The Origins of a Social Beverage in the Medieval Near East
by
Ralph S. Hattox
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
Drawing on the accounts of early European travelers, original Arabic sources on jurisprudence and etiquette, and treatises on coffee from the period, the author recounts the colorful early history of the spread of coffee and the influence of coffeehouses in the medieval Near East. Detailed descriptions...