Coffee

Wild offers a deep dive into coffee history mythology and attempts to prove most of it wrong. The repeated journey back to Saint Helena was at times incongruous, but still informative. Given this is an updated version of the original book, I was still left wishing that the later part of the book, which did a good job of dismantling Starbucks, was deeper and more comprehensive. Overall a good read though, and if you're thinking of reading The Devil's Cup, then I'd do so before reading this.

Excerpt from my review at my blog, The Itinerant Librarian:

"Coffee is one of my favorite topics. I enjoy the drink, and I like reading about the lore and history around it, so I thought this would be a good book on the topic. It was not to be."

Visit my blog to read the rest. Link: itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2013/04/booknote-coffee-dark-history.html