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Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World
Mark Pendergrast

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A fun read.
(Clinton Twp, MI United States) December 9, 2003 - 5.0/5 stars

This informative book is truly a joy to read, and any coffee drinker (serious coffee drinker, anyways) would benefit from this work.

It offers an enlightening insight into the incredible coffee economy and outlines the disproportionate balance of profit that is a result from this inconspicuous plant.

Not focused simply on the drink itself, Pendergrast writes of those this commodity impacts. Look for more than amusing tales of the coffee world and trite chapters on how to best brew the beans; this book is for those who are seriously interested in their favorite drink or who are curious about the history of a world commodity that has shaped both our economic and natural environment.

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9.	One of those Special books that broadens your perspective!
	(elkton, md USA) January 15, 2001 - 5.0/5 stars
	I first heard about this book in a review on the Arts&Letters Daily website and couldn't agree more that this is a fabulous book. Mark Pendergast presents everything you never knew about coffee but didn't know existed,... read full review

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10.	A fun read.
	(Clinton Twp, MI United States) December 9, 2003 - 5.0/5 stars
	This informative book is truly a joy to read, and any coffee drinker (serious coffee drinker, anyways) would benefit from this work. It offers an enlightening insight into the incredible coffee economy and outlines... read full review

11.	Decent book
	(Dunlap, IL United States) March 19, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars
	This book is about coffee. Obvious, right? Yet, it is also about the larger world out there. Our kind author isn't just using coffee as a metaphor, but instead uses Coffee as the proverbial "tip of the iceberg" as a way... read full review

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Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World
Mark Pendergrast


	Amazon.com
	Since its discovery in an Ethiopian rainforest centuries ago, coffee has brewed up a rich and troubled history, according to Uncommon Grounds, a sweeping book by business writer Mark Pendergrast. Over the years, the beverage... read full editorial

	From Scientific American
	Coffee, one learns in this scholarly and entertaining book, was the subject of an early skirmish in the struggle for women's rights. In 1674, when coffeehouses were the rage in London but admitted only men, a pamphlet... read full editorial

	Wall Street Journal
	"A focused and juicy history of our last legal and socially acceptable drug."

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