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A review by insearchof_wonder_
How to Taste Coffee: Develop Your Sensory Skills and Get the Most Out of Every Cup by Jessica Easto
informative
4.0
This book delved a lot deeper into the science of taste than I was expecting, and your girl is NOT into science. Especially chemistry. Biology, OK, but when we start getting to the cellular level, I'm out.
HOWEVER. I understood enough of the science talk from the first half of the book that it provided the necessary framework for comprehending the more practical aspects of the second book, where the author actually begins to discuss the process of tasting coffee.
More than merely TASTING coffee, this book teaches you how to CATEGORIZE and VERBALIZE what you are tasting, which can be a very tricky thing. I would like to read more books about different types of beans and the process of roasting (not to mention the process of coffee preparation), all of them in terms of taste. But this is a good overview on tasting coffee in general and I benefited from this read.
HOWEVER. I understood enough of the science talk from the first half of the book that it provided the necessary framework for comprehending the more practical aspects of the second book, where the author actually begins to discuss the process of tasting coffee.
More than merely TASTING coffee, this book teaches you how to CATEGORIZE and VERBALIZE what you are tasting, which can be a very tricky thing. I would like to read more books about different types of beans and the process of roasting (not to mention the process of coffee preparation), all of them in terms of taste. But this is a good overview on tasting coffee in general and I benefited from this read.