
A Rich and Tantalizing Brew
A History of How Coffee Connected the World
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
The history of coffee is much more than the tale of one luxury good—it is a lens through which to consider various strands of world history, from food and foodways to religion and economics and sociocultural dynamics.
A Rich and Tantalizing Brew traces the history of coffee from its cultivation and brewing first as a private pleasure in the highlands of Ethiopia and Yemen through its emergence as a sought-after public commodity served in coffeehouses first in the Muslim world, and then traveling across the Mediterranean to Italy, to other parts of Europe, and finally to India and the Americas. At each of these stops the brew gathered ardent aficionados and vocal critics, all the while reshaping patterns of socialization.
Taking its conversational tone from the chats often held over a steaming cup, A Rich and Tantalizing Brew offers a critical and entertaining look at how this bitter beverage, with a little help from the tastes that traveled with it—chocolate, tea, and sugar—has connected people to each other both within and outside of their typical circles, inspiring a new context for sharing news, conducting business affairs, and even plotting revolution.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Series Editors’ Preface
- Preface: A Personal Journey to Coffee
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. One Bean, Many Histories
- Chapter 1. Desert to Sea: Coffee, History, and Place
- Chapter 2. Sociability, Chemistry, and Coffee’s Eastern Origins
- Chapter 3. Coffee Crosses the Mediterranean
- Chapter 4. Coffee and the World of Commodities
- Chapter 5. Anxieties about Coffee
- Chapter 6. Coffee and New Patterns of Socialization
- Chapter 7. Coffee and Modernity
- Conclusion. Just the Grounds
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index