All about coffee

by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)

William H. Ukers's monumental history of coffee, tracing the bean from legend and origin through trade, culture and commerce in a sweeping, endlessly quotable survey of the world's favourite brew.

At a glance Few subjects have ever been chronicled with such loving thoroughness as coffee receives… Ukers's landmark volume. What it's about All About Coffee is exactly, and gloriously, what it claims to be: a… Ukers follows the plant from its legendary discovery through its spread across Arabia…

All About Coffee is exactly, and gloriously, what it claims to be: a comprehensive account of coffee in every aspect.