A History of Coffee

An exquisite and thought-provoking podcast. The history shared kept me tuned in. I’m going to listen again and take notes this time. Found you by searching doe “coffee”. Glad I did.

Podcast is great and would get 5 stars if they didn’t give into the leftist doctrine that Islamic imperialism and Arab slave trade must be erased and never spoken about. According to them coffee was native to Ethiopia, then those noble brown Arabs turned into a delightful drink before the evil European colonizers got involved

A very interesting and intelligent History-based show, connecting the dots of History, Coffee, Revolutions, Conquests, Human Suffering…, I don’t know what else, yet. Not for the coffee afficionato with a weak stomach, for the ghastly background of coffee’s history, and colonialism. I almost gave up drinking coffee, after hearing a couple of these; but not giving up the show itself. Addicional pluses: The language is clean; the show’s pace is a delightful conversation with pauses, and great original piano music. It is clearly well-researched. (So far, I’ve heard only 2 of the Episodes, so it’s possible not all episodes are, as described here). The minuses: It unflinchingly describes the horrible things humans are capable of inflicting on each other—especially those in the disadvantageous position. Much of it is inappropriate for young children to hear (except in a situation where discussion and explanations of the contexts within the descriptions, can and will be discussed). It would be a good extra teaching tool, for History, Sociology, Human studies in a classroom setting. Overall a very well-made, and produced, educational Podcast.

Too much bias. Nothing wrong with owning land.