📚Coffee Travel Guide. Rosie’s #BookReview of #NonFiction Black As Hell, Strong As death and Sweet As Love by Steven P. Unger and Ruth St. Steven #BookTwitter #booktwt
BLACK AS HELL, STRONG AS DEATH, AND SWEET AS LOVE: A COFFEE TRAVEL GUIDE by Steven P. Unger
4 stars
Black as Hell, Strong As Death, And Sweet As Love: A Coffee Travel Guide is a non-fiction history about coffee from around the world.
The coffee story begins in Ethiopia and the co-authors follow its trail to Jordan, Istanbul, Paris, Turin and later to the New World including Cuba, Hawaii, New Orleans, Costa Rica, Miami and San Francisco.
Most chapters include useful lists of places to visit in each city or country, as well as where to drink the best coffee and often contain coffee drink recipes and additional further reading links. There are also colour photos to accompany the narrative from the extensive travels of both of the authors.
This is an informative book, especially for coffee lovers and I can easily imagine this being a ‘coffee table’ type of book, where it can be read while enjoying a cup of your favourite brew. It would also be an ideal gift for coffee drinkers.
Book Description:
The first and only book to trace coffee consumption from its origins in prehistory to becoming the world’s second-most-valuable commodity after oil—and to pair this history with replicable, affordable Coffee Experiences that provide a unique approach and added value to the readers’ destinations, no matter how many times they’ve been there before. This book is a multi-genre travel book with unique historical insights that immerse the reader in the culture of a country or city through the lens of the destination’s deep relationship with coffee.
