– Today, we’re gonna
talk about my new book. I’m very excited and if
you look at the title, You’ll see why this
video is not click bait And I want just a minute
to tell you all about it ’cause I’m very excited,
but honestly, I feel like This – this is not the place to do it. This is literature, we should
go somewhere a little grander. Now, I might agree with you if you said We could have had a more
creative title for the book, But I feel like you know
what this book is about Just from looking at the cover. I’ve been working in coffee
now for nearly 20 years And learning about coffee,
teaching about coffee And this book is the
kind of concise summary Of everything that I think is important To help you make great coffee at home. But you might ask who
exactly is this book for? Now, it’s written really for anyone That makes coffee at home
and who likes the idea That it could be a little bit better. It is divided into six different sections And section one covers
how to buy great coffee. You walk up to a wall of retail And it can easily feel overwhelming. I wanna help you find
the thing you really love And avoid the thing you really won’t. Section two is the essentials
for great coffee at home. Coffee equipment, what is essential? Where are there kind of great value items? Where are the kind of nice to haves? Now, section three is
about how to taste coffee. (slurps coffee) (Mmm) Developing your sense of taste,

Developing your palette around
coffee is really useful. It’s not only fun. It doesn’t just make
coffee more enjoyable, But it actually helps make you A better coffee brewer day-to-day ’cause you can understand the
changes that you’re making. Now, section four is of course
how to brew great coffee With the most popular
brewing methods out there. We’ll give you step-by-step guides As well as recipes and tips and
tricks to help you make sure You’re getting the best out of every brew. Section five is about
iced coffee and cold brew. (ice clanks) Now, I think iced coffee is
something we could be drinking All the time and it’s definitely something We should be making at home. And then of course there is espresso. It’s a pretty big chapter on espresso Because it’s not just the step-by-steps. We actually start with
understanding espresso machines, How to buy the right
espresso machine for you, How to buy the right grinder And then we get into
the theory of espresso. So you understand what
you’re doing and why, Which turns it from a fussy finicky hobby, Into an absolute pleasure
and delight first thing In the morning. And that, I think, pretty much covers it. Now I’m not gonna pretend That if you’ve watched
every YouTube video, If you’ve absorbed that information, If you are a skilled, skilled home brewer That this book is gonna
be truly essential to you. But if you learn best
from the written word,

If you need a gift for
a coffee loving friend, If you wanna support the stuff
that we do on this channel, Then I hope this is the
perfect book for you. Now to celebrate its launch, We have signed a staggering
number of books and these, We will be dispatching all over the world To warehousing for you. Thank you very much. Now it’s really important
to us that these warehouses Are as close to as many
of you as possible to try And keep shipping rates
as cheap as possible. We have three warehouses. One is in the US. One is in the UK and one is in Europe And I hope that keeps shipping fees down, But if you are concerned
about price, honestly, The cheapest place to buy it is Amazon. There’s a link in the
description to Amazon down below And there’s a link to
the signed copies as well That will take you To the correct place wherever
in the world you are. And for fans of audiobooks, don’t worry, We’ve got you covered. So we’re back, let’s
talk about release dates. Now in the UK, the release
date is September 15th, That means stock from
pretty much everywhere Ships September 14th, so
it’s arriving in most places September 15th. Europe, we’ll be aiming
to do the same thing But shipping may take a little bit longer. In the US, the release date
is technically October 4th, Which is a little bit later. We’re gonna try and get them
out as early as is possible Without making the publisher very cross

Because, you know, they
tend to embargo these things But we’re gonna ship as soon as we can. Linked down below are my
Twitter and Instagram, They’re the easiest places
I’ll be kind of updating stuff, Like release dates and shipping
dates for the US copies. So if you wanna know what’s
going on, check in down there. Now we did also build
a website for the book. That will give you an idea of
a bit more about what’s in it, A little bit more about the
photography that’s inside it, Kind of a feel for the whole thing And speaking of the photography,
we needed a lot of props To shoot all the photographs in this book And we kept as many of them as we could And we’re gonna give them away. We’re gonna kind of bundle them up Into eight different bundles
and give them away to you, Lovely people all around the world. For details on how to win
one of those bundles of props Of coffee equipment, then there’s a link In the description down
below and that’s it. That’s this announcement. I am really excited to get
this out into the world. Inevitably also like a
little bit terrified. There’s a kind of scary
thing about making a thing And sharing it with the
world, but I really, Really hope you enjoy it,
I hope you find it useful. Let me know what you think,
when you get your hands on it. Let me know if you’re enjoying it. Let me know if it helped
you make better coffee At home because that’s
really all I want to do. But for now, I’ll say thank
you so much for watching And I hope you have a great day.