I Love Coffee!: Over 100 Easy and Delicious Coffee Drinks Kindle Edition

I bought this book because I want it to open a little coffee shop and it was very informative. Sadly, I end up opening a comfort food restaurant and did not made coffee because clients only asked for sodas and juices. But I kept this book for my personal entertainment. I love making coffee with my friends. This book is not intended to make you a barista over night or at all. It is just for coffee lovers that wants to have a better insight about their favorite drink, well, the whole world favorite drink for that matter, and have a few recipes that are easy to make on their own. This book provided a good insight on the origins of coffee, where it's grown, how it's picked, packaged, and roasted. I recommend it to anyone who wants to know about coffee from someone who really enjoys drinking and making it. It is a nicely presented book with good recipes. It has nice pictures as well, the pictures are one the best appealing of the book, it makes you want it to make all the coffee recipes inside I Love Coffee! Over 100 Easy and Delicious Coffee Drinks. All the recipes have Easy-to-understand explanations and introductions to various coffee beans, grinding, brewing processes, coffee machine/equipment, and making latte art. Not every book is perfect and many will find mistakes or something they would do different because they are baristas or something in between but why they did not wrote a book themselves? I recommend this book for you coffee lover and have some fun.

I picked up a copy of this book because I was sick of paying $4 for a latte every morning. This is a great book and not written in a way that would intimidate the novice person. It's not written by a coffee snob in other words. I am making pretty good coffees now, and saving some money on those $4 lattes.

If you love coffee as much as I do, and had to have one essential coffee book, this "I Love Coffee!" book by Susan Zimmer fits the bill. This book has basically everything you need to know about coffee - chapters on coffee beans, brewing techniques, and various coffee machines and equipment. One of my favorite parts is the section on how to make Latte Art. A few weeks ago, my sister took me to one of the best coffee places in the world, Crema in Nashville, Tennessee. As an early birthday present, my sister took me to Crema because I mentioned singer Kelly Clarkson's photo and short description of the Latte Art coffee she posted on her Facebook page while visiting Crema in Nashville, Tennessee. That place had a long line of customers. And by tasting their coffee, I can see why Crema is a popular place. I met Lacey, the barista who made the leaf design in Kelly's Latte Art coffee. I also talked to Mark, another barista there. If Mark and Lacey ever bump into Kelly Clarkson again, they can now tell her that two Asian-American women from the Midwest went to Crema because of Kelly Clarkson's Facebook recommendation for Crema. Anyways, my sister and I had leaf designs in our Cuban coffee. And Crema had many specialty coffee drinks that would make the author Susan Zimmer proud. If I lived in Nashville, I would definitely go to Crema every week. I took pictures of the Latte Art coffees my sister and I had at Crema - Latte Art is so beautiful. And I appreciate all the beautiful Latte Art pictures in Susan Zimmer's book as well. I really like the cover of this book, the combination of heart and leaf design in the coffee. That definitely takes some skill to create that leaf and heart design combination. It's been quite a while since I've watched Krzysztof Kieslowski's movie, "Blue". But there were a few scenes in that movie where Juliette Binoche's character, Julie, is drinking coffee and eating ice cream with the coffee, slowly putting a sugar cube in her coffee, etc. There are times in that film when she seems to be staring blankly as if hypnotized for a long time at her coffee mug or playing with her coffee spoon. Let's just say Juliette Binoche's character spends a lot of alone time at the French cafe or bistro she regularly goes to, and she's rarely smiling, always deep in thought while dealing with her depression, sadness, solitude, independence, and loneliness at the same time. I then think of this Latte Art, and imagine all the people across the world staring at the Latte Art he or she has purchased. I wonder if the character, Julie, in Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Blue" would have smiled once if she had a Latte Art coffee. In my opinion, I think she would. Let's just say if you want to put a smile on someone's face and lift someone's spirits up, buy him or her Latte Art coffee. You can stare for several minutes with a smile on your face with Latte Art, because it's awesome "artwork". If you love the recipes from Susan Zimmer's "I Love Coffee" book, besides going to Crema in Nashville, Tennessee, I highly recommend going to Baileys' Chocolate Bar in St. Louis, Missouri. Some of the recipes from this book remind me of the drinks my sister and I had at Baileys' Chocolate Bar in St. Louis. Baileys' Signature Chocolate Bar Martinis are awesome! Both Crema and Baileys' Chocolate Bar are "I just died and went to Heaven" places. If you have a Bucket List, those two places should be on your list, seriously. I like the fact that there is a Coffee-o-logy glossary near the back of this book. And recipes for various coffee syrups and whipped creams as well. And I like that there are many drink recipes in this book. My favorite recipes from this book are: "Rolo"-Way Latte (I also tried a Rolo McFlurry at a McDonald's in Nashville, TN. as well - not bad.), Sciampagna Latte, Vietnamese Iced Coffee, Chocolate Kiss Iced Coffee, Cola-Coffee, Cola Coffee Martini, Coffee Sands, Frozen "Thai-ramisu" Martini, and Orient Express Martini. Another good reason to buy this book is that Susan Zimmer is donating a portion of the proceeds from this book to Coffee Kids - an international nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting families in coffee-producing countries. In summary, there are many reasons to buy this book: 1.)Nice pictures of Latte Art and other coffee drinks 2.) Easy-to-understand explanations and introductions to various coffee beans, grinding, brewing processes, coffee machine/equipment, making latte art, etc. 3.) Various recipes for alcoholic and non-alcoholic coffee drinks, syrups, and whipped creams 4.) Coffee-related glossary in the end 5.)This is an affordable book, and part of the proceeds go to a good cause/nonprofit organization. If you know someone who loves coffee, then this would make an excellent gift for him or her. I highly recommend this book!

