The Beginner's Guide to Making Gourmet Coffee at Home – a simple, inexpensive guide to get you started.

The original Beginner's Guide I wrote is no longer available.

The new and improved version is my Coffee Crimes guide, which you can learn more about here.




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Celebrating 20 years of sharing our passion for coffee


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