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Joe: The Coffee Book

This fresh new release is a beautiful, hip guide to the world of coffee brought to you by New York City’s popular connoisseur coffee chain, Joe. Written from the point of view of owners (and siblings) Jonathan and Gabrielle Rubinstein, the reader is welcomed into the tight-knit international specialty coffee community of committed growers, buyers, roasters, entrepreneurs, baristas, and drinkers. Their mission: to source, purchase, roast, serve, and drink the world’s finest coffees.

The Great Tea Rooms of Britain

Tea lovers off to the UK have carried Bruce Richardson’s travel books since 1995. Join the noted tea authority as he takes you on another romantic journey to twenty-two of his favorite locations for afternoon tea in England, Scotland and Wales. Filled with 170 beautiful photographs, warm narrative and handy touring information, this updated and expanded 2008 edition contains 60 authentic British tea time recipes. Featured establishments include such long time favorites as The Ritz, The Dorchester, The Bridge Tea Rooms, The Pump Room, The Willow Tea Rooms and more.

Hawaiian Coffee of the Month Club, Hawaiian Coffee Shipped Monthly for Six Months, First Shipment Is Gift Boxed, for Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Birthdays, Christmas and All Occasions, Ground Coffee

With our Hawaiian Coffee of the Month Club, you or your gift recipient can enjoy a new selection each and every month for six months! (8 oz ground) We ship the first month in our signature gift box. All of our roast profiles and flavored coffees are included. Each month we send one of our nine selections of Hawaiian Coffee, freshly roasted. Our Hawaiian Coffee is hand selected from single estate sources and grown and processed in the beautiful Hawaiian Islands. Shipping is via USPS and, of course, all shipping is free. This is an excellent gift for any coffee lover who enjoys trying a selection of coffees throughout the year. In addition, this coffee club assures you that your gift recipient will enjoy your gift for many months.

#1 French Press – The ONLY French Press Coffee Maker Sold With a Lifetime Guarantee! Our Large French Press Can Also Be Used For Expresso and Tea. The Stainless Steel, Glass and BPA Free Plastic Are All Dishwasher Safe. Coffee Scoop Included.

The #1 French Coffee Press Sold on Amazon and The ONLY Coffee Press Sold With a Lifetime Guarantee!What you must know before buying any french press on Amazon and why no other french press even comes close to comparing with Product Stop’s french press.  The french press coffee maker is accepted worldwide as simply the best method for brewing coffee, the question is, “how do you know if you are purchasing the best french press?” Ask these 3 questions to ensure you are purchasing the best french press: 1. Does it have a lifetime guarantee?2. If I am not happy with it can I get my money back, even if I have used it for a year or more?3. If it ever breaks, will you ship a replacement out to me at not cost? Ask these 3 questions from any other Amazon coffee press and the answer is NO, but with Product Stop, you are protect by our 3 tier money back guarantee: We Offer An Iron-Clad 3 Tier 100% Money Back Guarantee: ✔ If you’re not 100% happy with it, ship it back and we will refund your money. ✔ If its doesn’t make the smoothest, best coffee you’ve ever tasted, ship it back and we will refund your money.  ✔ If the product breaks or is damaged, ship it back and we will replace it for FREE.  Here is the bottom line….If you want to purchase the best french press then there is absolutely, no risk for you to purchase Product Stop’s French Press!  Buy Now with confidence knowing that 1000’s of others have been completely satisfied with their coffee press because of our 100% money back 3 tier customer satisfaction guarantee.

