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Coffee: From Bean to Barista – Illustrated Guide
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Follow coffee from the seed to the finished cup.
Coffee: From Bean to Barista is a readable guide to how coffee is grown, traded, roasted, brewed, and woven into cultures around the world. Robert W. Thurston connects coffee history with the questions shaping the industry now, including climate change, hybrid coffee plants, farming practices, and social justice.
This is not a recipe book. It’s for the reader who wants to understand where coffee comes from, how production decisions affect what reaches the cup, and why the coffee industry keeps changing.
What the book covers
- Coffee cultivation from planted seed onward
- Climate change and the challenges facing growers
- Research into coffee hybridization
- The global history and culture of coffee
- Traditional and modern brewing devices
- Organic and conventional agriculture
- Roasting, beverage preparation, and coffee research
About the author
Robert W. Thurston is professor emeritus of history at Miami University, senior editor of Coffee: A Comprehensive Guide to the Bean, the Beverage, and the Industry, and a managing partner at Oxford Coffee Company in Oxford, Ohio.
Book details
- Paperback, 200 pages
- Illustrated
- Dimensions: 6 × 9 inches
- Published February 19, 2025
A good fit for coffee hobbyists who want more context than a brewing guide can give them.
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