Coffee: A Comprehensive Guide to the Bean, the Beverage, and the Industryoffers a definitive guide to the many rich dimensions of the bean and the beverage around the world. Leading experts from business and academia consider coffees history, global spread, cultivation, preparation, marketing, and the environmental and social issues surrounding it today. They discuss, for example, the impact of globalization; the many definitions of organic, direct trade, and fair trade; the health of female farmers; the relationships among shade, birds, and coffee; roasting as an art and a science; and where profits are made in the commodity chain. Drawing on interviews and the lives of people working in the businessfrom pickers and roasters to coffee bar owners and consumersthis book brings a compelling human side to the story.The authors avoid romanticizing or demonizing any group in the business. They consider basic but widely misunderstood issues such as who adds value to the bean, the constraints of peasant life, and the impact of climate change. Moving beyond simple answers, they represent various participants in the supply chain and a range of opinions about problems and suggested solutions in the industry.Coffee offers a multidimensional examination of a deceptively everyday but extremely complex commodity that remains at the center of many millions of lives. Tracing coffees journey from field to cup, this handbook to one of the worlds favorite beverages is an essential guide for professionals, coffee lovers, and students alike.Contributions by: Sarah Allen, Jonathan D. Baker, Peter S. Baker, Jonathan Wesley Bell, Clare Benfield, H. C. "Skip" Bittenbender, Connie Blumhardt, Willem Boot, Carlos H. J. Brando, August Burns, Luis Alberto Cuéllar, Olga Cuellar, Kenneth Davids, Jim Fadden, Elijah K. Gichuru, Jeremy Haggar, Andrew Hetzel, George Howell, Juliana Jaramillo, Phyllis Johnson, Lawrence W. Jones, Alf Kramer, Ted Lingle, Stuart McCook, Michelle Craig McDonald, Sunalini Menon, Jonathan Morris, Joan Obra, Price Peterson, Rick Peyser, Sergii Reminny, Paul Rice, Robert Rice, Carlos Saenz, Vincenzo Sandalj, Jinap Selamat, Colin Smith, Shawn Steiman, Robert W. Thurston, Steven Topik, Tatsushi Ueshima, Camilla C. Valeur, Geoff Watts, and Britta Zeitemann

Robert W. Thurston is professor emeritus of history at Miami University.Jonathan Morris is research professor of modern European history at the University of Hertfordshire.Shawn Steiman is owner of Coffea Consulting, Honolulu, Hawaii.

IntroductionRobert W. ThurstonPart I: The Coffee Business1 Strategies for Improving Coffee QualityPrice Peterson2 The Coffee Plant and How It Is HandledShawn Steiman3 Digging Deeper: Cultivation and YieldsH. C. "Skip" Bittenbender4 Coffee as a Global SystemPeter S. Baker5 What Does Organic Mean?Robert W. Thurston6 Coffee under Threat: The Growing Problem of the Coffee Berry BorerJuliana Jaramillo7 Culture, Agriculture, and Nature: Shade Coffee Farms and BiodiversityRobert Rice8 A Guatemalan Coffee Farmers Story: A Challenging Life in a Beautiful, Harsh LandCarlos Saenz9 PickersRobert W. Thurston10 Coffee Processing: An Artisan's PerspectiveJoan Obra11 Women in Coffee in ColombiaOlga Cuellar12 How a Country Girl from Arkansas Became an Importer Leading Other Women in CoffeePhyllis Johnson13 The Role of Nonprofits in CoffeeAugust Burns14 Hunger in the Coffee LandsRick Peyser15 The Price of Coffee: How the Coffee Commodity Market WorksRobert W. Thurston16 Appreciating Quality: The Route to Upward Mobility for Coffee FarmersGeorge Howell17 What is Specialty Coffee?Shawn Steiman18 Where Does the Money Go in the Coffee Supply Chain?Robert W. ThurstonPart II: The State of the Trade19 The Global Trade in Coffee: An OverviewRobert W. Thurston20 Coffee Certification ProgramsRobert W. Thurston21 Direct Trade in CoffeeGeoff Watts22 Fair Trade: Still a Big Plus for Farmers and Workers around the WorldPaul RiceProducer Country Profiles23 HawaiiShawn Steiman24 IndiaSunalini Menon25 IndonesiaJinap Selamat26 ColombiaLuis Alberto Cuéllar27 EthiopiaWillem Boot28 VietnamRobert W. Thurston29 BrazilCarlos H. J. Brando30 Supporting Coffee Farmers Response to Market ChangesJeremy HaggarConsumer Country Profiles31 Introduction to Consumer CountriesJonathan Morris32 DenmarkCamilla C. Valeur33 FranceJonathan Wesley Bell34 ItalyVincenzo Sandalj35 United KingdomClare Benfield36 RussiaRobert W. Thurston37 UkraineSergii Reminny with Jonathan Morris38 JapanTatsushi Ueshima39 GermanyBritta Zeitemann40 United StatesRobert W. ThurstonPart III: The History of Coffee and Its Social Life41 Coffee, a Condensed HistoryJonathan Morris with material from Robert W. Thurston42 Coffee House Formats through the Centuries: Third Places or Public Spaces?Jonathan Morris43 Why Americans Drink Coffee: The Boston Tea Party or Brazilian Slavery?Steven Topik and Michelle Craig McDonald44 The Ecology of Taste: Robusta Coffee and the Limits of the Specialty RevolutionStuart McCook45 The Espresso Menu: A HistoryJonathan Morris46 The Competing Languages of Coffee: Signs, Narratives, and Symbols of American Specialty CoffeeKenneth DavidsPart IV: The Qualities of Coffee47 Coffee QualityGeoff Watts48 Why Does Coffee Taste That Way? Notes from the FieldShawn Steiman49 Coffee Quality and AssessmentShawn Steiman50 Distinctive Drinking: Specialty Coffee and Class in the United StatesJonathan D. Baker51 Brewing: Dissolving the PuzzleAndrew Hetzel52 Roasting: Developing Flavor in the BeanColin Smith53 Roasting CultureConnie Blumhardt and Jim Fadden54 Barista CultureSarah Allen55 Brewing CultureAlf KramerCoffee and Health56 The Long Debate over Coffee and HealthRobert W. Thurston57 Caffeine: How Much Is in Your Cup, and How Much Is Bad for You?Robert W. Thurston58 Recent Research on Coffee and HealthLawrence W. JonesPart V: The Future of Coffee59 Coffee Research in Kenya: Current Status and Future PerspectivesElijah K. Gichuru60 Genetically Modified (Transgenic) CoffeeRobert W. Thurston61 MechanizationRobert W. Thurston62 A Life in CoffeeTed Lingle63 How to Make a Great Cup of CoffeeRobert W. Thurston with Shawn Steiman and Jonathan MorrisGlossary