The definitive
history of the world's most popular drug.
Uncommon Grounds
tells the story of coffee from its discovery on a hill in ancient
Abyssinia to the advent of Starbucks. Mark Pendergrast reviews the
dramatic changes in coffee culture over the past decade, from the
disastrous "Coffee Crisis" that caused global prices to
plummet to the rise of the Fair Trade movement and the "third-wave"
of quality-obsessed coffee connoisseurs. As the scope of coffee
culture continues to expand, Uncommon Grounds remains more than ever
a brilliantly entertaining guide to the currents of one of the
world's favorite beverages.