This book has everything I was looking for in content. However, for a book published in 1995, it is very poorly designed visually. Upon first picking up the book, I thought it had to have been published in the 70's. Aside from the poor design, this is one of the best books available if you are looking for an in depth look at the history of tea and tea rituals. This book gives a lot of information on the different types of tea ceremonies and reason for these ceremonies. It gets into the various tea times of England and even has an in depth look at the art of tea leaf reading. There are also various receipies and goodies to try out. Perhaps they should release a 2nd edition with a better design.

Mildly interesting -- being so tiny saves it on the cute scale. Nice gift for your favorite female coffee lover.

This strategy guide contains a lot of useful information such as stats on all creatures, enemies, weapons, items, and bosses as well as how to beat or use each of them. This is helpful in getting through the game. However, the walkthrough was quite brief, especially for an RPG title. It primarily tells you where to go to complete the next quest. Maps of the various levels and location showing secrets and treasures to find as well as where the enemy is waiting in ambush would have been very useful to players of the game. When purchasing a strategy guide for a game, I usually look for a good walkthrough to help in areas where I get stuck. Despite the light walkthrough, I recommend this book for those who want to understand the game better and play more effectively. It does help fill in the gaps left by the game manual as far as the combat system and gives good descriptions of the different spells (disciplines) as well as how and when to use them. V:TM is a great game and this book will help you to enjoy it more.

This book is better than nothing but has no real depth. It lacks any real financal information or planning guidelines. In the era of the web there are almost no sites or addresses listed.This is just a walk in the park where it must have been written. If you are serious, look elsewhere.

This book was useful for a few things for the absolute beginner (which I was when I read it), such a lists of supplies, questions to ask potential suppliers, and some basic info about how espresso machines work, plus the vocabulary to go with them, but beyond that was filled with a lot of not-so-helpful filler. It focuses too much on espresso carts considering it didn't represent itself as being for that (if that's what you want to do, it'll be more helpful) and even goes so far as to be condescending at times - reminding you to be polite in challenging a demonstrator to pull a better shot of espresso if the first one is lacking. Overall not a complete waste of money, but definitely not something I'll be referring back to.

This book barely skims what you will need to know to open a specialty coffee establishment. If you are interested in opening a cart or kiosk or are just toying with the idea of opening an espresso establishment; then this book is a good starting point. If you are planning to open an espresso shop or drive through then I suggest that you put your money elsewhere.

I found the book (40 pg. pamphlet) to be an abbreviated, superfical treatment of the subject. It has limited pictures and text. Perhaps the book does not satisfy my novice tastes, but I have difficulty identifying a constituency to which this book would appeal. If you are looking for a thorough treatment of the subject, try Jim & Susan Harran's book, Cups & Saucers - Identification & Values. Sorry to have wasted my money.

A very nicely done brief discussion of British teaware, mainly cups and coffee cans. The text is short but informative. The pictures are excellent, well selected, and clearly reproduced, with useful captions. Good on handle types. My only objection is the price which is steep for such a very short book, though I feel it was worth it to me because of the fine pictures which I will continue to refer to.

I expected a lot of this book since it was published by the Lonely Planet, whose guidebooks I swear by. The book consisted of very little travel and seemed dominated by the author's whinging about discomforts and his failures at love.

Most books make you want to go to places the author went to despite the problems that come up, but this one put me off of going to any of the places the author recommends.

I pictured the author as Niles Craine, (as in Frazier's brother on TV). Not the sort suited to adventure travel.

This book left me simultaneously wanting to run into the streets and sing and hide in my closet and cry. The author has an amazing talent for evoking detailed images and weaving sensual descriptions. The pages go through cafe after cafe of longing, desire, mirth, and plenty of other all-too-recognizable emotions. This book leaves one wishing it had never ended.

I read this 33 page book in 30 minutes. It did not provide me with any new information. I was and still am looking for information on "Clomid". My doctor will be prescribing that to me shortly and I thought I was getting a book that would explain the medicine in greater detail. All information in the book I already had heard or read before.

I was looking forward to reading this short book to help take my mind off the infertility craziness. However, I found the book to be as thin on content as it was in size. I guess I expected too much from a 33 page book, but a reiteration of things I already knew and had heard in many other places was not what I expected. There is very little original content in this book and if you've been on the infertility ride for more than a month, you already know everything in the book. I was hoping for new insights, original ideas, personal stories that would touch me and help me connect with my own feelings. None of that happened. I don't know that it's even worth the $4.

In the midst of the "infertile blues" here you will find some encouraging and light reading. 33 pages packed with the author's real life experience and some good laughs. Included are great visuals that illustrate the author's wisdom. Read this for enjoyment and encouragement and then read Toni Weschler's "Taking Charge of your Fertility;.." for all the specifics and guidelines.

First, let me say that it's a nice book. But the level of preciousness of this tome is enough to make anyone's stomach turn. Save your money, and buy a book that does a little more research, and leaves out the cute touches. But if you want to find out how to brew a cup of tea, this one will get you in the right direction. A little more editing would have helped.

I felt that this wasn't the most captivating book I've read on Tea, but it was interesting, easy to read, well-organized and it did touch on somethings I didn't know. I liked the fact that she mentioned French Tea. I wish that she had given more detail about the ways that she makes tea so exciting. She mentioned that people always have such a phenomenal time at her Victorian Teas, but I wanted specifics!

A good, practical introduction to the arts of having a Victorian tea. I had the opportunity to meet Ms. Pinchney at a tea conference a couple years ago and she is as gracious as her book would imply! Recommended.

This little book provides information for over 100 coffee shops in London as well as some higly primitive info on coffee in general. The descriptions and information on these coffe shops are provided according to their location. So if you are making a touristic visit to London, it can help you out but other than that don't think of spending your money on it.

If you want to have a list of almost all the coffee shops in Seattle, get this book. But don't expect anything else. Nothing is written about the quality of the coffee at each coffee shop, and that makes this book useless to me. I don't need to know where all the coffee shops are, I only care about the good ones that take espresso making seriously.