CONCERNING COFFEEHow One Commodity Left Its Mark

Upon History(The Sparknotes Version)

Vanessa Gillman

Not just a Beverage

Origins and Coffee Lore Kaldi and the

Dancing Goats Sufi Imam Baba Budan Kolschitzsky

and the camel fodder

De Clieu Palheta

Revolutionary Cup

“Wherever it has been introduced it has spelled revolution. It has been the world’s most radical drink in that its function has always been to make people think. And when people began to think, they became dangerous.”

--William Ukers

Industrial Strength Brew

Anyone for a proletariat hunger-killer?

Coffee and Nation-building

“Coffee cultivation and the social classes that formed around it shaped the evolution of national governments in the region, leaving lasting differences in the disposition of govenments toward the governed.” --Robert Williams

Globalization

Standardization Consolidation Building National

Markets Further Consolidation Conglomeration Building International

Markets ...Coffee CRISIS

Alternative Trade Orgs

The Rise of Specialty Coffees

Advent of Fair Trade, Organic, Shade-grown Coffee

Conclusion?