Path: bloom-beacon.mit.edu!hookup!news.kei.com!eff!news.duke.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!insosf1.infonet.net!usenet From: tim@ins.infonet.net (Tim Nemec) Newsgroups: alt.coffee,alt.food.coffee,rec.food.drink.coffee,alt.drugs.caffeine,alt.answers,rec.answers,news.answers Subject: Coffee Resources Guide Followup-To: poster Date: 3 Jun 1994 23:44:25 GMT Organization: INS Info Services, Des Moines, IA USA Lines: 807 Approved: tim@ins.infonet.net (Tim Nemec) Message-ID: <2sof8p$bsk@insosf1.infonet.net> Reply-To: tim@ins.infonet.net NNTP-Posting-Host: ins.infonet.net Xref: bloom-beacon.mit.edu alt.coffee:2502 alt.food.coffee:546 rec.food.drink.coffee:737 alt.drugs.caffeine:4246 alt.answers:3038 rec.answers:5701 news.answers:20488 Archive-name: coffee-resources-guide Version: 2.0 Last-modified: June 3, 1994 Posting-Frequency: semi-monthly Maintainer: Tim Nemec (tim@ins.infonet.net) ------------------------------------------- Coffee Resources Guide --------------------------- Section A: Coffee Bean & Tea Vendors Section B: Coffee Equipment & Accoutrements Section C: Coffee Books & Periodicals The Really Important Stuff To Know ---------------------------------- The accuracy of information contributed to this guide has NOT been verified. The reader of this guide maintains sole responsibility for the use of the information contained herein. The appearance of any vendor in this guide does not constitute an endorsement of that vendor by *any* person or group. READERS SHOULD *ALWAYS* CONTACT THE VENDOR PERSONALLY BEFORE SENDING ANY MONEY. INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN MAY BE INACCURATE OR OUTDATED. FURTHER, NO EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO DETECT ANY FRAUDULENT INFORMATION WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THIS GUIDE. IN SHORT, CAVEAT EMPTOR - LET THE BUYER BEWARE. This document COPYRIGHT 1994, Tim Nemec. It may be freely copied and distributed, in any medium, so long as it is reproduced in its entirety (including this header) and no fee is charged. In short, you can pass it along for free to anyone you choose and in any format you chose but you may not sell it. Other Stuff Worth Reading ------------------------- Additions/updates to this guide are welcomed. Anyone may submit an addition or update. THERE ARE NO FEES OR CHARGES WHATSOEVER ASSOCIATED WITH PARTICIPATING IN OR RECEIVING THIS GUIDE. Coffee houses, however incredible, aren't included here unless they also have a mail order business. Books listed in this directory are not necessarily 'in-print'. Some may be available only at used bookstores, etc. Anyone may add entries -- and are strongly encouraged to do so. However, direct requests from product vendors take precedence over other requests. In other words, a vendor can, within the limitations set forth here, control their own listing -- should they choose to do so. Vendors may include any information they feel is relevant but the maintainer of this guide reserves the right to edit for brevity. Vendors are asked to limit entries to fourteen (14) lines of text (max length per line=60 characters). Cross-vendor comparisons ("ours is better than theirs") are simply not appropriate here. However, vendors or their satisfied customers can feel free to 'toot their own horns' to their heart's content -- or up to 14 lines of text -- whichever comes first. All subjective/editorial comments are the opinions of the vendors themselves or of the original submitter of the information. If you request a deletion, please include a reason such as "removal requested by vendor", "vendor no longer in business". Please e-mail any changes, additions, or deletions to:. tim@ins.infonet.net (Tim Nemec) If you don't have Internet mail access but would like your company listed or a current listing modified or removed, contact me (Tim Nemec) at 319-393-7738. Please allow "an_unspecified_period_of_time" for requests to be incorporated. Finally, a very sincere thanks to all who have contributed to this guide. Stuff You Can Safely Skip ------------------------- This list is being temporarily maintained by Tim Nemec who lives Iowa; home of the blood-sucking, abominable sabre-toothed snow-mosquito. Tim appointed himself "Prime Sinister of Coffee" and then declared martial law. However, cracks in his new dictatorship appeared when he was caught red-handed using the x-word in alt.coffee In a feeble attempt to justify his act, he crawled behind a dictionary. But the high priests of the dictionary refused to grant him sanctuary and he was