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Who knew importing coffee could be so dangerous?

The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers

July 25, 2022 by TylerDFC Leave a Comment

Few things in life are as pleasurable for me as stumbling upon a book and being exposed to a fascinating concept I had never thought much about before. In this case, the concept is the world of high-end specialty coffee. How it is grown, harvested, processed, brewed, and then rated is fascinating. The journey Mokhtar Alkhanshali endured to bring Yemen coffee to the rest of the world is filled with enough intrigue, plot twists, and brushes with danger to fill a summer action movie. But […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: dave eggers, fair trade coffee, Mokhtar Alkhanshali, The Monk of Mokha, yemen, Yemeni coffee

TylerDFC's CBR14 Review No:24 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: dave eggers, fair trade coffee, Mokhtar Alkhanshali, The Monk of Mokha, yemen, Yemeni coffee ·
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