Tea & Coffee 04/02 - Finding a Path Through a Historic Maze (#)
„With coffee prices rising, African Robustas began to flow freely into U.S. blends. According to Mark Pendergrast in Uncommon Grounds, “In 1951 Africa had accounted for only 4.8% of U.S. coffee imports; by 1955 the figure had risen to 11.4%.”“
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Tea & Coffee 06/01 - East Africa... Good Coffee, Bad Times
„Part of the global problem is that there is too much coffee in the world and not enough demand for good coffee. In the case of certain East African coffees, however, the coffee was often so good that it created its own demand. It is the return of those coffees for which its producers, and buyers, are fervently hoping.“
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Chemex Brewing (INeedCoffee.com)
„It was released by the Chemex Corporation in 1942. This was during a time when 64% of all household coffee was made using a percolator.(Uncommon Grounds , Mark Pendergrast page 272) Mark Pendergrast in the book Uncommon Grounds writes about the popularity of the Chemex saying, It never challenged the percolator, except amoung highbrows and purists. Today the Chemex brewer and it's accessories are manufactered by International Housewares of Pittsfield, MA.“
http://www.ineedcoffee.com/03/chemex/
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Amazon.com: Books: Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World
„After shipping and processing the product arrives here at market where "cosmopolitan consumers routinely pay half a day's Third World wages for a good cup of coffee." Along these same lines Pendergrast talks about a movement in the speciality coffee sector towards the idea of "fair trade" coffee which seeks - in the slogan of one of the companies - to offer "Not Just A Cup, But A Just Cup". Equal Exchange in the US and Max Havelaar Quality Mark coffee in Europe are the best known groups that say we should consider human rights issues when choosing a brand.“
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„Uncommon Grounds by Mark Pendergrast. Subtitled "The History of Coffee and How it Transformed Our World" this is a recent work that is extremely broad in its vision. It not only provides the colorful, illustrious history of our favorite beverage (and is loaded with neat trivia), it also seeks to provide context to the when, what and why of the coffee culture from past to present.“
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CoffeeGeek - SCAA Anaheim Pre Show and Day One
„One thing Don did was introduce me to the writer of the excellent book Uncommon Grounds. That book is, of course, written by Mark Pendergrast, and I got a chance to talk to him a bit about the book, how much I liked it and we ended up talking about CoffeeGeek a bit. Mark was very intrigued by the site, one he hasn't seen yet, and even mentioned an offer of writing a review or two for the website, on coffee-related books.“
http://www.coffeegeek.com/opinions/showreports/ 05-06-2002
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