Screen LibraryWhere the wild coffee grows : the untold story of coffee from the cloud forests of Ethiopia to your cup /
"Coffee is one of the largest and most valuable commodities in the world. This is the story of its origins, its history, and the threat to its future, by the IACP Award-winning author of Darjeeling. Located between the Great Rift Valley and the Nile, the cloud forests in southwestern Ethiopia a...
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Bloomsbury USA, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Coffee is one of the largest and most valuable commodities in the world. This is the story of its origins, its history, and the threat to its future, by the IACP Award-winning author of Darjeeling. Located between the Great Rift Valley and the Nile, the cloud forests in southwestern Ethiopia are the original home of Arabica, the most prevalent and superior of the two main species of coffee being cultivated today. Virtually unknown to European explorers, the Kafa region was essentially off-limits to foreigners well into the twentieth century, which allowed the world's original coffee culture |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 268 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-252) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781632865090 1632865092 |
| Index Number: | SB269 |
| CLC: | TS971.23 |
| Call Number: | TS971.23/K775 |
| Contents: | Coffee is our bread -- Part one: In the forest -- Sown by the birds -- Island Ethiopia -- The kingdom of Kafa -- The last king of Kafa -- Origins -- Gift for king and country -- Part two: Out of the forest -- Coffee aethiopica -- City of saints -- Out of Arabia -- Beyond waves -- La roya -- Impoverished -- Part three: Back into the forest -- Collecting -- Ex situ -- Geisha -- A matter of degrees -- In situ -- Sacrifices. |