All About Coffee by William H. Ukers is the monumental and comprehensive history of coffee, first published in 1922. Ukers, a leading authority and editor of a trade journal, assembled an encyclopaedic survey covering the origins, cultivation, commerce, and culture of the beverage from its earliest use to the modern industry.
The book traces coffee’s spread from Ethiopia and Arabia across the world, the rise of the coffee house, advances in growing and roasting, and the economics of the global trade. It also addresses the chemistry of coffee, methods of preparation, and its place in art and literature. Exhaustive in scope and richly detailed, the work has long been regarded as the definitive classic on its subject and a treasure trove for anyone fascinated by the story of coffee.