The coffee industry was made for New York: complex, diverse, fascinating and with plenty of attitude. Since arriving in the 1600s, coffee held patriotic significance during wartime, fueled industrial revolution and transformed the city’s foodways. The New York Coffee Exchange opened tumultuously in the 1880s. Alice Foote MacDougall founded a 1920s coffeehouse empire. In the same decade, Brooklyn teenager William Black started Chock Full o’Nuts with $250 and a dream. Third wavers Ninth Street Espresso and Joe made the latest latte craze mainstream. Through stories, interviews and photographs, coffee professional and Tristate native Erin Meister shares Gotham’s caffeinated past and explores the coffee-related reasons why the city never sleeps.
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Specification: New York City Coffee: A Caffeinated History (American Palate)
Publisher
History Pr (31 July 2017)
Language
English
Paperback
142 pages
ISBN-10
146713600X
ISBN-13
978-1467136006
Item Weight
272 g
Dimensions
15.24 x 0.86 x 22.86 cm
5 reviews for New York City Coffee: A Caffeinated History (American Palate)
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Karen Meister –
A very well-written history of coffee in NYC. The interviews, described by the author added a personal flavor to this interesting development of coffee.
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Really nice written and entertaining. Nice historical characters. Not ground breaking but a nice summary of the entangled history of coffee and New York. .
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Sarah Deveaux –
A very complete and fascinating (who knew?) history of New York City Coffee. I wasn’t sure i would be interested in all the details but the thorough research and Meister’s smooth story telling qualities really make it interesting. For NewYorkers, non New Yorkers, coffee lovers and non coffee lovers alike.
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L –
This book communicates the history of coffee in New York City adeptly, humorously, and from a number of important but unexpected angles. Not just for coffee fanatics, I highly recommend this to anyone with an interest in the history of American food, as well anyone with an interest in NYC history.
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Fred Sniack –
Had a lot of information that I didn’t know and was super helpful in learning about a specific regions history in coffee. Would definitely be interested in more books like this that did deep dives into the history of coffee within a specific city and/or region.
Karen Meister –
A very well-written history of coffee in NYC. The interviews, described by the author added a personal flavor to this interesting development of coffee.
Amazon Customer –
Really nice written and entertaining. Nice historical characters. Not ground breaking but a nice summary of the entangled history of coffee and New York. .
Sarah Deveaux –
A very complete and fascinating (who knew?) history of New York City Coffee. I wasn’t sure i would be interested in all the details but the thorough research and Meister’s smooth story telling qualities really make it interesting. For NewYorkers, non New Yorkers, coffee lovers and non coffee lovers alike.
L –
This book communicates the history of coffee in New York City adeptly, humorously, and from a number of important but unexpected angles. Not just for coffee fanatics, I highly recommend this to anyone with an interest in the history of American food, as well anyone with an interest in NYC history.
Fred Sniack –
Had a lot of information that I didn’t know and was super helpful in learning about a specific regions history in coffee. Would definitely be interested in more books like this that did deep dives into the history of coffee within a specific city and/or region.