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Paperback, 157 pages. 9.5" x 4.75". Has light edge wear, pages clean and unmarked. The Coffee Lover's Companion by Norman Kolpas, The Felix Gluck Press, 1977.

The history and romance, fact and legend, brewing tips and recipes about the world's favorite drink.

Legend has it that coffee was discovered more than a thousand yrers ago when an Abyssinian goatherd noticed his animals dancing with joy after nibbling the bright red berries from a nearby tree. Whether the discovery of coffee happened that way or, as Islamic tradition has it, as a direct intervention from Allah. it has been praised: worshipped, scorned and vilified down through the ages. Charles II closed down the coffeehouses in 1675-only to open them again I I days later-and coffee is still controversial three hundred years after his proclamation.

Norman Kolpas has gathered a fascinating collection of stories.. anecdotes. history and tips on brewing and roasting this remarkable elixir. Profusely

illustrated with more than 123 drawings and photographs, this affectionate volume is the perfect companion to savor with the day's coffee.