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Coffee: Do stupid things faster with more energy!
"Life is too short to drink cheap coffee!"
                                             
"Caffeine [is] the most widely consumed psychoactive drug on the planet." — TIME Magazine, January 2006
"A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems." — Paul Erdos
"Behind every successful woman . . . is a substantial amount of coffee." — Stephanie Pero
March is National Caffeine Awareness Month [est. 2003]
About 62 percent of Americans drink coffee daily, the average drinker consumes three cups each day,
and people aged 70 and over drink about 2.2 cups per day — National Coffee Assn., 2020
                
Brief  History / Timeline
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Books  About  Coffee  &  Tea
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  | "The Classic of Tea: Origins & Rituals" [780 C.E.] by Lu Yü, Translated & Introduction by Francis Ross Carpenter Little, Brown & Co. 8¼x6¼ hardcover [1974] out of print/used Ecco Press 7½x5¼ hardcover [10/95] out of print/used |
  | "The Book of Tea" [1906 classic] by Kakuzo Okakura Illustrated edition: photography by Daniel Proctor Charles E. Tuttle hardcover [10/2000] for $18.97 Dover 8½x5½ pb [1966] for $3.95 |
  | "All About Coffee" [1935 classic; 1975 reprint] by William Harrison Ukers Martino 10½x7¼ hardcover [7/2007] for $115.94 Specialty Coffee Assn. of America hardcover [1975] out of print/used |
  | "Perfect Cup: A Coffee Lover's Guide To Buying, Brewing & Tasting" [1991] by Timothy James Castle Perseus Press 8¼x5½ pb [5/91] for $11.20 |
  | "Coffee Floats, Tea Sinks: Through History & Technology To A Complete Understanding" [1993] by Ian Bersten of Australia Definitive work on the brewing process; grab a copy if you can find one Helian 14½x9¾ hardcover [1/93] out of print/used |
  | "The Coffee Book" [1993] by Dawn Campbell & Janet Smith Pelican 9¼x8 hardcover [7/93] for $19.95 |
  | "Arbuckle's: The Coffee That Won the West" [1994] by Francis L. Fugate Texas Western Press 12½x9¾ hardcover [11/94] out of print/used |
  | "The Tea Book" [1995] by Dawn L. Campbell
Pelican 9½x8½ hardcover [5/95] for $19.95 |
  | "The Joy of Coffee: The Essential Guide To Buying, Brewing & Enjoying" [orig 1995, rev 2003] by Corby Kummer, photography by James Scherer, illustrations by Evangelia Philippidis "Unquestionably the most definitive and engagingly written book on the subject to date." — New York Times Houghton Mifflin 9x6 pb [8/2003] for $10.88 Houghton Mifflin 9¾x6¾ pb [10/97] out of print/used Chapters Publg hardcover [9/95] out of print/used |
  | "Coffee Basics: A Quick and Easy Guide" [1996] by Kevin Knox & Julie Sheldon Huffaker John Wiley & Sons 8¾x5½ pb [10/96] for $12.57 |
  | "Coffee Lover's Bible: Ode To The Divine Brew In Fact, Food & Fancy" [1998] by Jill Yates
Clear Light Publng 7¾x7¾ pb [11/98] for $12.95 |
  | "Tea Basics: A Quick and Easy Guide" [1998] by Wendy Rasmussen & Ric Rhinehart Wiley & Sons 8½x5½ pb [12/98] for $18.85 |
  | "The Coffee Book: Anatomy of An Industry From Crop To The Last Drop" [1999] by Gregory Dicum & Nina Luttinger
New Press 7x7 pb [5/99] for $10.47 |
  | "Coffee, Sex & Health: A History of Anti-Coffee Crusaders & Sexual Hysteria" [1999] by Ian Bersten of Australia
Helian Books pb [1999] out of print/used |
  | "Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee & How It Transformed Our World" [1999, rev 2010] by Mark Pendergrast
Kindle Edition 2nd edition from Basic Books [9/2010] for $12.70 Basic Books 2nd edition 9¼x6 pb [9/2010] for $13.37 Basic Books 9x6 pb [4/2000] out of print/90+ used Basic Books 9¼x6½ hardcover [6/99] out of print/70+ used |
  | "Eat Tea: Savory & Sweet Dishes Flavored With The World's Most Versatile Ingredient" [2001] by Joanna Pruess & John Harney
