Beverages category: 3182 books

“A cup of coffee is a miracle, a wonderful assemblage of relationships”. This classic follows coffee's journey around the world, from London to Brazil, telling in fascinating detail and amusing anecdote the singular history of the legendary commodity, from its discovery that chewing on the beans...

An epic, scandal-plagued story of the immigrant family that built—and then spectacularly lost—a global wine empire Set in California’s lush Napa Valley and spanning four generations of a talented and visionary family, The House of Mondavi is a tale of genius, sibling rivalry, and betrayal....

Reminiscent of God in a Cup and The Devil’s Cup, this is an inside look into the modern business of making coffee. But rather than a general history, Coffee for One focuses on the revolution that made single serve such a popular way to consume coffee worldwide, and the competition and conflict that...

Tea Here Now demonstrates how tea and the simple act of preparing a cup of tea can give drinkers a taste of enlightenment. Written for the average person who wishes to infuse accessible, uncomplicated spirituality and mindfulness into his or her tea drinking, the book explores the health benefits,...

Take some time to appreciate the important things in life: friends, family, and tea! Diana Rosen shares fabulous suggestions for relaxing and celebrating over a specially selected cup of tea. Discover how tea can bring people closer together and brighten any event, including family reunions, after-school...

Why is it that almost every selling strategy that every coffee bar owner tries, to advertise, to market, and to attract paying customers is ineffective, costly, and wrong.Almost every penny that every coffee bar owner spends to attract paying customers is wasted; you might as well toss your...

Follow the ultimate coffee geeks on their worldwide hunt for the best beans. Can 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...

A history of coffee from the sixth century to Starbucks that’s “good to the last sentence” (Las Cruces Sun News). One of Library Journal’s “Best Business Books” This updated edition of The Coffee Book is jammed full of facts, figures, cartoons, and commentary covering coffee...

A Vineyard Odyssey is a fascinating saga of wine—the journey from vine to bottle—that takes the reader on a travelogue of the many hazards that lie along the way. John Kiger tracks the nefarious denizens of the vineyard world: the host of insects, fungi, bacteria, and viruses, along with the feathered...

This fully revised third edition of Cognac: The story of the world’s greatest brandy provides an authoritative account of how the much-loved spirit is produced and matured. Nicholas Faith, the world’s leading authority on cognac, explores the reasons for the spirit’s complex character, and reveals...

It is extraordinary enough that one small area in north-eastern France, on the northern edge of Europe’s wine-growing regions, should be capable of producing the finest sparkling wine in the world, one of the few worth discussing as a wine and not merely as a sparkling beverage. Yet champagne fascinates...

This concise beginner’s guide tells you exactly what you need to know to successfully produce your first batch of home-brewed beer. It covers everything from purchasing the right equipment and ingredients to preparing your equipment, cooking through the first and second fermentations, bottling your brew, storing it, and serving it for best flavor.

Are you interested in making beer at home? If you are, then you are one of the many who do not just love to drink beer but also love to experiment in making different brews. When you make your own beer, you will be able to create it just the way you want it. Do you love the taste of high alcohol-type...

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