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Espresso Quest

Espresso coffee is now a global obsession for millions of people. This definitive book on espresso has been almost 30 years in the making. After getting involved in the specialty coffee industry almost by accident in the early 1980’s espresso has become a lifelong passion for the author, Instaurator. The Espresso Quest is not just another text book; it is an intimate revelation about the ongoing struggle of taming the seemingly infinite complexity that goes into making a great espresso coffee.

The Espresso Quest is an exciting tale of an espresso lover’s quest to find the pure joy experienced in a perfectly prepared cup of espresso coffee. In the Espresso Quest, Instaurator weaves in tales of how he became enlightened to that perfect espresso, and how his journeys — and people he met along the way — helped him realise that espresso is not something that can be prepared by following a set of rules. Instead it requires passion — of the grower, roasters and barista — to ensure the coffee bean is brought to its purist state.