{"product_id":"9780228100942","title":"The World Atlas of Coffee: From Beans to Brewing -- Coffees Explored, Explained and Enjoyed","description":"\u003cp\u003e Professionals and enthusiasts alike will love this beautiful book by James Hoffmann. From overviews of the world's most vibrant coffee-growing regions, to step-by-step brewing tutorials, the content is educational, thought-provoking, and substantial. I've already recommended this book to \u003ci\u003eBarista Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e readers countless times.\u003cbr\u003e -- Sarah Allen, Editor\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarista Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautiful world guide to the brown bean. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking the reader on a global tour of coffee-growing countries, \u003ci\u003eThe World Atlas of Coffee\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlants 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganized by continent and then further by country or region, \u003ci\u003eThe World Atlas of Coffee\u003c\/i\u003e presents the brew in color spreads packed with information. They include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003e The history of coffee generally and regionally \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e 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.) \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Map of growing regions and detail maps \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Charts explaining differences in growing regions within a country \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Inset boxes (For example, what is the Potato Defect? Is Cuban coffee legal in the United States?) \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e The politics of coffee and the fair trade, organic and shade grown phenomena \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Beautiful color photographs taken in the field. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmericans 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. \u003ci\u003eThe World Atlas of Coffee\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent choice for these coffee lovers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Firefly Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47023035646192,"sku":"9780228100942","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780228100942_p0.jpg?v=1763779963","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780228100942","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}