Table of Contents

* Prologue: The Oriflama Harvest * Introduction: Puddle Water or Panacea? Seeds Of Conquest * Coffee Colonizes the World * The Coffee Kingdoms * The American Drink * The Great Coffee Wars of the Gilded Age * Hermann Sielcken and Brazilian Valorization * The Drug Drink Canning The Buzz * Growing Pains * Making the World Safe for Coffee * Selling an Image in the Jazz Age * Burning Beans, Starving Campesinos * Showboating the Depression * Cuppa Joe Bitter Brews * Coffee Witch Hunts and Instant Non-Gratification * Robusta Triumphant Romancing The Bean * A Scattered Band of Fanatics * The Black Frost * The Specialty Revolution * The Starbucks Experience * Eco-Coffee

About the Author

Mark Pendergrast was born in Atlanta and is a graduate of Harvard University. A business journalist, he has published articles and reviews in a number of magazines and newspapers, including the New York Times, the Sunday Times (London), and Financial Analyst.

Reviews

"A focused and juicy history of our last legal and socially acceptable drug...Pendergrast's fast-paced narrative reads more like a novel."

"Pendergrast's account satisfies...[he] unearths coffee-based trade wars, health reports and cafe cultures, bringing to light amusing treasures along the way."

"Pendergrast's broad vision, meticulous research, and colloquial delivery combine aromatically."

Praise for Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World: "With wit and humor, Pendergrast has served up a rich blend of anecdote, character study, market analysis, and social history."