Title

Uncommon grounds : the history of coffee and how it transformed our world

Description

Mark Penergrast's history of coffee from its discovery to modern day.

Identifier

811435

465036317

Creator

Pendergrast, Mark

Format

1st ed.

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

1999

Program air date: August 29, 1999

Publisher

Basic Books

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Subject

"Coffee--History."

"Coffee industry--History."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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Notes on verso of front free endpaper, half-title, back flysheet and recto of back free endpaper: Betty Hannstein Adams, Guatemala. Bill McAlpin--Costa Rica. 800-Go-Brott. p 395 Bill Fishlein--statement Guatemalan has a better spiritual life than American. Authors trips to Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador with SCAA. How much coffee do you drink. What does caffeine do to us? 120,000 tons a year. Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts--sells more. Nestle--6.4 Bil a year most sales. National Coffee Association vs. Specialty Coffee Institute. Arabica vs. Robusta. 80 Billion a year (would) steady decline in U.S. 10 lbs per capita. Specialty coffee what is it? Smoking lessons effect of caffeine, 3 cups 6 oz a day. Before WWII U.S. bought 1/2 of world's coffee, now its 20%. What are "fair trade" beans. Why do Americans think it is their birthright to have a cheap cup of coffee. Tuesday 2 p.m. Politics--coffee 1. Mayan Indians' 2. Costa Rica; 3. Idi Amin; 4. Sandanistas. International Coffee Agreement (ICA) What was it? Nixon (1971) Gold Standard lowers dollar $0.08 (304). [1996 conference at National Zoo p 401]. Coffee trees mature--4 or 5 years--plant disease p 63, wars, political upheaval. Valorization scheme--1903 in Brazil p 81. Gov buys surplus coffee to maintain price. Hermann Sielcken. U.S. Archives on Val.--Chron from 1910-1913 p 85. Attorney General Wickersham retires--McReynolds replaces George Norris leads charge against Sielcken. Charley Post--p 95. Joe McBratney p 415--50 cups a day. Everyone in business envies everyone else footnote pg 404. Lamb checks some of the sections on the contents pages. Arabica trees take 4 years. Robusta--2 years--discovered in Belgian Congo 1898. Jamaican Blue Mountain, Hawaiian Kona. Ethiopia--birthplace of coffee. The judge and the coffee vendor--p 313. Per capita cups a day-1962-3.1; 1974--2.2. General Foods, Maxwell House, Paul G's, Folgers, Standard Brand's, Chase and Sanborn. International Coffee Agreement 1963--Kennedy Assassination p 277. During WWI--75 million lbs of coffee used U.S. Expeditionary Forces. 189 interviews. Uncommon Grounds a coffee shop in Burlington went to school at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. Phillip Morris/Procter and Gamble/Nestle chose not to participate in book project. Envy--Growers/Brokers/Exporters/Importers/Roasters/Retailers/Coffee Houses p 404--footnote. Where did you drink your worst coffee. Who were Caleb Chase and James Sanborn? Maxwell House. Folgers--Tim Folger. Bostoy's Green Dragon 1697-1832. Coffee House--Adams, Otis and revere met to foment revolution. "Shoddy products" majors had to offer p 343. Coffee consumption went from 3/4 of population in 60s to 1/2 in 80s.