
A History of Coffee is the story of how a tiny psychoactive seed changed the world and shapes our lives today. Across six episodes, documentary maker James Harper and professional historian Jonathan Morris narrate how humans race coffee across oceans to keep up with demand for this addictive drink. Coffee creates enormous fortunes for some, and misery for others. Sometimes the environment benefits... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 17 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | DocumentaryHistorySociety & Culture | |||

We’re back with more stories about the tiny psychoactive seed that changed the world and continues to shape our lives today.
Is it possible to follow the story not just to Ethiopia, not just to a single town, but all the way back to one tree?
We’ll... more
America is coffee-obsessed. From Central Perk’s red couch being the centre of major plot twists in Friends to the fact the average American drank more than two cups a day.
And the conventional explanation is pretty straightforward: an English coloni... more
One morning back in the ‘80s, Howard Schultz walks out of his Milan hotel, stumbles into an espresso bar, and fundamentally changes coffee history.
He discovered (and then popularises) the iconic, timeless Italian coffee experience: Rich thick coffe... more
Haiti was once the biggest, most profitable coffee growing region in the world.
But today Haiti is one of the world’s poorest nations where you can’t get a bag of Haitian beans delivered to Berlin in a week for love nor money.
In this second episod... more
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Podcast is great and would get 5 stars if they didn’t give into the leftist doctrine that Islamic imperialism and Arab slave trade must be erased and never spoken about. According to them coffee was native to Ethiopia, then those noble brown Arabs turned into a delightful drink before the evil European colonizers got involved
An exquisite and thought-provoking podcast. The history shared kept me tuned in. I’m going to listen again and take notes this time. Found you by searching doe “coffee”. Glad I did.
I am just dipping my toe into this podcast, but already I love the relaxed and conversational style, the informative content, the velvety voices, and the soothing and enchanting music. I know I’m really going to enjoy this show, because it deals with one of MY favourite topics. Thanks to the lads for doing all the work, and for making it a please for me to listen to ‘A History of Coffee’.
Too much bias. Nothing wrong with owning land.
Heart breaking and very interesting history of coffee. It was a absolute eye opener to me and an invitation to consume coffee in a new, better way!










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