Coffee: A Comprehensive Guide to the Bean, the Beverage, and the Industry

Coffee: A Comprehensive Guide to the Bean, the Beverage, and the Industry offers a definitive guide to the many rich dimensions of the bean and the beverage around the world. Leading experts from business and academia consider coffee’s history, global spread, cultivation, preparation, marketing, and the environmental and social issues surrounding it today. They discuss, for example, the impact of globalization; the many definitions of organic, direct trade, and fair trade; the health of female farmers; the relationships among shade, birds, and coffee; roasting as an art and a science; and where profits are made in the commodity chain. Drawing on interviews and the lives of people working in the business—from pickers and roasters to coffee bar owners and consumers—this book brings a compelling human side to the story. The authors avoid romanticizing or demonizing any group in the business. They consider basic but widely misunderstood issues such as who adds value to the bean, the constraints of peasant life, and the impact of climate change. Moving beyond simple answers, they represent various participants in the supply chain and a range of opinions about problems and suggested solutions in the industry. Coffee offers a multidimensional examination of a deceptively everyday but extremely complex commodity that remains at the center of many millions of lives. Tracing coffee’s journey from field to cup, this handbook to one of the world’s favorite beverages is an essential guide for professionals, coffee lovers, and students alike.Contributions by: Sarah Allen, Jonathan D. Baker, Peter S. Baker, Jonathan Wesley Bell, Clare Benfield, H. C. “Skip” Bittenbender, Connie Blumhardt, Willem Boot, Carlos H. J. Brando, August Burns, Luis Alberto Cuéllar, Olga Cuellar, Kenneth Davids, Jim Fadden, Elijah K. Gichuru, Jeremy Haggar, Andrew Hetzel, George Howell, Juliana Jaramillo, Phyllis Johnson, Lawrence W. Jones, Alf Kramer, Ted Lingle, Stuart McCook, Michelle Craig McDonald, Sunalini Menon, Jonathan Morris, Joan Obra, Price Peterson, Rick Peyser, Sergii Reminny, Paul Rice, Robert Rice, Carlos Saenz, Vincenzo Sandalj, Jinap Selamat, Colin Smith, Shawn Steiman, Robert W. Thurston, Steven Topik, Tatsushi Ueshima, Camilla C. Valeur, Geoff Watts, and Britta Zeitemann

Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World

Uncommon Grounds tells the story of coffee from its discovery on a hill in ancient Abyssinia to the advent of Starbucks. In this updated edition of the classic work, Mark Pendergrast reviews the dramatic changes in coffee culture over the past decade, from the disastrous “Coffee Crisis” that caused global prices to plummet to the rise of the Fair Trade movement and the “third-wave” of quality-obsessed coffee connoisseurs. As the scope of coffee culture continues to expand, Uncommon Grounds remains more than ever a brilliantly entertaining guide to the currents of one of the world’s favorite beverages.

20,000 Secrets of Tea: The Most Effective Ways to Benefit from Nature’s Healing Herbs

Fight Colds and Flu Lower Cholesterol Beat Depression Banish Fatigue Enhance Memory Lose Weight And More!An ancient Chinese legend: Once there was a man who knew 100,000 healing properties of herbs. He taught his son 80,000 secrets. On his deathbed, he told his son to visit his grave in five years, and there he would find the other 20,000 secrets. When the son went to his father’s grave, he found, growing on the site, the tea shrub….Teas are the gentle, natural, most beneficial way to absorb the healing properties of herbs–easily and inexpensively. A simple cup of tea not only has the power to soothe and relax but to deliver healing herbal agents to the bloodstream more quickly than capsules, tinctures, or infusions. Feeling tired? Rose hip tea will rev you up and beautify your skin. Need some help with your diet? Ginger tea will provide the boost you need and help aching joints too. Hot or iced, these pure and simple drinks offer delicious ways to stay healthy and revitalize you from the inside out. This unique guide offers:An A-Z listing of common ailments followed by the teas best used to treat themInstructions on how to create your own medicinal kitchenAdvice on creating your own tea blendsDescriptions of the top 100 herbs and their secret healing propertiesAnd much, much more!

