The story of coffee from its discovery on a hill in ancient Abyssinia to the advent of Starbucks.
Prologue: The Oriflama Harvest
Introduction: Puddle Water or Panacea?
Chapter 1: Coffee Colonizes the World
Chapter 2: The Coffee Kingdoms
Chapter 4: The Great Coffee Wars of the Gilded Age
Chapter 5: Hermann Sielcken and Brazilian Valorization
Chapter 8: Making the World Safe for Coffee
Chapter 9: Selling an Image in the Jazz Age
Chapter 10: Burning Beans, Starving Campesinos
Chapter 11: Showboating the Depression
Chapter 13: Coffee Witch Hunts and Instant Nongratification
Chapter 14: Robusta Triumphant
Chapter 15: A Scattered Band of Fanatics
Chapter 17: The Specialty Revolution
Chapter 18: The Starbucks Experience
Appendix: How to Brew the Perfect Cup