she had a little trouble with shipping but eventually was a happy camper

Coffee are one of those things that are necessary in life in our generation. To keep up with other people, we drink tons of coffee to create more time in our busy busy lives. So many people have forgotten the pleasure of coffee, and just focuses on its minor side effect. Coffee should be praised and loved just as much as wine gets praised and loved. This book provides the ideas for more things to try among the coffee world. Its alot of fun to tryA must have for coffee drinkers!

Great coffee book for those who want to have some coffee knowledge beyond using your own drip machine or the menu at Starbucks. Lots of great solutions for making expensive espresso drinks inexpensively at home and without the use of any fancy equiptment. Made myself a nice foamy mochachinno at home last night with just a stovetop moka pot, a saucepan for steaming the milk, and a whisk for making the foam.

I am a coffee lover for sure but when serving coffee after a meal or especially to company or even after a holiday meal, I wanted something a little special to serve. The book gives me those options and definitely gives me instructions as to brewing all types of coffee. Well written and lovely pictures as well.

This is a splendid book. I am a coffee lover, and this covers a lot of history, techniques, styles and recipes. I would recommend this to anyone that loves coffee.

Ok good points - there are LOTS of really great recipe ideas in this book, lots of useful information about coffee and where it comes from and detailed info on how to make basic coffee drinks. The recipes are split into hot drinks, cold drinks, alcoholic drinks and seasonal drinks. It's easy to understand and well presented with photos to see the finished products.Bad points - you need a lot of syrups to make the recipes. If you're like me and think you'll be able to use standard kitchen cupboard ingredients, then this book isn't for you. I already own caramel vanilla mint hazelnut and strawberry and there are a fair few drinks I still can't make because ill have to start hunting online for more syrups.That's really the only bad point. Otherwise, it's a good book

Excellent. First saw book in THE coffee shop in Bergen, Norway, and started looking at it there. Coffee shop recommended by one of the staff in tourist office!!! Had to buy it on return. Starts with what one ought to know, types of coffee, how to use different machines etc. and then the recipes. Apart from the recipes which are great it is a wonderful read.

great ideas for enhancing your coffee experience - my 21 year old daughter and her boyfriend spend many happy times making frothy coffee

Got this for my boyfriend at xmas, who is a coffee addict and he LOVES this book. Full of great info and tips. Really recommend.

Some interesting coffee recipes. However a purist prefers good coffee without the extras.