{"id":5174,"date":"2018-05-21T12:57:35","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T12:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aussiepizzas.com\/PIZZADELIVERY\/book-review-lonely-planets-global-coffee-tour\/"},"modified":"2018-05-21T12:57:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T12:57:35","slug":"book-review-lonely-planets-global-coffee-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aussiepizzas.com\/PIZZADELIVERY\/book-review-lonely-planets-global-coffee-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Lonely Planet’s Global Coffee Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

I couldn’t have imagined a better book launch than the one I attended last week for a book about coffee and travel from my favourite travel guidebook publisher at one of my favourite coffee shops in London. The event was for Lonely Planet’s Global Coffee Tour<\/a><\/i> and took place at the original branch of The Gentlemen Baristas<\/a> on Union Street, which I’ve been visiting for almost four years.<\/p>\n

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After enjoying a natural Ethiopian pourover coffee courtesy of The Gents and watching a latte art demo with one of the baristas, I talked with some of the friendly Lonely Planet team, including editor Karyn Noble, an Australian in London who was as delighted as I was to discover The GBs, which features in Global Coffee Tour<\/i>, of course. I also got the chance to browse through the book, which is organised by continent and country and includes numerous coffee-shop recommendations, ordering tips (if I ever make it to Ethiopia \u2014 and I hope I will \u2014 I know now to say: “N\u0113 buna ibakiwo ifeligalehu<\/i>“) and insights into coffee production, caf\u00e9 culture and home-brewing.<\/p>\n

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It was a good sign when I opened the book at random on the Hungary section and came up with several coffee-shop suggestions to add to my list of caf\u00e9s to visit when I go to Budapest next month. And I’ve already visited 23 of the listed countries on four continents, which meant I could compare their suggestions against some of my own lists. I concluded that the recommendations are very well curated, with some really great speciality coffee spots in cities from Paris<\/a> and Mexico City<\/a>, to Melbourne<\/a> and Saigon<\/a>. One thing I particularly like is that rather than just listing caf\u00e9s throughout the world that will serve a high-quality but identikit flat white, the guide includes locations that will give you a real taste for the local coffee culture. There’s a coffee plantation in Costa Rica, for example (not the farm I visited<\/a>), while in Tokyo, the wonderful and historical Caf\u00e9 de l’Ambra<\/a>, features in the guide.<\/p>\n

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Lonely Planet’s guides are usually my first port of call when I’m planning a trip (unless the region’s guide happens to be very out of date), and I find the inclusion of caf\u00e9s and coffee shops convenient for key sights in their ‘pocket’ city guide range very useful. Global Coffee Tour <\/i>flips <\/i>that around: several coffee shops are presented for each city, along with a few suggestions for other things to do nearby. This is perfect for people like me, who often plan their travels around the coffee<\/a> (NB: I always do a lot<\/i> of research when seeking out a city’s best coffee spots), but feel like it would be a waste to visit a new city without seeing anything but the coffee scene. So if you’re visiting Tim Wendelboe in Oslo<\/a> (and you should), you’ll know to visit the Munchmuseet<\/a> and take dinner at Markveien Mat & Vinhus<\/a> when you’re all coffeed out.<\/p>\n

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The book has lots of photos and it’s enjoyable both to browse for coffee-destination inspiration and to search for places for a specific trip. Colombia, Nicaragua and Ethiopia jumped even higher up my travel wish list. One small point for anyone hoping to visit Supercrown<\/a> in NYC: alas, the wonderful Bushwick coffee shop and roastery has now closed. The only trouble now is that there are even more<\/i> coffee destinations for me to visit. #coffeebloggerproblems

<\/i> Disclaimer: <\/i>Global Coffee Tour<\/a> was published by Lonely Planet in May 2018. I received a free copy at the launch. The decision to write a review was mine and all opinions here are my own.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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