The Art and Craft of Coffee: An Enthusiast’s Guide to Selecting, Roasting, and Brewing Exquisite Coffee

“In the decades that Kevin Sinnott has spent meeting with and interviewing hundreds of coffee professionals, rather than crossing over to the dark side and becoming one himself, he has taken what he has learned and translated it from coffee geek-speak into English. Why? For the sole purpose of allowing you to better enjoy your coffee. In short, if you like coffee, you will love this book.” —Oren Bloostein, proprietor of Oren’s Daily Roast There is no other beverage that gives you a better way to travel the world than coffee. You can literally taste the volcanic lava from Sumatra, smell the spice fields of India, and lift your spirits to the Colombian mountaintops in your morning cup of joe. The Art and Craft of Coffee shows you how to get the most out of your coffee, from fresh-roasted bean to hand-crafted brew. In The Art and Craft of Coffee, Kevin Sinnott, the coffee world’s most ardent consumer advocate, educates, inspires, and caffeinates you. Inside you will find: How green coffee beans are farmed and harvested Insight into single-origin coffee beans and worldwide coffee harvests A photo guide to roasting your own coffee at home How to choose the best grinder for your beans A complete, visual manual for 9 coffee brewing styles, including French press, vacuum, Chemex, auto-drip, Turkish ibrik, and espresso Delicous recipes for dozens of coffee and espresso beverages

The Tea Cyclopedia: A Celebration of the World’s Favorite Drink

Tea drinking has become a way of life. To put it frankly, it is a love, an addiction, and some would even go as far to say a philosophy. Dr. Keith Souter examines the perpetual impact that this adored beverage has bestowed upon the world for centuries, from its mystical origins in the East, to its inevitable influence on the West. The Tea Cyclopedia is an indispensable reference for anyone interested in all things tea. Commencing each chapter with insightful quotes, it not only captures the historical beginnings of this beloved drink, but also explores tea’s involvement in politics, health, the economy, and even fortune-telling. This unprecedented beverage has united people in times of adversity; it has also divided nations, causing volatile revolutions, such as the Sri Lankan Civil War and the Boston Tea Party. But today you will most likely find that various cultures have developed their own unique style of enjoying tea, and the ritual of tea drinking itself is not only intriguing, but also highly rewarding.   In this meticulously detailed guide, readers will rediscover tea, its cultivation, and all of its richness and intricacy as a worldwide beverage. The Tea Cyclopedia is an enthralling tribute to the illustrious, invigorating, and elusive leaf that has vehemently continued to inspire people for more than two thousand years.

The Traveling Tea Ladies Till Death Do Us Part

Cozy mystery fans sit back and enjoy the fourth installment in The Traveling Tea Ladies Series. Strong women, strong southern friendships and strong tea are steeped in this mystery best described as “Charlie’s Angels Meet Steel Magnolias.” This time the ladies are busy planning Olivia’s ranch-themed wedding to Detective Matt Lincoln. What starts out as a simple affair turns into a lavish over-the-top circus once event planner, Dixie Beauregard, gets involved. With Olivia’s colorful family coming to town, the stress of the wedding, and the usual prenuptial jitters, it’s more than Olivia can take. She’s ready to call the whole thing off and elope, but not before her wedding plans are dashed by the untimely murder of Dixie with all clues pointing towards her mother, Ruby Rivers. It’s up to The Traveling Tea Ladies to solve the crime and clear her name.

Chai: The Experience of Indian Tea

Chai: The Experience of Indian Tea is a journey into the heartlands of tea production, across the length and breadth of India, offering a glimpse into the history and culture of the people who cultivate it, the process of growing, the diversely beautiful landscapes, the rich traditions and the ceremony. This intriguing volume is a visual treat, that traces leaf to cup, covering the entire spectrum of the tea industry through wonderfully descriptive text and stunning photography; put the kettle on, put your feet up and enjoy!

The Japanese Tea Ceremony: Cha-No-Yu (Tuttle Classics)

First published in 1933 as Cha-No-Yu, or The Japanese Tea Ceremony, this classic remains the gold standard for books on the five-centuries-old tea ceremony, which is itself “an epitome of Japanese civilization.”The Japanese Tea Ceremony is a fascinating exploration of one of Japan’s greatest arts and details the importance of the tea ceremony’s history and traditions, its historical tea masters and its physical manifestations.

