Ardent consumer advocate, Kevin Sinnott, shows you how to get the most out of your coffee, from fresh-roasted bean to hand-crafted brew.

Interviews with the specialty coffee industry's most highly respected professionals. Volume discounts available.

The Professional Barista’s Handbook is Rao’s answer and alternative to a library full of colorful descriptions of brewing styles, growing regions, and recipes, with a peppering of scientific books mixed in.

Covering extraction techniques ranging from drip machines, french presses and vacuum pots; Rao tackles the variables and theories behind numerous brewing methods.

The Espresso Quest is an exciting tale of an espresso lover’s quest to find the pure joy experienced in a perfectly prepared cup of espresso coffee.

Completely revised and updated, this new edition explores the coffee trade from bean to cup. Ideal as a staff resource or to sell in your café. Volume discounts available.

This startling book extols the beauty and substance of the worlds and peoples behind a simple cup of coffee.

Ken Davids, America's most respected coffee author, discusses espresso in this definitive text.

Ray Weisgerber spent five years studying and photographing coffee drive-throughs and reveals a fascinating intersection in American culture — the automobile, individual entrepreneurship, and of course, coffee.

Kenneth Davids' revised, updated, and expanded bestseller pays homage to America's national beverage.

Learn all the current science and technology available to obtain a perfect cup of espresso.

Learn about the espresso blend, roast and grind, plus tips on how to buy and store espresso coffee.

The most authoritative guide to coffee.

A useful tool for all green coffee exporters and importers, as well as small and large roasters.

Full of practical information on choosing, brewing and tasting to help anyone become a coffee aficionado.

A cross-cultural collaboration of café-inspired haiku and photography.

Stewart Lee Allen is a self-appointed social anthropologist of coffee who sets out across the globe in pursuit of the truth about coffee.

Learn the proper handling and preparation of coffee through a wide variety of techniques. Volume discounts available.

Everything you want to know about your favorite subject in one handy volume.

The one book you'll need to appreciate coffee and its growing status as a gourmet beverage.

Hundreds of industry truths and trade secrets.

With over 300 photographs and illustrations, this book traces the entire life of coffee from the beginning of the plant in Central and Eastern Africa to its journey to the consumers of today.

A steady pour of humor cynical enough for the alienated, optimistic enough for the deluded.

Traces the history of anti-coffee crusaders and uncovers bizarre theories based in sexual paradigms from the first health reform movements.

Kenneth Davids reveals the secrets behind home coffee roasting.

A $200 value! A comprehensive package for advanced barista training. Includes:

• Advanced Barista Training: Extreme Pours [DVD]
• Training with the Champions [DVD]
• World Barista Championship 2007: Tokyo, Japan [DVD]

The most knowledgeable individuals in specialty coffee share their expertise with the established or new-to-the-market specialty coffee retailer. Volume discounts available.

A $620 value! A comprehensive package for starting and running a specialty drive-thru business. Includes:

• Bean Business Basics [book]
• Espresso 101 [video/dvd]
• Effective and Essential Marketing for the Specialty Coffee Retailer [book]
• Espresso 501 [video/dvd]
• Everything BUT Coffee [video/dvd]
• Opening a Specialty Coffee Drive-thru [book]