Barista's reading books

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Permalink Reply by Jason Dominy on January 12, 2008 at 7:53pm

I am reading "The Ragamuffin Gospel" by Brennan Manning again. It's such a profound book, and reminds me that even in the midst of being a turd, I still have value and purpose in life. It's not a book for people who think they have it all together.....

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Permalink Reply by James Spano on January 23, 2008 at 10:55pm

Just finished "The Devils' Cup" by Stewart Lee Allen. Entertaining book on the history of coffee. Now I'm on to "Poor Folk" by Dostoyevsky. I like to pretend I'm smart sometimes. Next up is "The Man Who Was Thursday" by G.K. Chesteron. I've only heard good things about it. I'd say I'm pretty eclectic, I read from Star Wars to Victor Hugo.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Haeger on January 24, 2008 at 10:59am

"The Devil's Cup" was certainly entertaining, though I thought it more of an opinion piece with historical cultural context. Almost a philosophy of the culture of coffee more than about coffee itself. It was an enjoyable read.

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Permalink Reply by Matt Milletto on January 24, 2008 at 11:34am

not really reading ... more like drooling over CAFE EUROPA 1989 - COOKBOOK .

"a book about Cafe Europa 1989 - the cafe next to Copenhagen's Stork Fountain. The cafe has won three world barista championships. Experience our refreshing cold drinks, our salads and our tastiest desserts. Read more about our deep respect for the cafe classics and about our wish always to give out best. The book contains more than 60 recipes for dishes and drinks from Cafe Europa 1989. The recipes make it easy to serve quality food and coffees in your home".

- Matt

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Permalink Reply by CodaCoffee on January 24, 2008 at 12:10pm

The book that I'm reading and re-reading over and over again for this last little stretch of time has been "Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape" by James Howard Kunstler. Pretty amazing read, and I would highly recommend it, especially to coffee people since we're always spouting the "community" word. It's thought provoking, challenging and will more than likely piss you off at some point. Cheers.

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Permalink Reply by Meister on January 24, 2008 at 12:42pm

I agree, it was a really interesting book and a quick read, but I'm not sure about its credibility as a "historical" text. But a fun book's a fun book, and once you throw coffee into the mix, you're golden as far as I'm concerned! Ha.

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Permalink Reply by Meister on January 24, 2008 at 12:47pm

I am constantly re-reading one or other of Truman Capote's books, but at the moment I'm utterly obsessed with biographies of long-dead old-movie actors (I have recently devoured such books about Vincent Price, Alec Guinness, Preston Sturges, William Haines and Orson Welles).

I have this really bad habit of reading the auto/biography of someone about whom I know almost nothing and then falling kind of strangely in love with them. It's a little weird; I mean, who falls in love with Vincent Price after the man's been dead for 15 years?!

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Permalink Reply by CodaCoffee on January 24, 2008 at 12:49pm

As long as you don't go to their graves...and/or stalk their living relatives, I think everything is going to be alright. That just my 2¢.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Dominy on March 14, 2008 at 3:20am

Currently reading Taylor Clark's, "Starbucked." Seems to be pretty good 60 pages in. It's mostly been about the history so far....

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