The Coffee Roaster's Companion is the world's first professional-level how-to book about coffee roasting. Scott Rao has consulted for many of the world's finest roasters, and now he has put his expertise in a book accessible to roasters everywhere. No serious coffee roaster should go without this book.

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Scott Rao is the author of several best-selling coffee books, including: The Professional Barista's Handbook Everything But Espresso and Espresso Extraction: Measurement and Mastery

"When I began in the coffee business in 1992, I read every book I could find about coffee. However, after reading all of those books I felt as if I hadn’t learned much about how to make great coffee. My coffee library was chock-full of colorful descriptions of brewing styles, growing regions, and recipes, with a few almost-unreadable scientific books mixed in. I would have traded in all of those books for one serious, practical book with relevant information about making great coffee in a cafe. Fourteen years later, I still hadn't found that book, so I decided to write it myself. These books are my attempt to give baristas what I had been missing all of those years." ~ Scott Rao