cast out from behind the great book looking somewhat less powerful. Film at 11. ===================================== == Section A: COFFEE BEAN VENDORS == ===================================== Arabica Gourmet Coffee & Tea Club Debra Caruthers, President 5662 Calle Real Box #140 Santa Barbara, CA 93117 1-800-66-MOCHA e-mail: sparklesss@aol.com or 73751.2225@compuserve.com Mail order only. Call or leave email for brochure and free coffee bean sample. A coffee-of-the-month club featuring whole bean coffee roasted by local roasters in Santa Barbara. Brochure will include free coffee grinder offer. Design your own ordering plan. Coffee shipments will always include free gourmet goodie and monthly newsletter, "The French Press." Coffee is packaged in tamper proof zip-lock bags. Member: Specialty Coffee Assn. of America. ============================= Ash Creek Orchards (Seth Appell) Pima, AZ. 85543 (602) 485-2084 For detailed infomation e-mail: coffee@csos.orst.edu or sappell@eac.cc.az.us Specialty: Capulin Coffee Capulin is the traditional name given to a particular condition of coffee. It has never been touched by water. None of the finest, most subtle flavors and alkaloids have been dissolved away. Orders accepted via e-mail ============================= Backroads Coffee & Tea P.O. Box 1019 2nd & Dakota Hayward, WI 54843 1-800-634-4951 This micro roaster has an excellent selection of coffees including Celebes Kalossi, Columbian Narino, Yemen Mocha, Jamaican Blue Mountain, Ethiopian Yergacheffe, Tanzania Peaberry. Also flavored & decaf. Call for catalog ============================= Barnes & Watson Fine Teas 1319 Dexter Avenue North, Suite 030 Seattle, WA 98109 Phone: (206) 283-6948 FAX: (206) 283-0799 Importers, blenders and resellers of the finest iced and hot teas. Barnes & Watson sells the best and freshest teas available anywhere in the US. ============================= Barnie's Coffee & Tea Company 1-800-284-1416 100% Kona and 100% Jamaican Blue Mountain. ============================= BB Bean Coffee 334 East Colorado Ave. Colorado Springs, CO zip ??? (719) 475-2236 Accepts orders by phone with major credit card. Great Sumatra Mendheling (sp?). ============================= Boston Stoker Dayton, Ohio 1-800-827-JAVA [They were] written up about two years ago in "Bon Apetit" magazine as being among the finest coffee sellers in the country. I concur. They offer a wide variety of beans at reasonable prices. Special praise should be given for the real interest that John Penick, store manager in Centerville, takes in explaining the intricacies of fine coffee. They have an extensive mail order business. Give them a call and I am sure that you won't be disappointed! ============================= Boyer Coffee Company 7295 North Washington Street Denver, CO 80229 (303) 289-3345 (303) 289-2133 (FAX) 1-800-452-JAVA (outside Denver) Call for catalog ============================= Brewing Market 2525 Arapahoe Ave. Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 444-4858 1-800-628-9170 outside Colorado On-premise, small-batch roasting of a large selection of varietals and blends. ============================= City Bean Coffee 10911 Lindbrook Los Angeles, CA 90024 (310) 824-1340 "Brazil Natural Dry Fazenda Vista Alegre", Costa Rica Tres Rios La Magnolia, Guatemala Antigua San Migues, Colombia Supremo Bucaramunga, Mexican Fino Rohas, Kona Mahogonoy, Papua New Guinea, Sumatra Mandheling Crown, Java Blawan, Kenya AA+, India Mysore Nuggets, and Yemen Mocha Sanani. They also do blends, and have Costa Rica Tarrazu and Sumatra Mandheling in decaf, with the decaffeination done at the KVW plant in Germany. ============================= Coffee Connection, The Six Drydock Avenue Boston, MA 02210 1-800-284-5282 The Coffee Connection is a Boston-area chain of coffee and tea vendors which also has a mail-order catalog service. They also offer a subscription service where you can get your favorite coffee shipped every x number of days -- you can even tell them the region, type of roast and price limit and they'll ship you a different coffee each week/month/etc. ============================= The Coffee Gallery 65 King Street Northampton, MA 01060 (413) 584-5116 (voice) (413) 586-8281 (fax) Coffee Gallery supplies fine estate grown *Arabica* varietal coffees to coffee aficionados all over the USA. All coffees are roasted once a week and immediately vacuum-packed for maximum freshness. Cheap filler coffees are *not* used in any blends, espresso roasts or decafs. Fine estate grown leaf teas are also a specialty. Established