The Coffee Book

With more than three hundred recipes for exotic and easy-to-prepare coffee-based drinks, The Coffee Book can turn any home into a gourmet coffeehouse. An international melange of styles and flavors allows readers to make their own espressos, iced coffees, liqueurs, cocktails, instant coffees, coffee substitutes, and specialty coffee drinks. This ultimate recipe book for coffee lovers also includes everything anyone would ever need to know about coffee, from where it is grown to how its brewed in countries around the world. Authors Dawn Campbell and Janet Smith have created a compendium of information on the history of coffee and its metamorphosis into one of the worlds most popular beverages. From the sidewalk cafes of France, cafe au lait may be the choice for a morning perk. For the less traditional, there is the unusual combination of flavors in Cafe Picante Brasileiro. The adventurous can find rare brews from exotic places such as Thailand, where a blend of Mekong alcohol and coffee is called Gha faa Siam. For simple tastes or daring spirits, a recipe to suit the passion of every coffee connoisseur is waiting.