As an Australian, I am predisposed to turning my nose up at coffee in most other countries. (Caffeine is king in Australia, and our cultural obsession with coffee is one of our best known exports.)

What makes Australian coffee so unique? How is coffee drinking different in Australia to the US? And what is the most popular coffee choice? Desperate for our morning coffee fix, most of us are blind to the mammoth mounds of messy wet grounds left behind. But some people — from engineers to designers — have found novel ways to reap financial rewards from the waste left behind by our coffee obsession. In 1901, Milanese inventor Luigi Bezzerra patented a smaller, single-cup version of Moriondo’s machine. It used steam and two bars of pressure to brew espresso in less than 30 seconds. Bezzera made several user-friendly additions to Moriondo’s machine, including the portafilter, the tapered coffee ground tray with a handle attachment. Though Berezza’s machine was marketable, it produced inconsistent brews and had a hand-operated pressure valve that frequently burned baristas. He is also selling coffee equipment from Kinto (Japan) and Moccamaster (Holland) as well as handmade essential oil candles created in Leicester and The Coffee Obsessive t-shirts and tote bags that were hand screen printed in the city. I Love Coffee! Over 100 Easy and Delicious Coffee Drinks by Susan Zimmer Nora Carol Photography/Getty Images

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If you’ve ever wanted to know all the ins and outs of being a barista, The Curious Barista’s Guide to Coffee is your book. Not only is this coffee table book filled with information about the history of coffee, it also embraces coffee culture, community, and the science behind making coffee. This book has enough information to entertain actual baristas, but it’s accessible enough for the novice coffee lover who is just getting their taste buds acclimated to the diverse flavors the industry has to offer. If you’re interetsed in recipes that center around coffee, Stephenson outlines the full process of making desserts and tasty treats using your favorite bean. This retro food is enjoying new-found fame. A dietitian explains its health benefits and shares meal ideas and recipes.

British people are the most famous gardening hobbyists in the world so a garden product was a fantastic way of engaging people with the idea of recycling coffee waste,” says Greencup’s innovations director Adam Fairweather. Because of Voltaire’s coffee obsession, his doctor supposedly once warned about the harmful effects and how it acted as poison. Voltaire was unfazed. “‘Well,’ he said, ‘I have been poisoning myself for nearly eighty years.'”[7] Anyone visiting Italy for the first time has likely heard one of these lines. In Italy, coffee culture is sacred. It has rules, customs, etiquette, and a tried-and-true menu-- but why? How did coffee get to Italy?Coffee was first cultivated in Ethiopia and later introduced to Europe through the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire recognised that coffee’s rich flavor and energising properties would make it a profitable industry, and increased cultivation in Yemen for the European market. Venice, a port city, became one of the first European cities to regularly trade for coffee. Tong Ah is an institution in Singapore. Located on busy Keong Saik Road, this bustling, no-frills coffee shop has been around since 1939 and is famed for its crispy kaya toast (two slices of toast with butter and coconut jam, served alongside coffee and soft-boiled eggs).In 1901, Ukers was editor of The Spice Mill, which was the magazine for the Jabez Burns coffee company. Ukers wanted to turn The Spice Mill into a trade journal, but the boss turned down the idea, so Ukers left the company. He went on to write All About Coffee and its companion, All About Tea.

According to The Great Italian Cafe, when coffee first arrived in Italy, it was regarded as being sinful due to its association with the Islamic religion through the Ottoman Empire. In 1600, Pope Clement VIII was asked to publicly denounce coffee to discourage its consumption. To form a fair verdict, he asked to taste it. In a moment of clarity that has come to be known as the baptism of coffee, the Pope said, “This Satan’s drink is so delicious that it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it.” With the Pope’s approval, Italian coffee culture was not only born, but blessed. The birth of the Italian barIn pre-unified Italy, coffee brought with it new social opportunities in the form of coffee houses. Coffee was best consumed hot and fresh, so Italy began establishing coffee houses, or cafes-- today’s Italian bar. The tradition of coffee houses as social spaces had originated in the Ottoman Empire, but in Italy, it took on a life of its own. I found this book easy to follow and understand on the variety of coffee aspects it covers. I am excited to try out some of the recipes provided. I decided that this is something that isn't just a hobby anymore. It isn't just something that I want to do at the weekend.

We will have lots of plants and careful lighting, so it will make you feel like you’re in the forest." It’s nice book with good details on all that’s coffee. Consists of three main subjects: the coffee theorie, the places of origin and the vast ways of making coffee. Located between what appears to be a now-shut jewellery shop and Solito Fashions and Tailors, the space is not very big, though it has managed to squeeze in a large communal table and a few other places to sit. The coffee is sourced from producers all over the world who emphasise transparency and social responsibility — and the flat white here is one of the best I have had in Singapore. But if you feel like sipping on something else, I recommend the house ginger beer, which offers the perfect amount of spice and sweetness. While the Moka pot is a beloved staple of Italy today, it was born during a dark hour in Italian history: the Fascist Period. According to scholar Jeffrey T. Schnapp, during the Fascist Period, Benito Mussolini declared aluminium to be the “national metal” of Italy. The lightweight, malleable metal was used in production across Italy for home goods and everyday products, as well as military weapons and machinery.

Bored with a barista tracing yet another fern-shaped rosetta pattern in his coffee foam, Ghidaq al-Nizar started creating his own latte art at home. But then one morning the Indonesian artist, who lives in Bandung, West Java, pressed the idea further. Though steam power was efficient, it gave coffee a burnt taste. Patents by Francesco Illy and Achille Gaggia in the mid-1930s helped define what good espresso should be. Illy’s patent on the Illetta, a machine powered by pressurised water instead of steam, would become a blueprint for future machines. Its highly pressurised process meant the espresso was pressed without excessive steam, resulting in a richer, unburnt product.Hoffman makes the joys of specialty coffee accessible to consumers. He’s been working on similar projects in the coffee industry for about a decade and a half. He has won several awards for his barista skills, including the consecutive U.K. Barista Championships in 2006 and 2007. He also won the World Barista Championship in 2007. Hoffman founded Square Mile Coffee Roasters, a coffee roasting and distribution company in north London. All About Coffee by William H. Ukers Here at The Manual, we love manuals. They tend to make us better at doing something at home, with our hands. If your love of coffee is motivated by the simplistic yet satisfying act of making a superb cup of it at home (instead of learning about the industry at large) this coffee-exclusive guide (no espresso allowed) is for the non-professional brewing in their underwear at the kitchen counter. “This book is about making coffee, after all, and there’s no reason to get distracted by how beans grow…” Portrait by J. B. Charpentier of the Duke of Penthièvre, his son Prince de Lamballe, the Princesse de Lamballe, daughter (the future Duchesse d’Orleans), and the Countess Toulouse drinking chocolate. Public domain. The Bugis establishment takes its coffee so seriously that non-Java beverages are listed as “pleasure” on its menu (because coffee-drinking is a serious business)