in 1974 by Bob & Mary Lou Heiss ============================= Coffee People, Inc Mail Order Department 4130 S.W. 117th Avenue Beaverton, OR 97005 (503) 223-7714 Ask for "A Sippers Guide to the Best Coffee Anywhere" ============================= The Coffee Roaster 13567 Ventura Boulevard Sherman Oaks (818) 905-9719 They do roasting on premisis, and I've gotten green beans from them in small quantities. I'm pretty sure they do mail order. But as I recall it was more than $4 per pound. ============================= Coffee Society 21265 Steven's CReek Blvd. #202 Cupertino, CA 95014 Voice: 800 366-5282 FAX: 408 255-5218 M/C,Visa ============================= Community Kitchens The Art of food Plaza Ridgely, MD 21685 Phone 1-800-535-9901 Several roasts of Colombian-Medellin-Armenia blend, Brazilian Sao Paulo, Paulo District, "Private Reserve" Samplers, and New Orleans Coffee-Chicory Blend, a Louisiana Blend (Colombian-Medellin-Armenia with Mexican altura) Coatepec and a little Bourbon), Evangeline (Mostly Kenyan AA - dark roast, with a little Bourbon), Plantation (world-wide blend - med roast) and Napoleon (like Evangeline but light roast).... also a Peaberry... Founded by "Cap"Sauvage in 1919. "Family Secret" roasting methods. Definitely in the Cajun/French spectrum... ============================= Fortunes Gourmet Coffee Pittsburgh, PA (412) 771-7767 ============================= Gevalia Kafee Import Services Holmparken Square P.O. Box 11423 Des Moines, Iowa 50336 (800) 678-2682 Gevalia has a reasonable variety of coffees, plus every 2-3 months you can purchase selections from around the world. Some of the countries included in the special picks are: Guatemala (Antigua), Kenya (Meru), etc. Ask about their 'free coffee maker' offer. ============================= The Gourmet Coffees and Teas and/or Espresso's and Cappaccino's of the Month Club, Inc. 1-800-4U2-JOIN or 1-800-482-5646 visa/Mc accepted Coffee's and Tea's from around the world. ============================= Green Coffee Club PO Box 1980 Philadelphia, PA 19143 1-800-873-7557 Specializing in green coffee beans. Minimum 5 pound order. ============================= Green Mountain Coffee Roasters 33 Coffee Lane Waterbury, VT 05676 1-800-223-6768 VISA/MC Accepted. Join the coffee club, and your first order is *free*! Free paper filters periodically if you are a club member. Call for catalog and information. ============================= Hawaiian Mountian Gold Products P.O. Box 390486 Kailua-Kona, HI 96739 808-322-6713 808-324-1542 FAX The beans come from the Ferrari plantation right on the Kona coast hillside. I recommend the 100% Kona. If you're really into high end coffee -- try the Peaberry 100% Kona - wow! ============================= J. Martinez and Co. 3230-A Peachtree Road Atlanta, GA 30305. 1-800-642-5282 ============================= Kaladi Brothers Coffee Co. 6921 Brayton Dr., Suite A Anchorage, AK 99507 (800) 770-5483 (907) 334-5483 (907) 334-5935 FAX Kaladi Bros. boasts a Sivetz fresh-air roaster which they claim gives a more uniform roast. Satisfaction guaranteed. Colombia Supremo/Medellin, Sidamo/Ethiopia, Antigua/Guatemala, Estate Java, Kenya AA+, Kona Extra Fancy /Schooler Estate, La Minita/Tarrazu, Celebe Kalossi, French roast, Trieste Caffe (Northern Italian style espresso), Cariati Caffe (Southern Italian style espresso), blends, decafs (Guatemalan, Mocha-Java, French, Trieste) ============================= Lion Coffee 894 Queen Street Honolulu, HI 96813 U.S. and Canada phone: 1 (800) 338-8353 Fax: 1 (800) 972-0777 Hawaii phone: 1 (800) 450-4506 Japan Fax: 0031-11-3446 International: 1 (808) 526-4506 Specializes in Kona coffees. aloha and Ka ikaika o ke kohi (strength though coffee) ============================= Palo Alto Coffee Roasting Company 159 Stanford Shopping Center Palo Alto, CA 94301 (415)327-2233 Fax (415)327-4017 They have a specialty Costa Rican variety of coffee bean called La Minita. In my BD (before decaf) days, I believed it was the smoothest cup of coffee I ever had--sweet and non-acidic. ============================= Peet's Coffee + Tea PO Box 8247 Emeryville, CA 94662 800-999-2132 fax 510-704-0311 Order form and "Descriptions & Recommendations" booklet available. ============================= Regal Coffee PO Box 140, Bondi Junction NSW 2022, Australia +61 2 398 2413 (Retail outlet: `Coffee'n'Things', Belmore Road, Randwick Junction, NSW 2031 Australia) Has a wide variety of premium coffees. Delicate varieties such as Jamaican Blue Mountain, Hawaiian Kona, Indian Monsoon Malabah, etc., are roasted in