Read more: Best Coffee Table Books Craft Coffee: A Manual by Jessica Easto Nora Carol Photography/Getty Images Narrative is perhaps not a spot to hang out at for hours: the space is small and the tables are low, but the staff are friendly and have strong relationships with their regular customers, who are a mix of locals and expats. Plus the coffee — which is ground, tamped, brewed and served in front of you — is excellent. Chye Seng Huat Hardware (CSHH) 150 Tyrwhitt Road, Singapore 207563 Coffee Logs serve as a direct replacement for fossil fuels and woody biomass, burning longer and hotter than wood, thereby saving consumers money on a kilo by kilo basis,” Kay says. 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). Read more: How to Make Coffee Drinks at Home The World Atlas of Coffee by James Hoffman Nora Carol Photography/Getty Images

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] Caffè Florian, located in Venice’s Piazza San Marco, was founded in 1720. Today, Caffè Florian is the oldest operating coffee house in the world. In the 1700s, great artists such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, playwright Carlo Goldoni, and writers Giuseppe Parini and Silvio Pellico were known to stop in at the coffee house for intellectual conversations and, of course, coffee. As the first coffee house to allow women, it was frequented by legendary romantic Giacomo Casanova. It later became a favored stop of young aristocrats on the Grand Tour, such as Lord Byron. By the mid-1900s, most baristas were able to provide a variety of coffee drinks such as cappuccinos, macchiatos, and caffè latte, by mixing espresso with different amounts of warmed or frothed milk. Economic booms around the same time meant that Italians were spending more time outside of their homes, and bars became a space to grab a pastry for breakfast or a bite to eat later in the day. The original Australian coffee drink, the flat white, has been trendy for years. And while Australians are very particular about the frothed milk in their flat white, could an average American tell how is it different from a latte or a cappuccino? Probably not. Australian Coffee Culture

Originally written in the 1920s, this reads like a textbook. A true coffee aficionado will want to work through its comprehensive contents. When you get your copy, think twice about reading it like a regular book. It’s really more like an encyclopedia because it’s so jammed with information. All About Coffee makes a great coffee table book to have around as a reference or as a conversation piece when you have company. Coffee Atlas of Ethiopia (multiple authors) Eventually, in 2018, Iqbal - who was then living in London - decided that such was his passion, he was going to leave his successful fashion career and pursue a new career in coffee. They collect the grounds from thousands of coffee shops and restaurants as well as from instant coffee factories, airports and train stations. Firms hand them over for free because it saves money on waste disposal. The resulting coffee logs will go on sale in supermarkets, garden centres and garage forecourts in the UK this autumn. Daniel Lorenzetti and Linda Rice Lorenzetti traveled to harvesting hot spots all around the Coffee Belt to bring you this book: Guatemala, Ethiopia, Kenya, Yemen, Indonesia, Columbia, Brazil, and Costa Rica. Coffee Obsession by Anette Moldvaer

And with Melbourne being the biggest coffee hub in Australia, it is often labeled as the coffee capital of the world. In line with the specialty coffee culture, they focus on sourcing, roasting, and brewing the best coffee beans. Exploring different types of coffee, having a variety of single origins, and experimenting with different blends, temperatures, and roasts, the Melbourne coffee is not only about making a good flat white or espresso. And the coffee! It was an unexpected surprise to find something similar to what we were used to in Australia. 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.)Moldvaer, business partner to James Hoffman, wrote the book in part to dispel the myth that all coffee from a certain country tastes the same. She is the green coffee buyer for their Square Mile Coffee Roasters, and travels to each of the regions where she buys coffee to talk with the people growing the beans and learn more about the conditions in which they’re grown. Everything But Espresso by Scott Rao Don’t be put off by the name — CSHH adopted it from the former hardware store it now occupies. The neighbourhood in which it is located, Jalan Besar, was historically home to metal and hardware stores, and the shop’s name means “flourish again”. The beautiful Art Deco shophouse retains elements of the original interior, with a large polished central bar where you can watch your coffee being made, as well as plenty of indoor and outdoor seating.