What do you really know about our favorite drug? Favorite like 400 million cups per day consumed in the US alone? Here in a quick 200 pages is enough to wow the entire gang at your local javatank. The history of the bean, the creation of plantations, the current politics and economics of the brew, the rise of the gourmet bean and the chain coffee emporia and conscious coffee. And of course exactly how caffeine works its wonders on your frying brain.