num_pages: 80
description: This is a short entertaining and illuminating introduction to the history and culture of coffee from the humble origins of the bean in northeast Africa over a millennium ago to what it is today a global phenomenon that is enjoyed around the world. It is the perfect gift for coffee lovers including chapters on the rise of the coffeehouse legal bans on coffee Brazil s domination of the world coffee trade and the birth of the espresso.
language: English
title: The Philosophy of Coffee
publisher: The British Library Publishing Division