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A self-appointed social anthropologist of coffee, Stewart Lee Allen sets out on a journey to prove his theory that coffee is the driving force in history. Beginning in Ethiopia, where he sails a dhow along the same route that carried the first beans to Yemen 1500 years ago, Allen literally travels the world on his mission to prove his theory. The Devil's Cup does for lassitude what Dava Sobel did for longitude - it refreshingly lateral, superbly researched, and in itself an extraordinary journey.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: Travel & Geography/Travel Writing
Authors: Stewart Lee Allen
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