Lyons Press 8¼x8 hardcover [12/2001] for $13.96 |
  | "Coffee: A Dark History" [2004] by Antony Wild
Kindle Edition from Wild Books [9/2013] for $9.99 W.W. Norton 9x6 pb [6/2005] for $19.75 W.W. Norton 9¾x6½ hardcover [6/2005] for $35.49 W.W. Norton 10¼x6¼ hardcover [2004] out of print/scarce |
  | "The Complete Idiot's Guide To Coffee & Tea: The Perfect Companion To Your Daily Pick-me-up" [2006] by Travis Arndorfer & Kristine Hansen Alpha 9x7¼ pb [9/2006] for $12.89 |
  | "Fair Trade Coffee: The Prospects and Pitfalls of Market-Driven Social Justice" [2007] by Gavin Fridell
Kindle Edition from Univ Toronto Press [5/2012] for $18.12 Univ Toronto Press 9x6 pb [12/2007] for $32.95 Univ Toronto Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [3/2007] out of print/used |
  | "Brewing Justice: Fair Trade Coffee, Sustainability, and Survival" [2007] by Daniel Jaffee Partly based on extensive research in indigenous Zapotec farmer communities in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico Kindle Edition from Univ California Press [2007 edition] for $16.17 Univ California Press 9x6 pb [4/2007] for $29.20 Univ California Press 9x6 hardcover [4/2007] for $53.63 out of print/used |
  | "God In A Cup: The Obsessive Quest For The Perfect Coffee" [2008] by Michaele Weissman Wiley & Sons 9x6 ¼ pb [5/2008] for $16.47 |
  | "Million Dollar Cup of Tea: What You Can Learn From A Mother-Daughter Team Who Turned A Simple Idea Into Oregon Chai, A $75 Million Business" [2009] by Tedde McMillen, with Heather Halo
Wbusiness Books 8¾x6 pb [3/2009] for $19.95 Oregon Chai [est. 1991] official website |
  | "Everything But The Coffee: Learning About America From Starbucks" [2009] by Bryant Simon Concludes that Starbucks Coffee's appeal lies not in the product that it sells but in a deeply felt American need for predictability, class standing, and community - the easily-consumed identity that Starbucks offers. Kindle Edition from Univ California Press [10/2009] for $9.99 Univ California Press 8¾x5½ pb [2/2011] for $14.16 Univ California Press 9x6¼ hardcover [10/2009] for $38.29 |
  | "Making Great Cowboy Coffee: A Guide To Brewing Cowboy Coffee At Home and On The Campfire" [2010] by Jack McCoy
Kindle Edition from Pioneer Cookery, LLC [7/2010] for $9.99 Pioneer Cookery, LLC 8½x5½ pb [7/2010] for $11.66 Pioneer Cookery, LLC pb [7/2010] out of print/used Granite Ware Coffee Boiler (3-quart) for $18.95 Granite Ware Coffee Boiler (2-quart) for $15.95 |
  | "Tea: A Global History" [2010] by Helen Saberi Kindle Edition from Reaktion Books [10/2012] for $9.99 Reaktion Books Edible Series hardcover [10/2010] for $12.19 |
  | "Coffee: Philosophy For Everyone - Grounds For Debate" [2011] Edited by Scott F. Parker & Michael W. Austin, Foreword by Donald Schoenholt Kindle Edition from Wiley-Blackwell [7/2011] for $13.99 Wiley-Blackwell 8½x5½ pb [3/2011] for $15.06 |
  | "How To Make Coffee So Good You'll Never Waste Money On Starbucks Again" [2012] by Luca Vincenzo
Kindle Edition from CreateSpace [4/2012] for $2.99 {sic} CreateSpace 9x6 pb [4/2012] for $7.99 |
  | "Joe: The Coffee Book" [2012] by Jonathan & Gabrielle Rubinstein, with Judith Choate, Photography by Steve Pool Kindle Edition from Lyons Press [6/2012] for $14.59 Lyons Press 9x6½ pb [6/2012] for $15.36 |
  | "The Coffeeist Manifesto: No More Bad Coffee!" [2012] by Steven D. Ward 168 pages; half self-defense manual and half how-to instructional, "a single resource that connects all the dots and spells it all out for confused novice coffee drinkers" Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [9/2012] for $2.99 CreateSpace 9x6 pb [10/2012] for $8.58 |
  | "Coffee: 100 Everyday Recipes" [2012]
Parragon Books 5¾x4½ hardcover [10/2012] out of print/used |
  | "19 Lessons On Tea: Become An Expert On Buying, Brewing, and Drinking The Best Tea" [2012] A Guide by 27Press
