The Devil's Cup
Author | : Stewart Lee Allen |
Publisher | : Canongate Books |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2001 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781841951430 |
ISBN-13 | : 1841951439 |
Rating | : 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Can you handle mornings without a brew? No? Multiply that. Imagine an entire population under a cloud of lethargy, unable to kick start their days. Now introduce coffee. Bingo. The brain moves into over-drive and it's time for empire building.So goes Stewart Lee Allen's crazy theory. Only thing is, after retracing coffee's journey to world domination - by train, rickshaw, cargo freighter and donkey - he has plenty of evidence to back it up.Stewart Lee Allen has filtered out the richest beans from coffee's hot and frothy history . . . serving up a steamy, high-energy brew that will stimulate you more than a triple-strength espresso.