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Product Identifiers
PublisherBasic Books
ISBN-10046501836X
ISBN-139780465018369
eBay Product ID (ePID)4038298465
Product Key Features
Edition2
Book TitleUncommon Grounds : the History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World
Number of Pages480 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicInvestments & Securities / Commodities / General, Beverages / Coffee & Tea, World
Publication Year2010
IllustratorYes
FeaturesRevised
GenreCooking, Business & Economics, History
AuthorMark Pendergrast
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight20.5 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2010-014683
Reviews"With wit and humor,Pendergrast has served up a rich blend of anecdote, character study, marketanalysis, and social history....Everything you ought to know about coffee ishere, even how to make it."-- New York Times
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromEighth Grade
Dewey Decimal338.1/7373
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisThe definitive history of the world's most popular drug. Uncommon Grounds tells the story of coffee from its discovery on a hill in ancient Abyssinia to the advent of Starbucks. Mark Pendergrast reviews the dramatic changes in coffee culture over the past decade, from the disastrous "Coffee Crisis" that caused global prices to plummet to the rise of the Fair Trade movement and the "third-wave" of quality-obsessed coffee connoisseurs. As the scope of coffee culture continues to expand, Uncommon Grounds remains more than ever a brilliantly entertaining guide to thecurrents of one of the world's favorite beverages., The definitive history of the world's most popular drug. Uncommon Grounds tells the story of coffee from its discovery on a hill in ancient Abyssinia to the advent of Starbucks. Mark Pendergrast reviews the dramatic changes in coffee culture over the past decade, from the disastrous "Coffee Crisis" that caused global prices to plummet to the rise of the Fair Trade movement and the "third-wave" of quality-obsessed coffee connoisseurs. As the scope of coffee culture continues to expand, Uncommon Grounds remains more than ever a brilliantly entertaining guide to the currents of one of the world's favorite beverages., Uncommon Grounds tells the story of coffee from its discovery on a hill in ancient Abyssinia to the advent of Starbucks. In this updated edition of the classic work, Mark Pendergrast reviews the dramatic changes in coffee culture over the past decade, from the disastrous Coffee Crisis" that caused global prices to plummet to the rise of the Fair Trade movement and the third-wave" of quality-obsessed coffee connoisseurs. As the scope of coffee culture continues to expand, Uncommon Grounds remains more than ever a brilliantly entertaining guide to the currents of one of the world's favourite beverages.