146 billion cups of coffee per year making the United States the leading consumer of coffee in the world. The World Atlas of Coffee is an excellent choice for these coffee lovers.
language: English
title: The World Atlas of Coffee: From Beans to Brewing -- Coffees Explored, Explained and Enjoyed
publisher: Firefly Books