Terroir - BookWyrm

Hardcover, 161 pages

English language

Published Feb. 5, 2022 by Barista Hustle Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-646-86586-7

(1 review)

Great coffee is the result of a plant’s genotype and the terroir that surrounds it. The environmental factors of climate and soil, combined with farming techniques, create the specific environment, or terroir, of a farm. Some of the environmental factors that affect a coffee plant in its lifetime, such as the elevation at which it grows, are impossible to alter. Others, such as soil nutrition, can be altered, but often only with vast capital expenditure.

To get a clearer picture of the finances of farm management and how aspects of terroir can affect a plant’s shape, size, and other characteristics, we interviewed a range of scientists, agronomists, and green buyers. This book explores how terroir determines the character of a coffee and the success of a crop. It offers an overview of the factors you can control and the steps you can take to support a sustainable coffee crop and …

Great coffee is the result of a plant’s genotype and the terroir that surrounds it. The environmental factors of climate and soil, combined with farming techniques, create the specific environment, or terroir, of a farm. Some of the environmental factors that affect a coffee plant in its lifetime, such as the elevation at which it grows, are impossible to alter. Others, such as soil nutrition, can be altered, but often only with vast capital expenditure.

To get a clearer picture of the finances of farm management and how aspects of terroir can affect a plant’s shape, size, and other characteristics, we interviewed a range of scientists, agronomists, and green buyers. This book explores how terroir determines the character of a coffee and the success of a crop. It offers an overview of the factors you can control and the steps you can take to support a sustainable coffee crop and produce a great-tasting cup.

1 edition

B 🌻 A B reviewed Terroir by Jem Challender

A coffee table coffee book

3 stars

Over a number of episodes of her podcast , Lucia Solis (www.luxia.coffee/#resources), does a fantastic job at explaining why terroir is a load of bollocks when it comes to both wine and coffee. I bought this book expecting it to be almost a counter argument to that positions, it wasn't. It's more of a glossy book to sit on your coffee table and impress your friends. I was left slightly disappointed, but that might just be because I was expecting it to be something it wasn't.

Subjects

Coffee