All about coffee

An exhaustive, multidisciplinary survey traces the plant's botany and varieties, explains cultivation and processing from berry to green bean, and catalogs principal kinds grown worldwide. It reconstructs historical spread and commercial development through a detailed chronology and archival research. Practical chapters describe harvesting, drying, milling, roasting methods and related machinery, plus the organization of the green-bean and wholesale-roasting trades. Scientific sections present microscopy, chemical composition, and pharmacological effects. Extensive reference apparatus includes a coffee thesaurus, a complete reference table of varieties, and a comprehensive bibliography and illustrations to support identification and further study.