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The Devil's Cup: A History of the World According to Coffee: A History of the World According to Coffee

"Absolutely riveting . . . Essential reading for foodies, java-junkies, anthropologists, and anyone else interested in funny, sardonically told adventure stories."
â€”Anthony Bourdain, author of Kitchen Confidential

Full of humor and historical insights, The Devilâ€™s Cup is not only ahistory of coffee, but a travelogue of a risk-taking brew-seeker.

In this captivating book, Stewart Lee Allen treks three-quarters of the way around the world on a caffeinated quest to answer these profound questions: Did the advent of coffee give birth to an enlightened western civilization? Is coffee the substance that drives history? From the cliffhanging villages of Southern Yemen, where coffee beans were first cultivated eight hundred years ago, to a cavernous coffeehouse in Calcutta, the drinking spot for two of Indiaâ€™s Nobel Prize winners . . . from Parisian salons and cafÃ©s where the French Revolution was born, to the roadside diners and chain restaurants of the good olâ€™ USA, where something resembling brown water passes for coffee, Allen wittily proves that the world was wired long before the Internet. And those who deny the power of coffee (namely tea drinkers) do so at their own peril.
Country USA
Brand Soho Press
Manufacturer Soho Press
Binding Paperback
Color White
ReleaseDate 2018-11-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781641290104

Country	USA
Brand	Soho Press
Manufacturer	Soho Press
Binding	Paperback
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2018-11-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781641290104

The Devil's Cup: A History of the World According to Coffee: A History of the World According to Coffee

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