small quantities on demand while-you-wait (takes around 20 minutes) (or phone ahead). Other varieties and blends are bulk roasted at the warehouse. Tell Andrew (the Proprietor) that Peter Chubb recommended them! ============================= Riley's Coffee & Fudge 261 St. Clair Square Fairview Heights, IL 62208 618-624-8156 or e-mail me (Barry Jarrett) at 76234.2601@compuserve.com Visa & MC welcome All coffees roasted in-store in small batches. Varietals, flavoreds, and decafs (including Swiss Water Process). Free brochure upon request. Member: Specialty Coffee Association of America. I'm the roaster, so questions are welcome over the Compuserve account or Internet e-mail or by phone. Also many coffee-related items (see List B) ============================= Rooster Farms P.O. Box 471 Honaunau, Hawaii 96276 (808) 328-9173 (808) 328-9378 (FAX) 100% pure Kona: certified organic and non-organic hand-picked, sun-dried, high mountain coffee beans. Variety of roasts and grinds available. Great cafe roast (half dark, half medium roast). They also sell mugs, tshirts and other misc "stuff" (like Mac Nuts). Tell them Leynette referred you! ============================= Salt Lake Roasting Company 801 363-SLRC. ============================= Santa Barbara Roasting Company 321 Motor Way Santa Barbara, California 93101 800-321-JAVA Mexican; Colombian; Costa Rican; Papua New Guinea, Dark Brazil; Dark Colombian, Ethiopian Harrar, Indian Malabar, Mexican Organic, Peru Organic, Kenya AA, Java Estate, Celebes Kalossi, Yemen Mocha. Santa Barbara Roasting has Kona 100% pure ($15.95), Jamaican Blue Mountain ($39.95), and Yunnan ($36.95). They'll sell half and quarter pounds of the last two. They also sell many decafs and flavored coffees. ============================= Schapira Coffee Company (Flavor Cup) 117 West 10th Street New York, NY 10011 212 675-3733 Consistently the best quality in New York City, as they are the only ones with a coffee roasting operation right in the shop from which they sell at retail and ship mail orders, as well as fulfil wholesale orders. ============================= Schuil Coffee Company 3679 29th St SE Grand Rapids, MI 49512 800-272-4845 ============================= Seattle's Best Coffee, 1 800 962 9659 or 1 206 463 3932 Wet Whisker, Inc. 19529 Vashon Hwy. S.W. Vashon Island, WA 98070 Visa or MC accepted... ============================= Shenandoah Joe 1229 Harris Street, Unit #3 Charlottesvile, VA 22903 804-295-4joe This is a family operation that opened about a year ago. They roast their beans in small quantities every morning and ship orders [UPS] the afternoon they are ordered. Prices are reasonable for specialty coffee. They only offer three flavored beans and normally use only one roast per bean. Coffes include: Brazillian, Papua New Guinea, Colombian, Sumatra Mandheling, Costa Rican Terrazu Primera, Estate Java, Kenya AA, Ethiopian Harar, several decaffs and organics, and several blends. ============================= Speeder & Earl's Coffee 412 Pine St. Burlington, VT. 05401 Gordon321@aol.com 1-800-849-6041 Importers/roasters of premium estate coffees. Roasting 10-25 lb. batches on an " as needed only " basis. ============================= Starbucks Coffee 2203 Airport Way South P.O. Box 34510 Seattle, WA 98124-1510 1-800-STARBUC (1-800-782-7282) 1-800-782-7286 Fax 1-800-445-3428 (inside Washington state: (206) 447-1575) Call for catalog, as well as informative brochures ============================= Thanksgiving Coffee Co. P.O. Box 1918 Fort Bragg, CA 95437-1918 800-445-6427 Call for catalog A great many special blends. 100% Hawaiian Kona, Costa Rican Terrazu, Java Estate, Ethiopean Sidamo, Coffees from Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico and Peru. A wide selection of flavored coffees. ============================= Tradewinds Coffee Raleigh, NC. 1-800-457-0406. Guatamala Antigua, Brazillian Santos, Colombian Supremo, Costa Rican (Tarrazu, I assume), Mexican, Peruvian, and Venezuelan. They also have Ethiopian yergacheffe and all the other standard coffees (kenyan, espresso roasts, etc.) ============================================ == End Of Section A: COFFEE BEAN VENDORS == ============================================ ========================================================== = Start of Section B: Vendors Of Coffee-Related Items = + ========================================================== David Asprey T-Shirts "Caffeine: my drug of choice" T-shirts with a picture of the caffeine molecule on them. High quality; $12 including US shipping. For more information e-mail: cyboman@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Riley's Coffee & Fudge 261 St. Clair Square Fairview Heights, IL 62208 618-624-8156 or e-mail me (Barry Jarrett) at 76234.2601@compuserve.com Visa & MC welcome Espresso equipment and accessories, Bodum French presses, Twinnings teas, teapots, coffeemakers, Melitta roasters (if in stock), mugs, and, of course, fudge. Free brochure upon request. