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

By: Stewart Lee Allen

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Synopsis: From the book: 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, indeed, the substance that drives history? From the cliff-hanging 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 India's three Nobel Prize winners...from Parisian salons and cafes where the French Revolution was born, to the roadside diners and chain restaurants of the good ol' 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.

Book Quality:: Excellent
Book Size:: 230 Pages
Publisher:: N/A
Date of Addition:: 12/06/06
Copyrighted By:: Stewart Lee Allen
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine, Business and Finance
Submitted By:: Brian Miller
Proofread By:: Lena
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.