God in a Cup
Book description
Can a cup of coffee reveal the face of God? Can it become the holy grail of modern-day knights errant who brave hardship and peril in a relentless quest for perfection? Can it change the world? These questions are not rhetorical. When highly prized coffee beans sell at auction for…
Why read it?
2 authors picked God in a Cup as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The speciality coffee industry is now a mature global part of coffee culture, but this book captures the early excitement around it as it burst onto the global stage. How coffee companies sought out and bought coffee was completely rewritten during this time, and this book makes for a fascinating read.
From James' list on coffee lovers.
Weissman follows the travels and experiences of three major figures in specialty coffee (not ever precisely defined, but pretty much meaning anything not in a plastic tub at the grocery store, and implying great care in selecting and roasting coffee beans) who have been looking for years for fabulous coffee. The guys involved are fascinating, complex coffee geeks. Geoff Watts of Intelligentsia Coffee talks about a cup that was so good it seemed to have “streams of light” coming out of it. Don Holly was so transported by one brew that he “saw the face of God in the cup.” The book follows…
From Robert's list on US, China, Britain, France, and Nicaragua coffee.
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