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. As they might say in Starbucks: ‘Enjoy.’
A propos de l’auteur
Currently living in Brooklyn, Stewart Lee Allen has also called California, Kathmandu, Sydney, San Cristobel, Calcutta and San Francisco home. When not lounging about a café in a far-flung corner of the globe, he has worked as a grape-picker, theatrical director, bathroom attendant, grave-digger, punk musician, smuggler and, of course, a writer. He is the author of the award-winning fiction collection The Art of Rape as well as his acclaimed history of coffee, The Devil’s Cup.
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