Kindle Edition from 27Press [12/2013] for $2.99 27Press 7¾x5 pb [12/2012] for $7.99 |
  | "Caffeinated: How Our Daily Habit Helps, Hurts, and Hooks Us" [2014] by Murray Carpenter Kindle Edition from Hudson Street/Penguin [3/2014] for $10.99 Plume 8x5¼ pb [DUE Jan 2015] for $11.08 Hudson Street Press 9x6¼ hardcover [3/2014] for $19.68 |
  | "Darjeeling: The Colorful History and Precarious Fate of The World's Greatest Tea" [2015] by Jeff Koehler 'An illuminating history of the greatest tea on earth', a crop that is in danger from both global politics and climate change. Kindle Edition from Bloomsbury USA [5/2015] for $10.99 Bloomsbury USA 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2015] for $20.34 |
  | "A Thirst For Empire: How Tea Shaped The Modern World" [2017] by Erika Rappaport Kindle Edition from Princeton Univ Press [8/2017] for $24.49 {sic} Princeton Univ Press 9¾x6½ hardcover [9/2017] for $25.57 |
  | "Coffeeland: One Man's Dark Empire and The Making of Our Favorite Drug" [2020] by Augustine Sedgewick Kindle Edition from Penguin Press [4/2020] for $15.99 Penguin Press 9½x6½ hardcover [4/2020] for $19.89 |
Fiction, Movies & TV, Other Media
  | "The Coffee Trader: A Novel" [2003] by David Liss
Set in the Amsterdam commodities market in 1659. Ballantine 8x5¼ pb [2/2004] for $10.17 Random House hardcover [3/2003] out of print/used Random House ABR audio CD [3/2003] for $18.87 |
  | "Uncommon Grounds" [2004 mystery novel] by Sandra Balzo Three women in a small town open an independent coffee shop; one of them is killed on their opening day. Kindle Edition from N.Y.L.A. [3/2011] for $3.99 Five Star trade pb [9/2004] out of print/many used Five Star 8¼x6¼ hardcover [11/2004] out of print/many used author's website |
  | "Black Coffee" [National Film Board of Canada 2005] A 3-hour TV documentary that traces the unique and volatile history of coffee; episode titles are "The Irresistible Bean", "Gold In Your Cup", and "The Perfect Cup" Co-written & directed by Irene Lilienheim Angelico; narrated by Helen King B.F.S. Ent. color DVD [7/2008] 3 disks for $26.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie site |
  | "Modern Marvels: Coffee" [History Channel Sept 2005] A&E Home Video 60-minute color DVD [7/2008] for $24.95 episode credits at IMDb |
  | "Black Gold: Wake Up & Smell The Coffee" [indep June 2006] 'Your Coffee Will Never Taste The Same Again': A nuanced and sensitive documentary view of our globalized economic and social systems, comparing wholesalers, marketeers, and the high-priced retail coffee world and exploited coffee plantation laborers in Ethiopia. Co-produced & directed by Marc Francis Speak It Films / Fulcrum Prodns color DVD [8/2007] for $26.95 full credits from IMDb • official movie site |
Tea - A Magazine unclear status, 2015: the website links redirect to The Daily Tea, which has free daily & weekly & monthly options |
Tea & Coffee Trade Journal Magazine |
Tea Time Magazine |
L i n k s
Coffee Quality Institute [est. 1995]
Consumer Tea Webline
National Coffee Assn. USA
Coffee Assn. of Canada
Organic Coffee Assn.
International Coffee Organization
Specialty Coffee Assn. of Europe
Fair Trade Federation Coffee & Food Products
TransFair U.S.A. [certifies fair trade coffee]
Brasil Specialty Coffee Assn.
Coffee at National Geographic website
The Tea Society [in USA]
1st for Coffee website {directory & free newsletter}
Coffee Snoop - coffee machine reviews & ratings
Coffee Geeks Unite weblog [est. 5/2014] really wants you to 'like' their
Facebook page
article '15 Health Benefits of Chai Tea' on the Jen's Review blog
       
       
                                               
Retail  &  Wholesale  Vendors
There is a statistical tie for top total tonnage of coffee consumed: U.S.A. 971 metric tons, Brasil 969 metric tons.
