The Coffee Snob: A Brief Introduction to the Café Menu

What a great holiday gift idea, this sweet introduction to the cafe menu.I would like to write more in this review later when I can take my time to truly explain how helpful this book is to me. For now, let me just say that I am so glad I picked it up when I did as I am better to able to understand exactly what I'm ordering and how to get precicly what I want at the coffee shop. Almost more importantly than that, without even trying to learn something in this easy to read comprehensive guide, I picked up all sorts of useful information that have added to my ability to carry on a conversation about one of my most favorite things in the world, coffee!The author demonstrates quite a bit of humility, intelligence and humor with anecdotal stories about what it's like to be a barista. It must be very frustrating to handle the order of the customer who doesn't have any idea what they are ordering and would more quickly blame the barista for making them the wrong drink then admit that they don't know what they are talking about.I feel that as long as I have this sweet little guide as my companion, I can easily navigate the most fancy Cafe menus.♡

This book has a nice explanation of traditional coffee drinks and what their recipes originally looked like compared to the Starbucks version. It could have used another editing round, just for clarity. I also would have appreciated a bit more info on how to discern & appreciate well-made coffee instead of all the thinly-veiled complaints about the "green mermaid" and American non-connoisseurs. The author expresses his hope that his readers can proceed to the coffee house with confidence after reading his book, but his book mostly told me that the coffee house menu is wrong anyway, so whatevs...

Definitely needed this after working in a European shop in a sea of green mermaid clientele.I have literally experienced every single one of his examples and was always perplexed on how to resolve the problem.

This book is good at being what it is: A critique of Starbucks. It is not very good at being what its title, and the Amazon reviews, suggested to me: An educational book about coffee and the coffees served in coffee bars. If you already know the difference between a latte and a cappuccino, and want a more in-depth coffee education, don't bother with this book. If you're looking for a diatribe against "the green mermaid," by all means, read it and be amused.You'll probably give it five stars.

I am brazilian and lived for 3 years in USA. During this time I never understood why it was so difficult to find a "real good coffee" to drink even though I was going to a coffee shop. Reading this book I got the point! I would love to have had the chance to know these things before...

I really enjoyed this inside look, They say you never truly understand until you have been on the other side of the counter, The Coffee Snob gives you this view, easy to read, understand and absorb. Its a great addition to my library.

This book provides a quick journey into the fascinating and elegant realm of coffee artistry so tragically eclipsed by corporate America. The Coffee Snob leaves you wanting more of the real thing and less of "café com leite".

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Interesting insights but essentially it looks like it's all the same thing with varying degrees of froth. Ok I've learned something!

A very quick read .Interesting. I learned the information quite fast. Very useful. I now know how to order an espresso. I am glad I brought it.