A History of Coffee

BONUS: Coffee’s Ticking Time Bomb


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We have an exciting announcement....AND, a story about Sri Lanka and coffee history we think you're really going to like.

Sri Lankan coffee has delicious notes of chocolate and caramel. But it’s basically impossible to find, and we’re going to bet you’ve never drank it.

But that's really odd, because Sri Lanka has the perfect climate to grow coffee, and was once one of the biggest coffee growing countries in the world.

But Sri Lanka was the victim of an ecological ticking time bomb. And this bomb is still ticking, and is going to explode again.

In this episode of Adventures in Coffee, producer James Harper takes co-hosts Scott and Jools on an adventure back in time, across Ethiopia, Yemen, Sri Lanka to trace the origins of this ticking bomb, and what it’s going to take to defuse it.



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Listen to Jonathan's guest appearance on negative coffee advertising here: https://bit.ly/3uOXYc0

Read Stuart McCook’s excellent book, Coffee Is Not Forever: https://bit.ly/3320rob

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James Harper / Filter Stories: https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O

Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ here: https://amzn.to/3dihAfU

A massive thanks to Lawrence Goldberg of Hansa Coffee, Ajantha Palihawadana, Professor Stuart McCook and Harm van Oudenhoven.

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