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| 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful  "Let's have another cup of coffee . . . ", By This review is from: Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How it Transformed Our World (Paperback) Resting next to your mouse or keyboard - at a safe distance! - your cuppa steams aromatically. The morning coffee, whether at home or work, is the "kick-starter" of many a person's day. For some, it must be a special flavour, brewed to taste, yet often mixed with sweeteners or cow juice, real or otherwise. For the rest, anything hot and caffeine-laced is sufficient. Yet almost none of us ask where that beverage came from, why we drink it and why North Americans stick with coffee and others with tea. Mark Pendergrast asked, and asked some more and in many places. The result is this captivating book relating the history of our favourite beverage. It must be important if we write songs about it.Opening by relating the Ethiopian myth of the goat-herd wanting to learn why his charges danced about in the bush, Pendergrast quickly traces the spread of coffee elsewhere. Coffee houses, beginning long ago, became quickly popular as gathering places. News and gossip were swopped over... Read more 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful A Tour De Force, By A Customer This review is from: Java Nation: Spilling Beans on the Coffee Industry (Hardcover) This is an incredible book. The research must have taken years. The author provides fascinating stories over hundreds of years of coffee's history. I was most taken with the stuff on coffee in America over the last couple of centuries. The author obviously respects Alfred Peet tremendously, but he also gives a balanced account of the rise of Starbucks. And the C.W. Post section is hilarious. Americana at its best. 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful Wonderfully written and informative, By A Customer This review is from: Java Nation: Spilling Beans on the Coffee Industry (Hardcover) I bought this book on a caprice at my local borders. I love coffee and thought it might make for interesting brousing. Instead I read the entire book (more than 400 pages of text) in two sittings. This is a fascinating look at coffee's impact on the world with special emphasis on the last 300 years. It has dozens of fascinating photographs that range from exploited workers to "Mrs. Olson" to the original Starbucks logo. I can say honestly that anyone who enjoys a morning cup of joe should read this book. |
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