All About Coffee is a wide-ranging essay collection by William H. Ukers, published in 1922, on the history, cultivation and culture of coffee. Drawing on research in libraries, museums and coffee-producing countries, it traces how coffee has been grown, traded and enjoyed, and offers an informative survey for curious listeners.
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By WILLIAM H. UKERS, M.A. Editor THE TEA AND COFFEE TRADE JOURNAL Coffee Pot NEW YORK THE TEA AND COFFEE TRADE JOURNAL COMPANY 1922 Copyright 1922 BY THE TEA AND COFFEE TRADE JOURNAL COMPANY New York International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved in U.S.A. and Foreign Countries
PRINTED IN U.S.A.
To My Wife
HELEN DE GRAFF UKERS
PREFACE
Seventeen years ago the author of this work made his first trip abroad to gather material for a book on coffee.
Subsequently he spent a year in travel among the coffeeproducing countries.
After
the
initial
surveys,
correspondents were appointed to make researches in the principal European libraries and museums; and this phase of the work continued until April, 1922. Simultaneous researches were conducted in American libraries and historical museums up to the time of the return of the final proofs to the printer in June, 1922.
Ten years ago the sorting and classification of the material was begun. The actual writing of the manuscript has extended over four years.
Among the unique features of the book are the Coffee
Thesaurus; the Coffee Chronology, containing 492 dates of historical importance; the Complete Reference Table of the
Principal Kinds of Coffee Grown in the World; and the
Coffee Bibliography, containing 1,380 references.
The most authoritative works on this subject have been
Robinson's The Early History of Coffee Houses in England, published in London in 1893; and Jardin's Le Café,
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