The U.S. coffee market of 66B cups per year, of which about one third is organically grown, has a value of $18B.
The U.S.A. is 22nd in individual coffee consumption, at 3.1 kg per capita. (all statistics 2018)
page kept growing, this section was cut to its own page in May 2024.
                
Tea  Vendors
Lipton™ Tea Website
Celestial Seasonings specialty teas in Boulder, CO
East Wind Teastore on Long Island, NY
New Mexico Tea Company in Albuquerque, NM
Kung Fu Cowboy Tea Co. [est. 2006] in Albuquerquem, NM
Savouré Tea [est. 2000] in Eugene, OR
St. James Tearoom in Old Town Albuquerque, NM
Tealuxe® tea bars [est. 1996] in MA & RI
S.L.O. Chai Fair Trade Organic Tea Company [est. 2004] of Atascadero, CA
        
        
    | The Harris Tea brand was founded in 1981 and is a subdivision of HarrisFreeman, Inc. of Anaheim, California; the Harris plant in Moorestown, New Jersey became 60% solar-powered in August 2011 Harris Decaffeinated Black Tea [100% natural] pack of 12 boxes of 50 tea bags for $27.81 Harris Green Tea [100% natural] pack of 12 boxes of 50 tea bags for $32.37 Harris Decaffeinated Green Tea [100% natural] pack of 12 boxes of 50 tea bags for $31.29 |
Chocolate Dept.
'chocolate' entry at Wikipedia
Intl. Cocoa Organization [est. 1973] based in London, U.K.
search on 'chocolate' at Amazon Grocery returns over 164,000 items - YUM!
search on 'hot cocoa' at Amazon Grocery returns over 2,800 items - YUM!
Major chocolate-producing companies include Cadbury, Ghirardelli, Hershey, Lindt, Mars, Nestlé, and Whitman's/Russell Stover
Books about chocolate as candy are duplicated on Spirit of America Bookstore's Candy & Nuts & Gum Page / Chocolate Dept.
  | "The True History of Chocolate" [1996] by Sophie D. Coe & Michael D. Coe Thames & Hudson 3rd edition 9x6 pb [6/2013] for $12.78 Thames & Hudson 2nd edition 9x6 pb [10/2007] for $18.38 Thames & Hudson 9x6 pb [10/2000] out of print/many, many used Thames & Hudson 9½x6¼ hardcover [5/1996] out of print/many used |
  | "The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside The Secret World of Hershey and Mars" [1998] by Joël Glenn Brenner Broadway Books 8x6¼ pb [1/2000] out of print/many used Random House 8¼x6½ hardcover [12/98] out of print/many used |
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"The Great Book of Chocolate: The Chocolate Lover's Guide, with Recipes" [2004] by David Lebovitz Author is former pastry chef at famed Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California Kindle Edition from Random House Digital [7/2011] for $12.99 Ten Speed Press 10¼x4½ pb [4/2004] for $13.59 |
  | "Chocolate: A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light" [2004] by Mort Rosenblum winner at the I.A.C.P. Cookbook Awards Kindle Edition from Macmillan [2006 edition] for $8.89 North Point Press 8¼x5½ pb [10/2006] for $16.45 North Point Press 9½x6 hardcover [12/2004] out of print/many, many used |
  | "The Chocolate Connoisseur: For Everyone With A Passion For Chocolate" [2005] by Chloé Doutre-Roussel Penguin Trade 7¼x4½ pb [12/2006] out of print/many used Tarcher 7½x4½ hardcover [2/2006] out of print/many used Piatkus Books 7½x4½ hardcover [10/2005] out of print/used |
  | "Chocolate On Trial: Slavery, Politics, and The Ethics of Business" [2005] by Lowell J. Satre The forced labor practices at the coffee farms on the Portuguese colonial islands of São Tomé & Principé were exposed in 1905 by intrepid British journalist Henry Nevinson; candy baron William Cadbury was forced by public opinion to 'do something'; The Standard newspaper of London held Cadbury to blame, and Cadbury sued for libel (the trial itself is two chapters here). Ohio Univ Press 9x6 pb [7/2005] for $15.90 Ohio Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [7/2005] for $46.12 |
