The coffee book : anatomy of an industry from crop to the last drop
A freshly updated edition of the best introduction to one of the world's most popular products, The Coffee Book is jammed full of facts, figures, cartoons, and commentary. It explores the process of cultivation from crop to cup, surveys the social history of café society from the first Turkish coffeehouses to beatnik havens in Berkeley and Greenwich Village, and examines the industry's major players, revealing how they turned a much-loved product into a commodity, ruining the lives of millions of farmers around the world. Luttinger and Dicum detail the rise of the specialty coffee industry, including the Starbucks phenomenon, while considering the exploitation of labor, damage to the environment, and reduction in the quality of the bean that mass cultivation causes. - Back cover
eBook, English, ©2006
Rev. and updated View all formats and editions
New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, New York, ©2006
1 online resource (xiii, 232 pages) : illustrations
9781595587244, 1595587241
759838296
Preface
1. A brief history of coffee
2. Coffee's odyssey from crop to cup
3. The rise of the international coffee trade
4. Health, marketing, and the mega-roasters
5. The specialty coffee boom
6. The sustainable coffee buzz
Notes, bibliography, image credits
Index
Revised edition of: The coffee book / Gregory Dicum and Nina Luttinger. ©1999