The Coffee Tasting Handbook systematically guides baristas and coffee drinkers through coffee’s beguiling aromas and flavours.
The handbook offers a practical way for more people to understand what they taste, communicate it clearly and choose coffees they are more likely to enjoy.
Using well-established, scientifically grounded tasting techniques, the book shines a new light on coffee tasting and equips coffee drinkers to accurately identify each coffee’s defining characteristics.
A step-by-step guide
By breaking coffee tasting down into its constituent parts, the book provides step-by-step guidance to assess aroma, mouthfeel, taste and flavour. Coffee is best appreciated by understanding its structure. Tasty coffees generally have a pleasant mouthfeel, a harmonious balance of tastes and good alignment between these elements.
Appreciating coffee
An understanding of these essential tasting concepts explains why some coffees are tastier than others. It also equips coffee drinkers to appreciate the coffee profiles they most enjoy and pair coffee with food.
An essential and thoughtful guide for all coffee drinkers and baristas.
Dale Harris, World Barista Champion
Available at bookshops and coffee shops
The Coffee Tasting Handbook is now available from selected retailers in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Spanish and Simplified Chinese editions will be published in 2027. Selected retailers are listed on The Coffee Tasting Handbook website and the book is also available from the United Baristas Store.
