God in a Cup
Subtitle: In Pursuit of Perfect Coffee
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; J. Wiley
Published: May 12, 2008
Place of publication: Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780470173589
Subjects: Non-alcoholic beverages; Beverages - Non-Alcoholic; Cooking / Beverages (non-alcoholic); Cooking; Cooking / Wine
Description: "In God in a Cup, journalist and late-blooming adventurer Michaele Weissman treks into an exotic and paradoxical realm of specialty coffee where the successful traveler must be part passionate coffee connoisseur, part ambitious entrepreneur, part activist, and part Indiana Jones. Her guides on the journey are the nation's most heralded coffee business hotshots - Counter Culture's Peter Giuliano, Intelligentsia's Geoff Watts, and Stumptown's Duane Sorenson." "Weissman tells the tale of an odyssey she shares with these and other brash visionaries who devote themselves to coffee with near-religious fervor, unquenchable energy, and geek-like attention to detail. This journey through the rituals and rivalries of today's ultra-premium coffee business begins in a sweltering Central American hotel, where "cupping" competition judges sniff and spit their way through hundreds of cups, detecting tobacco, chocolate, and blueberry in the brews."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: The coffee guys; title: God in a cup; title: Grenada, Nicaragua; title: Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia; title: Panama; title: Portland, Oregon; title: Los Angeles; title: Durham, North Carolina; title: Epilogue; title: Background.; title: The coffee chain explained; title: Coffee producers of the world; title: Making great coffee at home