Chapter 1
The global journey of a magical bean
Chapter 2
The science inside the cup
Chapter 3
Global coffee rituals
Chapter 4
The economics of the bean
Chapter 5
Coffeehouses and the spark of ideas
YOUR GOAL
Master of How coffee conquered the world
Ch 1 · The global journey of a magical bean
diego The Journey of Coffee
That little red berry crossed the deep Red Sea to wake up the whole wide world!
diego Brave travelers smuggled fertile coffee seeds out of Yemen, spreading cultivation to India and Dutch colonies.
diego Sufi monks in fifteenth-century Yemen were the first to roast and brew coffee seeds into a beverage.
BETA
diego Trace Little Bean's global route to discover how coffee travels from farm to cup.
Fun Fact
Coffee ban: In 1511, leaders in Mecca banned coffee because they feared its stimulating effects would encourage political debates and critical thinking.
Glossary
coffee bean (noun)
The seed of the coffee plant, which is roasted and ground to make coffee. In the ninth century, an Ethiopian herder named Kaldi first discovered the seeds' energizing effects.
The seed of the coffee plant, which is roasted and ground to make coffee. In the ninth century, an Ethiopian herder named Kaldi first discovered the seeds' energizing effects.
Quiz
Who shared his limited drinking water with a coffee plant during a voyage to Martinique?
Quiz
Which European country successfully grew coffee in Java, Indonesia, in the seventeenth century?