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thanksgiving Coffee Co. P.O. Box 1918 Fort Bragg, CA 95437-1918 800-445-6427 Call for catalog Chocolate Covered Expresso Beans, T-Shirts, Sweatshirts, Mugs, Thermal Carafes, Bodum Presspots, Expresso Machines, Bosch Disc Grinders, DeLonghi "burr" Grinders, Coffee-related Jewelry, Art, Cookies, Cakes, Books, Pot Holders, Stainless Frothing Pitchers, Unbleached Paper Filters, Permanent Gold Filters. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ OTHER MISCELLANEOUS APPLIANCE VENDOR NUMBERS: Thanks to: stromb@hanalei.berkeley.edu (Eric Stromberg) for providing the following info (which I shamelessly plagiarized from one of his posts): Black & Decker . . . . . . . . . . . 800-552-0553 Bosch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708-865-5286 Braun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617-596-7300 Hamilton Beach . . . . . . . . . . . 800-334-2785 Krups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-526-5377 in NJ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201-767-5600 Melitta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-451-1694 Moulinex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203-358-9028 Mr. Coffee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-321-0370 Oster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414-362-7120 Proctor-Silex . . . . . . . . . . . . 804-273-9777 Regal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414-626-8502 Salton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-233-9054 Waring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203-379-0731 West Bend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414-334-6911 Xcell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312-644-7754 ========================================================== = End Of List B: Vendors Of Coffee Related Items = ========================================================== ========================================== = Start of List C: Books & Periodicals = ========================================== (Special thanks to Tom Metcalf & Barry Jarrett for providing the bulk of the information below. Tom collects coffee books and can be reached at thm1@ellis.uchicago.edu Barry runs Riley's Coffee & Fudge near St. Louis and can be reached at TBJ@delphi.com or 76234.2601@compuserve.com ) ====================== A Cup of Coffee by Normal Kolpas Grove Press, 1993 Another coffee table book with nice pictures and decent information. It too goes for the international coffee tradition thing, with extensive descriptions of coffee drinking traditions and recipes for non-coffee things which are consumed with coffee. Some of this appears to be overstated and romanticized, but its a fun book nevertheless. ===================== All About Coffee by William Ukers 800 pages. Very highly recommended by *many* people - available from the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) Fulfillment Center 1-800-647-8292 Cost is: $104.50 ===================== The Book of Coffee by Francesco and Riccardo Illy This is an absolutely gorgeous coffee table book, which also has some good information in it. Particularly noteworthy are the pictures of all phases of the coffee producing process--from a coffee plantation in full bloom to the people picking and processing the coffee berries to coffee shops around the world. ===================== The Book of Coffee and Tea Joel, David, and Karl Schapira, 1982 There is also an earlier edition of this book (1975). It includes a section on herbal teas. Good information all around. ===================== Caffe' by Enzo Martinelli (enzo.martinelli@galactica.it) Edizioni Sonda, Torino, 1992 Written in Italian, this book considers coffee as produce and as an ingredient for recipes. It looks at historical and economical points of view, in particular for developing countries. ===================== Caffeine's Frequently Asked Questions compiled by Alex Lopez-Ortiz (alopez-o@maytag.uwaterloo.ca) Available via anonymous FTP at rtfm.mit.edu in the directory /pub/usenet-by-group/alt.drugs.caffeine in the file "caffeine-faq" This document contains