Uncommon grounds : the history of coffee and how it transformed our world

Uncommon grounds The history of coffee and how it transformed our world

Mark Pendergrast

Book - 2010

From the Publisher: Uncommon Grounds is the definitive history of coffee-from its discovery on an Ethiopian mountainside to the age of Starbucks and the coffee crisis of the twenty-first century. A sweeping epic, Uncommon Grounds uses coffee production, trade, and consumption as a window through which to view broad historical themes: the clash and blending of cultures, slavery, the rise of brand marketing, global inequities, fair trade, revolutions, health scares, environmental issues, and the rediscovery of quality. Replete with a cast of eccentric characters-all of them suffused with a passion for the golden bean-Uncommon Grounds is nothing less than a coffee-flavored history of the world, the classic work on coffee culture, fully updated... for our times.

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Subjects
Coffee > History.
Coffee industry > History.
Published
New York : Basic Books [2010]
Language
English
Main Author
Mark Pendergrast (author)
Edition
Rev. ed
Physical Description
xxi, 424 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9780465018369
  • Prologue: The Oriflama Harvest
  • Introduction: Puddle Water or Panacea?
  • Introduction to the Second Edition
  • Part 1. Seeds of Conquest
  • 1. Coffee Colonizes the World
  • 2. The Coffee Kingdoms
  • 3. The American Drink
  • 4. The Great Coffee Wars of the Gilded Age
  • 5. Hermann Sielcken and Brazilian Valorization
  • 6. The 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. A Scattered Band of Fanatics
  • 16. The Black Frost
  • 17. The Specialty Revolution
  • 18. The 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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