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

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Review: Thorough, readable, yet scholarly & encyclopedic. - I bought this book for my own information -- I've been a black coffee drinker for c. 60 years, and a real coffee aficionado for the past 15 years or so. The book's size and amount of information are almost overwhelming, and yet the author's clear, reader-friendly, nearly conversational writing style make it as much a "page-turner" as a good mystery novel. He covers the history, geography, economics, and complex sociology & politics of all aspects of this world-wide industry so completely as to make this work a textbook, nay, a one-volume college course. From Asia, Africa, and the Americas, to Starbuck's, Folgers, Maxwell House and everything in the U.S., it's all here. HIGHLY recommended!!
Review: Incredibly fascinating - I’m only within the first few chapters so will update my review as needed. I’m typically not big on history, but apparently I love it when it comes to things I’m passionate about! I have gained so much even just in the first few chapters. It’s super informative to hear about how large a role coffee has played in world history, for the past few hundred years especially (for better or for worse), but I also walk away remembering the coolest and/or funniest facts that reveal coffee’s infiltration into almost all sectors... like how the very serious J.S. Bach wrote a hilarious cantata all about coffee! I am eating this up!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #135,096 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #19 in Coffee & Tea (Books) #26 in Restaurant & Food Industry (Books) #101 in Gastronomy History (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (631) |
| Dimensions  | 6 x 1.55 x 9 inches |
| Edition  | New |
| Grade level  | 8 and up |
| ISBN-10  | 1541699386 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1541699380 |
| Item Weight  | 1.06 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 480 pages |
| Publication date  | July 9, 2019 |
| Publisher  | Basic Books |
| Reading age  | 13 years and up |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thorough, readable, yet scholarly & encyclopedic.
*by J***. on October 4, 2018*

I bought this book for my own information -- I've been a black coffee drinker for c. 60 years, and a real coffee aficionado for the past 15 years or so. The book's size and amount of information are almost overwhelming, and yet the author's clear, reader-friendly, nearly conversational writing style make it as much a "page-turner" as a good mystery novel. He covers the history, geography, economics, and complex sociology & politics of all aspects of this world-wide industry so completely as to make this work a textbook, nay, a one-volume college course. From Asia, Africa, and the Americas, to Starbuck's, Folgers, Maxwell House and everything in the U.S., it's all here. HIGHLY recommended!!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Incredibly fascinating
*by E***S on June 30, 2023*

I’m only within the first few chapters so will update my review as needed. I’m typically not big on history, but apparently I love it when it comes to things I’m passionate about! I have gained so much even just in the first few chapters. It’s super informative to hear about how large a role coffee has played in world history, for the past few hundred years especially (for better or for worse), but I also walk away remembering the coolest and/or funniest facts that reveal coffee’s infiltration into almost all sectors... like how the very serious J.S. Bach wrote a hilarious cantata all about coffee! I am eating this up!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ DON'T THROW AWAY THE 1st EDITION
*by A***L on January 16, 2010*

The 4 star rating is the average between the 2 editions. The 1st rates a 5*, the 2nd only a 3. I have left the review on the 1st edition & have added comments @ the bottom of the review. 1st EDITION This is an excellent history, but needs a 2nd edition. A lot has happened in the last 10 years. For instance in 2009, coffee made news as Starbucks had to close some of its shops because of the recession. Also it's now easier to find organic & Fair Trade coffee. Vietnam is now one of the top producers of Robusta beans. I wish he would have dealt a little more with coffee ads which were a major part of coffee's history during the 20th century. I didn't start drinking coffee until recently, but I never forgot the Maxwell House percolator tune, Mrs. Olsen, Juan Valdez, or the "IF I DON'T GET AMERICAN ACE COFFEE, I'M GOING BACK TO BED" commercials. Juan Valdez' influence is still felt today. Go to any grocery store & you will see 100% COLOMBIAN coffee. By the way, the man in the A.Ace. firing squad commercial in Mexico was one of Elvis Presley's back up singers. Since I was once addicted to TV, I remember the commercials very well. Be warned, the book is depressing @ times (when you read abt the coffee farmers or the civil wars & bloodbaths in the coffee producing nations), but to anyone who is interested in a detailed discussion of coffee history, this is the book to read. I hope that the author will update it. 2nd EDITION I was looking forward to this one, but can only give it mixed reviews. The preface is OK & the revised chapter FINAL GROUNDS where he updated the history is excellent. The reason I gave the 2nd ed. only 3 stars is that he chopped out quite a bit of the material from the 1st ed. to make the book shorter. He even edited out the Kona scandal. I would have preferred that he had just left the book intact (changing only what was found to be incorrect), then adding the new prefix & the update-chapter at the end. As it is the reader that who has only the 2nd ed. loses a lot of material from the 1st. So if one has the 1st ed, don't throw it away. I will leave it to the reader as to if 2 new chapters are worth the price of the book.

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