Uncommon Grounds: the History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (906 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000N75ADW |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 444 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Uncommon Grounds: the History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World book has been released since 0000-00-00. Uncommon Grounds: the History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World are written by Mark Pendergrast and it has 444 of pages on paperback.
"Decent book about coffee, but there is a better one available for free!" according to grinndel98. If you are a new coffee fanatic, and are in to roasting your own coffee and wanting to learn all you can about coffee, go ahead and purchase this book, Pendergrast does a pretty good job of covering the coffee world from harvest to cup, and it is in an easy to read format. But I must say, I felt it was basically a "Cliff Note" of the all encompassing "Coffee Bible" that William H. Uker wrote almost a hundred years ago. Ukers book is titled "All About Coffee", and is the acknowledged complete work of every aspect of the coffee world. You can sometimes fin. Ok book. Not as cohesive as it could've been. I love coffee and this was difficult to continue to pick up on a regular basis.. started off strong Jeffrey Packer I heard the author on a radio interview and immediately ordered the book. I found the first parts of this work to be intriguing and captivating. The, like crossing a border, things changed. The writing devolved into the equivalent of going through a stack of notecards upon which facts were written in preparation for a term paper. The information in this book is extensive and I learned many things (the good news) but the last half of the book was a meandering bunch of facts and very tedious reading (the bad news). I feel like the author should take the in