Uncommon grounds the history of coffee and how it transformed our world - Pendergrast, Mark (New York Basic Books, 2010)
Coffee colonizes the world -- The coffee kingdoms -- The American drink -- The great coffee wars of the Gilded Age -- Hermann Sielcken and Brazilian valorization -- The drug drink -- Growing pains -- Making the world safe for coffee -- Selling an image in the Jazz Age -- Burning beans, starving campesinos -- Showboating the Depression -- Cuppa joe -- Coffee witch hunts and instant nongratification -- Robusta triumphant -- A scattered band of fanatics -- The black frost -- The specialty revolution -- The Starbucks experience -- Final grounds.
Includes bibliographical references and index
AIT-4123g from the collection of Ivan Anthony S. Henares, Asian Institute of Tourism, University of the Philippines.
Keywords: Coffee -- History; Coffee industry -- History