  | "Chocolate In Mesoamerica: A Cultural History of Cacao" [2007] Edited by Cameron J. McNeil Univ Florida Press 9¼x6 pb [4/2009] for $31.14 Univ Florida Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [1/2007] out of print/used |
  | "Bitter Chocolate: The Dark Side of The World's Most Seductive Sweet" [2008] by {Canadian radio journalist} Carol Off The multibillion-dollar cocoa cartel of West Africa funds bloody civil war and widespread corruption while demanding more beans for less money; poor farmers have turned to the cheapest labor pool possible: thousands of indentured children who pick the beans but have never themselves known the taste of chocolate. The New Press 8¼x6 hardcover [4/2008] out of print/many used |
  | "Chocolate: A Global History" [2009] by Sarah Moss & Alexander Badenoch Kindle Edition from Reaktion Books [5/2012] for $9.99 Reaktion Books Edible Series 7¾x4¾ hardcover [9/2009] for $12.50 |
  | "Chocolate Wars: The 150-Year Rivalry Between The World's Greatest Chocolate Makers" [2010] by Deborah Cadbury
Kindle Edition from PublicAffairs [10/2010] for $8.79 PublicAffairs 9¼x6 pb [10/2011] for $13.29 PublicAffairs 9¼x6 hardcover [10/2010] for $16.53 |
  | "Chocolate Nations: Living and Dying For Cocoa In West Africa" [2011] by Órla Ryan Kindle Edition from Zed Books [11/2012] for $10.46 Zed Books 7¾x5 pb [5/2012] for $13.46 Zed Books 8½x5¼ hardcover [2/2011] for $87.86 |
  | "Chocolate: Healthfood of The Gods: Unwrap The Secrets of Chocolate For Health, Beauty, and Longevity" [2011] by Phillip Minton, MD Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [3/2011] for $9.99 CreateSpace 9x6 pb [6/2011] for $17.99 |
Other  Beverages
Equipment  for  Home  &  Stores
19th Century Coffee Roasters site
Coffee Makers, Etc. [est. 2001] commercial & home brewing equipment in Nashville, TN
browse coffee, tea & espresso equipment catalog at Amazon.com
  | "How To Open A Financially Successful Coffee, Espresso & Tea Shop" [2004] book & CD-ROM by Elizabeth Godsmark, Lora Arduser & Douglas R. Brown Kindle Edition from Atlantic Publng [7/2009] for $13.99 Atlantic Publng 8x5¼ pb & CD-ROM [7/2004] for $26.00 |
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"The Complete Idiot's Guide To Starting & Running A Coffee Bar" [2005] by Susan Gilbert, W. Eric Martin & Linda Formichelli Kindle Edition from Alpha [2005 edition] for $15.99 Alpha 9x7¼ pb [10/2005] for $12.63 |
  | "The Professional Barista's Handbook: An Expert Guide To Preparing Espresso, Coffee, and Tea" [2008] by Scott Rao
indep 10x7 hardcover [2008] out of print/used |
  | "Wake Up and Sell The Coffee!: The Story of Coffee Nation and How To Start, Build, and Sell A High-Growth Business" [2014] by Martyn Dawes Kindle Edition from Harriman House [1/2014] for $15.38 Harriman House 8½x5½ pb [1/2014] for $15.61 Harriman House 8½x5½ pb [1/2014] out of print/used |
  | "Wake Up and Sell More Coffee: Fresh Ways To Make Money From Your Coffee Business" [2015] by John Richardson & Hugh Gilmartin
Kindle Edition from Robinson/Hachette [12/2015] for $6.99 Constable & Robinson 7¾x5 pb [2/2016] for $16.00 Constable & Robinson 7¾x5 pb [2/2016] out of print/used |
Mr. Coffee® Grinder [white only] for $17.54
Eva Solo™ CafeSolo coffeemakers available at Amazon
  | Bodum Assam Tea Press
two-cup (17-oz.) press for $19.99 four-cup (34-oz.) press for $21.27 four-cup (34-oz.) press with stainless filter for $48.17 |
Clover [est. 2004] high-end professional coffee brewing equipment of Seattle, WA
FETCo professional coffee & tea brewing equipment in Lake Zurich, Illinois
TechniVorm [est. 1964] MoccaMaster coffeemakers from Holland
  | "Krups® XP1500 Coffee Maker & Espresso Machine Combination, Black" 10-cup coffeemaker & 4-bar steam espresso machine for $91.77 |
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'Proven Health Benefits of Coffee' from NickMOM  
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