Culinary Tea: More Than 150 Recipes Steeped in Tradition from Around the World

This cutting-edge tome on one of the world’s oldest ingredients and most popular beverages will be an invaluable tool for both home and professional cooks. Gold and Stern offer new ways of looking at tea: the leaves with a history stretching thousands of years is now a secret weapon in the culinary arsenal.Tea in its many forms has been around for thousands of years, and is a burgeoning industry in many countries as the demand for specialty leaves grows. Read all about the picking and drying techniques virtually unchanged for centuries, popular growing regions in the world, and the storied past of trading.Culinary Tea has all this, plus more than 100 recipes using everything from garden-variety black teas to exclusive fresh tea leaves and an in-depth treatment of tea cocktails. The book will include classics, such as the centuries-old Chinese Tea-Smoked Duck and Thousand-Year Old Eggs, as well as recipes the authors have developed and collected, such as Smoked Tea-Brined Capon and Assam Shortbread.

The World Atlas of Coffee: From Beans to Brewing — Coffees Explored, Explained and Enjoyed

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: The history of coffee generally and regionally The role of colonialism (for example, in Burundi under colonial rule of Belgium, coffee production was best described as coercive. Every peasant farmer had to cultivate at least 50 coffee trees near their home.) Map of growing regions and detail maps Charts explaining differences in growing regions within a country Inset boxes (For example, what is the Potato Defect? Is Cuban coffee legal in the United States?) The politics of coffee and the fair trade, organic and shade grown phenomena Beautiful color photographs taken in the field. 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.

The Joy of Coffee: The Essential Guide to Buying, Brewing, and Enjoying – Revised and Updated

In this revised and updated edition of the most authoritative guide to coffee, Corby Kummer travels the country and the world to give you all the latest information you need to make a great cup at home: • The best beans and how to buy and store them • The grinder that’s essential for great coffee • Incisive reports on brewing and espresso-making equipment and tips on how to get the best from them, with photographs of current models • A complete, up-to-date list of sources for beans, equipment and Fair Trade organizations

The True History of Tea

A lively and beautifully illustrated history of one of the world’s favorite beverages and its uses through the ages.World-renowned sinologist Victor H. Mair teams up with journalist Erling Hoh to tell the story of this remarkable beverage and its uses, from ancient times to the present, from East to West. For the first time in a popular history of tea, the Chinese, Japanese, Tibetan, and Mongolian annals have been thoroughly consulted and carefully sifted. The resulting narrative takes the reader from the jungles of Southeast Asia to the splendor of the Tang and Song Dynasties, from the tea ceremony politics of medieval Japan to the fabled tea and horse trade of Central Asia and the arrival of the first European vessels in Far Eastern waters. Through the centuries, tea has inspired artists, enhanced religious experience, played a pivotal role in the emergence of world trade, and triggered cataclysmic events that altered the course of humankind. How did green tea become the national beverage of Morocco? And who was the beautiful Emma Hart, immortalized by George Romney in his painting The Tea-maker of Edgware Road? No other drink has touched the daily lives of so many people in so many different ways. The True History of Tea brings these disparate aspects together in an entertaining tale that combines solid scholarship with an eye for the quirky, offbeat paths that tea has strayed upon during its long voyage. It celebrates the common heritage of a beverage we have all come to love, and plays a crucial part in the work of dismantling that obsolete dictum: East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. 50 illustrations

The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved: Inside America’s Underground Food Movements

An instant classic for a new generation of monkey-wrenching food activists. Food in America is cheap and abundant, yet the vast majority of it is diminished in terms of flavor and nutrition, anonymous and mysterious after being shipped thousands of miles and passing through inscrutable supply chains, and controlled by multinational corporations. In our system of globalized food commodities, convenience replaces quality and a connection to the source of our food. Most of us know almost nothing about how our food is grown or produced, where it comes from, and what health value it really has. It is food as pure corporate commodity. We all deserve much better than that. In The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved, author Sandor Ellix Katz (Wild Fermentation, Chelsea Green 2003) profiles grassroots activists who are taking on Big Food, creating meaningful alternatives, and challenging the way many Americans think about food. From community-supported local farmers, community gardeners, and seed saving activists, to underground distribution networks of contraband foods and food resources rescued from the waste stream, this book shows how ordinary people can resist the dominant system, revive community-based food production, and take direct responsibility for their own health and nutrition.

