SC - Medieval Coffee

[david friedman]

The book you describe is probably Hattox, which struck me as a 
careful and scholarly discussion of the available evidence. You can 
find a summary of his conclusions in the discussion of late period 
and out of period foods in the _Miscellany_.

At 2:53 PM -0400 6/14/00, CBlackwill at aol.com wrote:
>List,
>
>Whilst stumbling around Amazon.com the other day, I came across a book
>entitled 'Coffee and Cofeehouses" which, according to the blurb and editorial
>reviews, traces the history of coffee consumption in the Near Middle East in
>medieval times.  I was wondering if anyone on the list (Cariadoc, Suleman??)
>has had a chance to look at this book, and can tell me if it is worth picking
>up.  Being an avid coffee drinker (two pots before work, and about three
>while I'm there), I would like to have some kind of documentation to help
>support my habit at events :)  I have read numerous third and fourth hand
>accounts of medieval coffee consumption in the Middle East in period, but
>nothing I would consider "documentable" since they don't give primary source
>references.  One "fact" which makes me doubt the authenticity of some of
>these claims is the reference to salted coffee being consumed regularly in
>the middle ages, and into modern times.  While I have heard this from a few
>sources, all of the truly Midle Eastern people I know say they have never
>heard of this.  Any reviews of the book (or similar ones) would be
>appreciated.
>
>Balthazar of Blackmoor
>(a roving ambassador of The Coffee Generation)
>
>Mr. Wizard, what happens when you combine pasta and antipasta?
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David/Cariadoc
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