James Hoffmann is the managing director of Square Mile Coffee Roasters, a multi-award-winning coffee roasting company based in East London. He is also the World Barista Champion 2007, having won the UK Barista competition in both 2006 and 2007.
Hoffmann is the author of The World Atlas of Coffee (2014) and How to Make the Best Coffee at Home (2022).
At Shepherd he tagged five books that "inspired my own passion for coffee and I hope they do the same for you." One title on the list:
The Devil's Cup: A History of the World According to Coffee by Stewart Lee AllenRead about another entry on the list.
This is the book that started my obsession with coffee. It is really a travel book, using the spread of coffee from Ethiopia through to the rest of the world as its guide. It’s a fun read, and fascinating to see the way coffee was become entwined into so many different cultures in many different ways.
Also see: Benjamin Obler's top ten fictional coffee scenes in literature.
--Marshal Zeringue
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