The coffee revolution in the new United Kingdom steams ahead.
Despite the popularity of coffee bars in the Sixties, Great Britain
seemed happy to slide back into being the tea-drinking nation so
often parodied by other countries. But now (as American coffee
conglomerates make their mark in many UK high streets), coffee
culture seems to be here to stay, and the brown nectar is
unquestionably the hippest of drinks (real coffee, of course -
instant coffee gets scant sympathy here). Lee Allen's delightful
book (quite as flavoursome as the drink it celebrates) is a
thorough examination of the subject that functions on all kinds of
levels. First of all, it is the definitive social anthropology of
the drink and of caffeine's impact on the human race. The author
traces the geographical route from Ethiopia when the first coffee
beans travelled to Yemen 1500 years ago. With his tongue not far
away from his cheek, Lee Allen makes a case for coffee as the
driving force in history, and his straight-faced humour is utterly
beguilling. Of course, he never tried to persuade the reader that
caffeine is good for them, but makes a strong as possible case for
coffee as the vice of choice. With a whole mass of persuasive
historical nuggets, he produces a rich dark brew quite as tempting
as the drink he celebrates. The perfect book to curl up with - and
make sure that cup of Colombian Mocha is to hand. (Kirkus UK)
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.
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