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All About Coffee

Public domain audiobook

All About Coffee

by William Ukers

English· 40:17:18· 73 chapters
Considered the definitive work about coffee of its time, "All About Coffee" was written by William Ukers, founder of the Tea and Coffee Trade Journal. In order to write this book, he spent seventeen years traveling to many places where coffee is grown, served, and enjoyed, and he shares his knowledge about all aspects of coffee, from farm to table, in a thorough but interesting fashion. The book contains a Coffee Thesaurus; a Coffee Chronology; the Complete Reference Table of the Principal Kinds of Coffee Grown in the World; as well as chapters on all aspects of coffee, such as the story of coffee houses in various places, the chemistry and pharmacology of coffee, and the preparation of roasted coffee. - Summary by Leni

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Prefatory Material

    22:51
  2. Chapter 2

    Dealing with the Etymology of Coffee

    11:01
  3. Chapter 3

    History of Coffee Propagation

    23:49
  4. Chapter 4

    Early History of Coffee Drinking, part 1

    39:24
  5. Chapter 5

    Early History of Coffee Drinking, part 2

    20:38
  6. Chapter 6

    Introduction of Coffee into Western Europe

    20:01
  7. Chapter 7

    The Beginnings of Coffee in France

    14:08
  8. Chapter 8

    The Introduction of Coffee into England

    24:10
  9. Chapter 9

    The Introduction of Coffee into Holland

    07:12
  10. Chapter 10

    The Introduction of Coffee into Germany

    13:24
  11. Chapter 11

    Telling How Coffee Came to Vienna

    12:37
  12. Chapter 12

    The Coffee Houses of Old London, part 1

    35:57
  13. Chapter 13

    The Coffee Houses of Old London, part 2

    41:42
  14. Chapter 14

    The Coffee Houses of Old London, part 3

    27:53
  15. Chapter 15

    The Coffee Houses of Old London, part 4

    22:59
  16. Chapter 16

    History of the Early Parisian Coffee Houses

    36:56
  17. Chapter 17

    Introduction of Coffee into North America

    24:19
  18. Chapter 18

    History of Coffee in Old New York

    32:23
  19. Chapter 19

    Coffee Houses of Old Philadelphia

    18:56
  20. Chapter 20

    The Botany of the Coffee Plant

    40:06
  21. Chapter 21

    The Microscopy of the Coffee Fruit

    11:51
  22. Chapter 22

    The Chemistry of the Coffee Bean, part 1

    48:20
  23. Chapter 23

    The Chemistry of the Coffee Bean, part 2

    50:12
  24. Chapter 24

    Pharmacology of the Coffee Drink, part 1

    37:12
  25. Chapter 25

    Pharmacology of the Coffee Drink, part 2

    35:43
  26. Chapter 26

    The Commercial Coffees of the World

    15:55
  27. Chapter 27

    Cultivation of the Coffee Plant, part 1

    36:33
  28. Chapter 28

    Cultivation of the Coffee Plant, part 2

    36:21
  29. Chapter 29

    Cultivation of the Coffee Plant, part 3

    39:43
  30. Chapter 30

    Preparing Green Coffee for Market, part 1

    39:01
  31. Chapter 31

    Preparing Green Coffee for Market, part 2

    32:02
  32. Chapter 32

    The Production and Consumption of Coffee, part 1

    1:06:25
  33. Chapter 33

    The Production and Consumption of Coffee, part 2

    40:26
  34. Chapter 34

    The Production and Consumption of Coffee, part 3

    33:37
  35. Chapter 35

    How Green Coffees Are Bought and Sold, part 1

    31:25
  36. Chapter 36

    How Green Coffees Are Bought and Sold, part 2

    26:21
  37. Chapter 37

    How Green Coffees Are Bought and Sold, part 3

    49:54
  38. Chapter 38

    Green and Roasted Coffee Characteristics

    57:02
  39. Chapter 39

    Factory Preparation of Roasted Coffee, part 1

    33:04
  40. Chapter 40

    Factory Preparation of Roasted Coffee, part 2

    34:14
  41. Chapter 41

    Wholesale Merchandising of Coffee

    21:40
  42. Chapter 42

    Retail Merchandising of Roasted Coffee

    38:14
  43. Chapter 43

    A Short History of Coffee Advertising, part 1

    11:41
  44. Chapter 44

    A Short History of Coffee Advertising, part 2

    26:16
  45. Chapter 45

    A Short History of Coffee Advertising, part 3

    23:26
  46. Chapter 46

    The Coffee Trade in the United States

    33:19
  47. Chapter 47

    Development of the Green and Roasted Coffee Business in the United States, part 1

    50:02
  48. Chapter 48

    Development of the Green and Roasted Coffee Business in the United States, part 2

    46:30
  49. Chapter 49

    Development of the Green and Roasted Coffee Business in the United States, part 3

    57:05
  50. Chapter 50

    Some Big Men and Notable Achievements, part 1

    40:58
  51. Chapter 51

    Some Big Men and Notable Achievements, part 2

    45:41
  52. Chapter 52

    Some Big Men and Notable Achievements, part 3

    26:46
  53. Chapter 53

    A History of Coffee in Literature, part 1

    42:23
  54. Chapter 54

    A History of Coffee in Literature, part 2

    32:02
  55. Chapter 55

    A History of Coffee in Literature, part 3

    26:37
  56. Chapter 56

    A History of Coffee in Literature, part 4

    44:23
  57. Chapter 57

    A History of Coffee in Literature, part 5

    50:53
  58. Chapter 58

    A History of Coffee in Literature, part 6

    34:41
  59. Chapter 59

    A History of Coffee in Literature, part 7

    52:07
  60. Chapter 60

    Coffee in Relation to the Fine Arts, part 1

    26:30
  61. Chapter 61

    Coffee in Relation to the Fine Arts, part 2

    28:07
  62. Chapter 62

    The Evolution of Coffee Apparatus, part 1

    45:10
  63. Chapter 63

    The Evolution of Coffee Apparatus, part 2

    37:47
  64. Chapter 64

    The Evolution of Coffee Apparatus, part 3

    28:54
  65. Chapter 65

    World's Coffee Manners and Customs, part 1

    39:05
  66. Chapter 66

    World's Coffee Manners and Customs, part 2

    30:32
  67. Chapter 67

    World's Coffee Manners and Customs, part 3

    37:23
  68. Chapter 68

    World's Coffee Manners and Customs, part 4

    33:17
  69. Chapter 69

    Preparation of the Universal Beverage, part 1

    43:59
  70. Chapter 70

    Preparation of the Universal Beverage, part 2

    20:55
  71. Chapter 71

    Preparation of the Universal Beverage, part 3

    27:20
  72. Chapter 72

    Preparation of the Universal Beverage, part 4

    33:58
  73. Chapter 73

    Preparation of the Universal Beverage, part 5

    33:50