The Devil's Cup: Coffee, the Driving Force in History

Paperback Published on: 18/06/2001
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The Devil's Cup
The Devil's Cup
Stuart Lee Allen has travelled the world in search of the perfect cup of Coffee and along the way has definitively and brilliantly researced the drug which... READ MORE
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Synopsis

Can you handle mornings without a brew? No? Multiply that. Imagine an entire population under a cloud of lethargy, unable to kick start their days. Now introduce coffee. Bingo. The brain moves into over-drive and it's time for empire building.

So goes Stewart Lee Allen's crazy theory. Only thing is, after retracing coffee's journey to world domination - by train, rickshaw, cargo freighter and donkey - he has plenty of evidence to back it up.

Stewart Lee Allen has filtered out the richest beans from coffee's hot and frothy history . . . serving up a steamy, high-energy brew that will stimulate you more than a triple-strength espresso.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Canongate Books
  • ISBN: 9781841951430
  • Number of pages: 240
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 14 mm
  • Weight: 176g
  • Languages: English

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