Uncommon grounds : the history of coffee and how it transformed our world
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- ISBN: 9780465018369 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 046501836X (alk. paper)
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xxi, 424 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. - Edition: Rev. ed.
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, c2010.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: Oriflama harvest -- Introduction: Puddle water or panacea? -- Introduction to the second edition -- Part 1: Seeds Of Conquest -- 1: Coffee colonizes the world -- 2: Coffee kingdoms -- 3: American drink -- 4: Great coffee wars of the Gilded Age -- 5: Hermann Sielcken and Brazilian valorization -- 6: Drug drink -- Part 2: Canning The Buzz -- 7: Growing pains -- 8: Making the world safe for coffee -- 9: Selling an image in the Jazz Age -- 10: Burning beans, starving campesinos -- 11: Showboating the Depression -- 12: Cuppa joe -- Part 3: Bitter Brews -- 13: Coffee witch hunts and instant nongratification -- 14: Robusta triumphant -- Part 4: Romancing The Bean -- 15: Scattered band of fanatics -- 16: Black frost -- 17: Specialty revolution -- 18: Starbucks experience -- 19: Final grounds -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: How to brew the perfect cup -- Notes on sources -- List of interviews -- Illustration credits -- Index. |
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