Abstract
COFFEE has had much to contend with since its use as a stimulant was first made known to the world, and this biography of coffee deals in a very readable way with its vicissitudes during the last four to five hundred years, and with its influence on the development of western civilization.
The Saga of Coffee: the Biography of an Economic Product
H. E. Jacob. Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul. Pp. 384 + 27 plates. (London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 1935.) 15s. net.
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The Saga of Coffee. Nature 138, 702 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138702a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/138702a0