The Ancient Art of Tea: Wisdom From the Ancient Chinese Tea Masters

“It is my hope that this book will encourage others in the West to pick up where the ancients and the author left off and go out and search for sources of sweet water here in North America. … It is time for us to pick up the mantle and spread the word, Tea.”—Dr. Eric Messersmith, Institute for Asian Studies, Florida International UniversityThe health benefits of tea, from green teas to white, oolong and black teas, are well known in our world today. How to create the perfect, healthy cup of tea is a process few people truly understand, making The Ancient Art of Tea a needed guide for tea lovers.Making a perfect cup of tea is a dynamic process that requires the right environment, good spring water, a suitable fire to boil water, skill in steeping tea, and deep understanding of tea connoisseurship.From a variety of ancient tea texts comes a broader perspective and deeper insight into the topics that surround the tea drinking experience. The ancient Chinese held tea and the various types of tea in high regard for its medicinal and rejuvenative properties. They prized the teas that grew high on the mountains, in crags and crevices in the rocks. They believed that tea was best brewed with pure, clean, mountain spring water, and that fire should be from clean and natural sources since properly heated water would define the subtle tastes of the tea. Using the proper utensils enhanced the taste and experience of tea drinking. And they believed that where you had your tea, along with the people with whom you shared the experience, all determine the value of the tea.The Ancient Art of Tea contains vital information to assist tea drinkers in their quest for yet another pot of delicious tea. This book teaches the two fundamental secrets to tea as practiced in ancient China—technique and taste. These exemplify some of the basic concepts of the philosophy of tea, which greatly enhances tea enjoyment. Not only an exhaustive source of tea knowledge, The Ancient Art of Tea is also a very important volume in the study of Chinese tea and is sure to become a classic in itself.

The Most Amazing Tea Infuser – The Steep Stir! Premium Tea Infuser – Tea Strainer – Tea Steeper – Best Portable Loose Leaf Tea Infuser!

FEATURE AND BENEFITS: Loose leaf tea steeping made easy The Steep-Stir makes it easy to scoop up the desired amount of loose leaf tea. The sliding feature ensures that a generous amount of tea leaves stays inside the enclosure while you close it. Stir and Sip. You should only fill an infuser half full leaving some spaces for the leaves to swell. Enjoy the nuances, the complexity and character – this is the joy of drinking tea! Loose leaf tea just got a lot less complicated. This modern design makes cleaning your infuser a breeze. HEALTH BENEFITS OF TEA: For centuries, tea has been used in alternative medicine to treat everything from cancer to constipation. Recent research supports these claims: Studies have shown that tea may protect against heart disease, Alzheimer’s and many types of cancer. You may think that if you’ve tried one tea, you’ve tried them all, but that’s not the case. There’s a wide range of flavors within every type of tea and host of different preventative health benefits. Learn how sipping on a cup of the right kind of tea could be the answer to your health problems. VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT www.ecohipproducts.com HOW TO USE YOUR STEEP STIR: Simply slide back the sleeve from the barrel. Then scoop up the tea leaves (perfect for 10-14oz cups), if you have a smaller cup, simply put less tea in – leave room for tea to expand. Slide the sleeve closed and place in a tea cup to steep (steep time varies according to what type of loose leaf tea is used). Remove steeper when steeped to desired strength. Enjoy! Tea Steeping Times: White & Green teas: 1-3 minutes Pu-erh teas: 2-3 minutes Black teas: 3-5 minutes Herbal teas: 3-6 minutes Oolong teas: 4-7 minutes