The Book of Coffee

James Hoffmann is the co-founder of Square Mile Coffee Roasters, a multi-award-winning coffee roasting company based in East London. He is also the World Barista Champion 2007, having won the UK Barista competition in both 2006 and 2007. He has a YouTube channel with more than 2.3 million subscribers, where he makes videos about anything and everything to do with coffee and an instagram following of more than 760k. He is the author of The World Atlas of Coffee (first edition 2014, second edition 2018, third edition 2025) and the Sunday Times bestseller How to Make the Best Coffee at Home (2022).

Julian Baggini (Author)

Dr Julian Baggini is a philosopher, writer and journalist who has written over 20 books on a wide variety of topics, which have sold over half a million copies in the UK alone. He has served as Academic Director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy and was also the co-founder and editor of The Philosophers’ Magazine. Julian’s books have seen great international success; his titles have sold in 24 territories (excluding the UK and North America) and have been translated into 23 languages. His bestselling titles include How The World Thinks and The Pig That Wants To Be Eaten, the latter of which was recently released with a new edition by Granta. His most recent work, How The World Eats, was published in 2024.