In the novel, The Devils Cup, Stewart Lee Allen takes readers on a captivating journey through the history of coffee and the impact it has had on the world. The journey begins in Ethiopia, followed by Somalia, Yemen, several European countries and concluding in the United States. In each country, coffee had a different value and meaning to its citizens and Allen focuses on the development and transformation of each society due to the effects of coffee.
For the most part, I enjoyed the book and the different stories that came from all the countries. I also found it interesting that something as small as coffee has had such a profound effect on the history of the world and its economical growth.
- Missy Elliot
Coffee as stimulus for development? Sounds interesting!
ReplyDelete-Alexander the Great
My book also explores Coffee as a stimulus for development.
ReplyDelete-Che Guevara
Sounds like a really a good read! how could something as small as coffee effect the world?
ReplyDelete---Charles Barkely
This book sounds really interesting. For some reason my book kept on referencing coffee to describe the difference between words that are transplants from other languages, and words that derived from a mother tongue.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool journey. I didn't know coffee had such an effect on the world. This seems like a very enjoyable read!
ReplyDelete-Harriet Beecher Stowe
This sounds a lot like my book, except that mine was about a red dye and how it changed the world. I don't think i will be reading this one
ReplyDelete-Mary Magdaline
Did coffee have as much influence as tea on the world economy and its development?
ReplyDelete-Emily Dickinson
By looking at the title, I didn't think that this novel had anything to do with coffee. However, this book still sounds interesting. I wonder how much influence coffee had on development.
ReplyDelete~Andrew "Old Hickory" Jackson