Coffee Dictionary: An A?Z of coffee, from growing & roasting to brewing & tasting
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- Create Date：2021-04-14 10:52:48
- Update Date：2025-09-13
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- Author：Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood
- ISBN：1784723010
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Summary
Coffee is more popular than ever before - and more complex。 The Coffee Dictionary is the coffee drinker's guide to the dizzying array of terms and techniques， equipment and varieties that go into creating the perfect cup。 Covering anything from country of origin， variety of bean and growing and harvesting techniques to roasting methods， brewing equipment， tasting notes， and - of course - the many different coffee-based drinks。
With more than 175 entries on everything from sourcing， growing and harvesting， to roasting， grinding and brewing， champion barista and coffee expert Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood explains the key factors that impact the taste of your drink。
Reviews
Willow Rankin
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How do you review a dictionary？ I'm going to try。 Its quite hard to review this book， whilst I enjoyed it - and definitely learnt alot about coffee; from the plant all the way to the countries and cultures intrinsically linked to this beverage， the format grated on me after a while。 I suppose that is the issue with dictionaries。 I loved the knowledge contained， and the illustrations that go along with this book are beautiful， I think I would rather read a book on the history and the culture arou How do you review a dictionary？ I'm going to try。 Its quite hard to review this book， whilst I enjoyed it - and definitely learnt alot about coffee; from the plant all the way to the countries and cultures intrinsically linked to this beverage， the format grated on me after a while。 I suppose that is the issue with dictionaries。 I loved the knowledge contained， and the illustrations that go along with this book are beautiful， I think I would rather read a book on the history and the culture around coffee - more so than a dictionary。 Even an encyclopaedia， I would of enjoyed more。 I did like， that it didn't just touch on the beverage， but also from Countries all over the world including those who grow， and who consume。 It's got some very useful information， but if you are looking for story， you won't find it here。 。。。more
Freina Ogato
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I love the illustrations in the book。 I also learned a lot of technical terms relating to coffee。
Filip
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Great format， gorgeous illustrations and tons of useful info。
（a）lyss（a）
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I didn't realize this book was literally an A-Z definition guide and not dictionary like some books call themselves that are more guide books。 While the definitions are simplistic， I was hoping for more。 For example， Zambia gets defined as a country， but there's no real explaining what makes a latte a latte。 It's a straight forward explanation of common coffee terms and brewing techniques。 I didn't realize this book was literally an A-Z definition guide and not dictionary like some books call themselves that are more guide books。 While the definitions are simplistic， I was hoping for more。 For example， Zambia gets defined as a country， but there's no real explaining what makes a latte a latte。 It's a straight forward explanation of common coffee terms and brewing techniques。 。。。more
Robert Vlach
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I love books that are enlightening in a kind way。 The mini encyclopedia The Coffee Dictionary， written by renowned British barista and innovator Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood， is a perfect example of this。 I met Maxwell a month ago when we were both speakers at the Wave Coffee Conference 2018。 He sparked my interest through his evidence-based approach to research on the physical processes in coffee production， grinding and extraction， that he was doing in collaboration with scientists from well-known I love books that are enlightening in a kind way。 The mini encyclopedia The Coffee Dictionary， written by renowned British barista and innovator Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood， is a perfect example of this。 I met Maxwell a month ago when we were both speakers at the Wave Coffee Conference 2018。 He sparked my interest through his evidence-based approach to research on the physical processes in coffee production， grinding and extraction， that he was doing in collaboration with scientists from well-known universities。 In The Coffee Dictionary he explains everything important around coffee from growing & roasting to brewing & tasting without going into boring details。 Even the longest entries have no more than 250 words。 Thanks to this， the book is briskly paced， concentrated and rich in taste — just like a perfect cup of espresso！ It is an excellent publication， that I will undoubtedly go back to again and again。 。。。more
Ris
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While I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in getting into coffee as more than a caffeine delivery source， I give it 3 stars instead of 5 because there's a limit to its helpfulness。 Who this book is useful for: People who are interested in coffee from plant to tasting， but have been overwhelmed by the vocabulary swirling around the coffee culture communities。 I guess if I needed to draw a comparison， it's sort of like going to wikipedia to start a research paper on a topic you know While I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in getting into coffee as more than a caffeine delivery source， I give it 3 stars instead of 5 because there's a limit to its helpfulness。 Who this book is useful for: People who are interested in coffee from plant to tasting， but have been overwhelmed by the vocabulary swirling around the coffee culture communities。 I guess if I needed to draw a comparison， it's sort of like going to wikipedia to start a research paper on a topic you know very little about。 The wiki gives you an overview， helps you figure out what you don't know and need to， and then you move on to finding more specific sources with your questions in hand。This book helps you figure out what questions you have so that you can find more information elsewhere。It really is a dictionary， where you might actually be looking for an encyclopedia。 I actually was not expecting the word "dictionary" to be so literal， because it so rarely is。 While there is sometimes elaboration， it often cuts off before it gets too technical。 This isn't to say it isn't useful， because it is， but again--for every question answered， 3 more were raised， and I had to flipflipflip to see if it was answered in this particular book。Side note， the illustrations are simple but beautiful。 Illustrators really don't get enough credit in reviews。 。。。more
Kai Kai
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Kevin Saborit-Guasch
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Informational and well-written， buy I often found myself eager to know more。 Some repetitions， but hard to avoid in that format。
Sophie Crane
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