God in a Cup: The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Coffee
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Product DescriptionCan 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 $50, $100, or $150 a pound wholesale (and potentially twice that at retail), anything can happen. In God in a Cup, journalist and late-blooming adventurer Michaele Weissman treks into an exotic and paradoxical realm of specialty coffee where the successful traveler must be part passionate coffee connoisseur, part ambitious entrepreneur, part activist, and part Indiana Jones. Her guides on the journey are the nation’s most heralded coffee business hotshots—Counter Culture’s Peter Giuliano, Intelligentsia’s Geoff Watts, and Stump-town’s Duane Sorenson. With their obsessive standards and fiercely competitive baristas, these roasters are creating a new culture of coffee connoisseurship in America—a culture in which $10 lattes are both a purist’s pleasure and a way to improve the lives of third-world farmers. If you love a good cup of coffee—or a great adventure story—you’ll love this unprecedented look up close at the people and passions behind today’s best beans.
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This book seems more about personalities than coffee. I am not sure who the market is for this, but as someone interested in coffee, I didn’t want to read about the personal stuff of the 3 protagonists. WTF – some people seem to like the added fluff, and I am sure there are redeeming qualities, but I won’t know because I couldn’t take it after Ch. 4, and it went into the recycling. Rating: 2 / 5
I bought this book because it was about coffee. I didn’t know what a treat I was in for. It’s a real page turner. There are insights into the “coffee guys” (guys in the coffee business) and also the growing and processing of coffee. It’s an adventure story that gets you in touch with orgin and what goes on there. I would recommend it to anyone interested in coffee or just a good story. You won’t be disappointed. Rating: 5 / 5
I am just starting to get into specialty coffee, so this was the perfect book to me. Learning about the trips to origin and getting a somewhat behind-the-scenes and in-depth look into the specialty coffee world was awesome. The author interviewed everyone that I was interested in, and more. Like I said, the book is very easy to read, and I was engaged in the book the whole time. Rating: 5 / 5
I agree with one of the reviewers, too much writing about the “Young Coffee Gods” for Pete’s sake talk about the countries and the farmers busting their hump so that the Stumptown owner can sit and smoke pot in his office, pot that the farmers labours paid for. Rating: 2 / 5
“God in a Cup: The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Coffee” by Michaele Weissman ($24. 95, Wiley, 268 pp. ) will grab your attention from the first page and keep you turning pages until you reach the end. It is a fascinating journalistic account of the hyper-competitive pursuit for high-end coffee. Weissman’s writing style is one that introduces the reader into the complexities of the coffee world and then brings you along for the ride as she goes globe-trotting after the story. It’s a remarkable tale that she finds and one you’ll enjoy reading. Rating: 4 / 5