We have to admit, 2021 was the best year for books about coffee we’ve seen in a long time. (Admittedly, some of these books were published in 2020, but like Kendrick, we were busy ducking the pandemic and only picked them up this year.) Whether you’re looking to better educate yourself or shopping for that special barista in your life, these are the books that would be on our syllabus if we were teaching a graduate seminar on coffee.
Coffeeland by Augustine Sedgewick
How did a working-class man from Manchester, England create one of Central America’s largest coffee empires? The answer is a riveting story that has much to say about ongoing inequality in the coffee supply chain today. History professor Augustine Sedgewick situates the creation of the world’s largest coffee monoculture in the context of the industrial revolution, the spread of American imperialism, and the rise of Marxist revolutionaries. Coffeeland is unlike any coffee book we’ve read, but we dare say it should be mandatory reading for anyone who wants to better understand the coffee industry. …
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