Praise for Espresso Coffee: Professional Techniques

• “Here is the book that Baristas have been looking for...Schomer tells you how to make (espresso), and does so more clearly and completely than any other book.”

  Specialty Coffee Association of America

• “A genuine passion for espresso...sound technical information. A very, very good book.”

  Kenneth Davids
  Author, Home Coffee Roasting; Romance and Revival Coffee; A Guide to Buying, Brewing and Enjoying Espresso; and Ultimate Coffee

• “This is one book I will definitely recommend.”

  Kevin Sinott
  Author and Publisher, The Coffee Companion

• “This is the Barista's Bible”

  David Dallis
  Owner, Dallis Bros. Coffee, New York

• “...discusses in great detail all the factors that contribute to excellent espresso...I can't imagine that anyone interested in brewing espresso couldn't learn quite a bit from this book.”

  Joe Monaghan
  Author, Espresso and Espresso a la Cart

• “a marvelous work worthy of tremendous praise...all encompassing detail perfectly balanced with user-friendly writing.”

  Michael Perry
  Owner, Espresso by the Book, Everett, Washington

• “step by step detail is plentiful and worthwhile...any barista, no matter how experienced, could glean a great deal from (the) section on espresso pod tamping”

  Paul Songer
  Allegro Coffee, Boston