An easily read run-through of the attentiveness required, not to roast, but to replicate a roast.
There are some rather lengthy passages where Rob Hoos defends writing the book, which I think strictly speaking could have been reduced a bit without taking away from the central topic. On the other hand, these passages bring us a bit closer to the author and why he opts for the mechanisms he does.
It is not a reference manual but a kick in the butt to make us embrace scientific method in a professional setting, setting up a framework for it, rather than work from dogma and dictates. Read this a couple of times, and you are really quite well-equipped to experiment yourself and be better at dialling in for specific results.
You could argue that the framework could have been more precise and meticulously laid out, but the fluent prose works well …
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Thomas Nielsen rated How to Make the Best Coffee at Home: 4 stars
How to Make the Best Coffee at Home by James Hoffmann
World-leading coffee expert and best-selling author of The World Atlas of Coffee shows you how to make barista-level coffee at …
Thomas Nielsen rated Coffee Roaster's Companion: 5 stars
Thomas Nielsen rated The Physics of Filter Coffee: 5 stars
The Physics of Filter Coffee by Jonathan Gagné
The Physics of Filter Coffee by astrophysicist Jonathan Gagné is perhaps the most significant book ever written on the science …
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4 stars
An easily read run-through of the attentiveness required, not to roast, but to replicate a roast.
There are some rather lengthy passages where Rob Hoos defends writing the book, which I think strictly speaking could have been reduced a bit without taking away from the central topic. On the other hand, these passages bring us a bit closer to the author and why he opts for the mechanisms he does.
It is not a reference manual but a kick in the butt to make us embrace scientific method in a professional setting, setting up a framework for it, rather than work from dogma and dictates. Read this a couple of times, and you are really quite well-equipped to experiment yourself and be better at dialling in for specific results.
You could argue that the framework could have been more precise and meticulously laid out, but the fluent prose works well and the result is the same.
Thomas Nielsen rated Rivers of London: 3 stars
Thomas Nielsen rated Stellar Snow Job: 3 stars
Thomas Nielsen rated Assassins & Olympians: 4 stars
Thomas Nielsen rated Quicksilver: 3 stars
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson (The Baroque Cycle #1/3)
Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver is here. A monumental literary feat that follows the author's critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller Cryptonomicon, …
Thomas Nielsen rated Thornhedge: 4 stars
Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
From USA Today bestselling author T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge is the tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and …
Thomas Nielsen rated What if?: 4 stars
What if? by Randall Munroe
Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, …
Thomas Nielsen rated Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands: 5 stars
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark A Vagrant fame, there was Katie Beaton of …
Thomas Nielsen rated Lovecraft Country: 4 stars
Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff (Lovecraft Country, #1)
The critically acclaimed cult novelist makes visceral the terrors of life in Jim Crow America and its lingering effects in …
Thomas Nielsen rated The Poppy War: 3 stars
The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang (duplicate) (The Poppy War, #1)
One of Time Magazine’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time
“I have no doubt this will end up …
Thomas Nielsen rated The wanderers: 4 stars
The wanderers by Meg Howrey
"Station Eleven meets The Martian in this brilliantly inventive novel about three astronauts training for the first-ever mission to Mars, …