Coffee History The Pioneering Phase Of Coffee: Uses, Meanings, And Structures
The Pioneering Phase Of Coffee: Uses, Meanings, And Structures: Appadurai argued that the key to understanding a commodity was to “follow the thing.” In the case of coffee, this entails returning to the first coffee consumption places in Arabica and gaining a better knowledge of how historical and geographical factors shaped consumption rituals during the pioneering period.
Coffee was first recorded in the mid-15th century when Suri mystics used it to help them stay awake during their all-night religious vigils (Hattox, …