Coffee: Botany, Biochemistry and Production of Beans and Beverage

ISBN-13: 9781461566595 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 458 str.

M. N. Clifford

Opis

The dependence of developing countries on income generated from trade in coffee, the emergence of new processing techniques, health implications and questions of quality of coffee in the cup are among the issues related to coffee.

Spis treści

1 A History of Coffee.- 2 Botanical Classification of Coffee.- 3 Coffee Selection and Breeding.- 4 Climate and Soil.- 5 Physiology of the Coffee Crop.- 6 Mineral Nutrition and Fertiliser Needs.- 7 Cultural Methods.- 8 Pest Control.- 9 Control of Coffee Diseases.- 10 Green Coffee Processing.- 11 World Coffee Trade.- 12 The Microscopic Structure of the Coffee Bean.- 13 Chemical and Physical Aspects of Green Coffee and Coffee Products.- 14 The Technology of Converting Green Coffee into the Beverage.- 15 The Physiological Effects of Coffee Consumption.