information on the chemistry of caffeine, how to brew coffee, discussion of coffee-making equipment and coffee storage techniques, caffeine/health issues, caffeine content in coffee, tea, soft drinks, etc. ===================== CAFFEINENATION QUARTERLY A NEW zine (old style paper based format) exploring the many links between coffee and creativity. Coffee as a drink, as a drug, as a metaphor, as a symbol, as a cultural ico, in art, music, & literature How can you get this? Just get two dollars and your address to: Marcel 4024 W.20th Vancouver, BC Canada V6S 1G5 Questions, queries, comments can be sent to marcelf@wimsey.com, or you can send me a real letter at the address listed above. ===================== Coffee Charles and Violet Schafer, Yerba Buena Press, 1976 A nice book. There are two editions of this book. As with many of the earlier books, interesting to see what people had to say about coffee before it was as popular as it is now. ===================== Coffee by Claudia Roden Penguin Books, 1987 A small book but full of good information. More entertaining to read then McCoy and Walker or the Schapiras' book. Good general information, well written. ===================== Coffee and Tea Elin McCoy and John Frederick Walker, 1988 The earlier edition of this book was known as _The Signet Book of Coffee and Tea_. Nothing remarkable here; it is an inexpensive paperback with good information. ===================== Coffee: A Guide to Brewing and Enjoying by Kenneth Davids Fouth Edition, 1991 Published by 101 Productions By far the best general work on coffee in print. In addition to its wealth of good information, it is quite well written. Earlier editions can often be found in used book stores. I own all four; the third edition (1987) is my favorite. The first and second are from 1976 and 1981, respectively. ===================== The Coffee Book Dawn Campbell and Janet Smith, Pelican, 1993 This book presents coffee drinking traditions from as many parts of the world as the authors could find, almost entirely in the form of coffee recipes, some of which look a bit questionable. Also of note is a nice coffee chronology. ===================== The Coffee Book Jacki Baxter, Chartwell Books, 1985 Less recommendable than the others but still a decent book. Top heavy with recipes. Good, but short, account of the history of coffee. ===================== The Coffee Book : The Coffee Connoisseur's Cookbook by Jacki Baxter. Chartwell Books, 1993. ISBN# 1-55521-941-1. originally published by Quintet Publishing Limited, London, 1985. ===================== The Community Kitchens Complete Guide to Gourmet Coffee by John DeMers Simon and Schuster, 1986 Decent, standard information, roughly half recipes. ===================== The Complete Book of Coffee Harry Roinick, 1982 This book was commissioned by the Melitta company, a manufacturer of coffee and coffee equipment, and contains shameless plugs for them. Aside from that, it has nice photographs and extensive information, different from what many of the other books present. ===================== Crema -- In Search of the Espresso Secret by Bernard Mariano, Trendex Intl., Chicago, 1991. A good book for home espresso, but not as broad or as deep as the Jurich (Espresso-From Bean To Cup) book. The author dismisses non-pump type machines as worthless, so there's not too much information regarding the lower cost home espresso machines. ===================== Espresso -- From Bean to Cup, by Nick Jurich Missing Link Press, Seattle, 1991. This is THE book on how to make espresso at home. I heartily recommend it to everyone who buys an espresso machine... ($11.95) ===================== Espresso: Ultimate Coffee by Kenneth Davids Published by Cole Group Although much of this book is cut-and-pasted from his other book, and although his style is a bit less opinionated, this book contains quite a bit of good information, especially in regard to the origins of espresso and the ways in which Americans have reacted to it. A much flashier production than the other book. ===================== The Perfect Cup by Timothy James Castle Addison-Wesley, 1991 Written by a coffee importer/broker, this is a good general book. Particularly interesting are the profiles of various specialty coffee roasters across the country who are dedicated to their craft and produce a fine product. Also has a good description and set of instructions for cupping. ===================== ========================================== = End of List C: Books & Periodicals = ==========================================