Clear, articulate professor, brings nonfiction audiobook about coffee to life
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all about coffee by William H. You. Curs Forward civilization in its onward march has produced only three important non alcoholic beverages. The extract of the tea plant, the extract of the cocoa bean and the extract of the coffee bean leaves and beans. The's air, the vegetable sources of the world's favorite nonalcoholic table beverages of the to the tea leaves lead in total amount consumed. The coffee beans air second on the cocoa beans are a distant third, although advancing steadily. But in international commerce, the coffee beans occupy a farm or important position than either of the others being imported into non producing countries to twice the extent of the tea leaves. All three enjoy a worldwide consumption, although not to the same extent in every nation, but where either the coffee bean or the tea leaf has established itself in a given country. The other gets comparatively little attention and usually has great difficulty in making any advance. The cocoa bean, on the other hand, has not risen to the position of popular favorite in any important consuming country and has so not aroused the serious opposition of its do rivals. Coffee is universal in its appeal all nations do it homage. It has become recognized as a human necessity. It is no longer a luxury or an indulgence. It is a corollary of human energy and human efficiency. People love coffee because of its twofold effect, the pleasurable sensation and the increased efficiency it produces. Coffee has an important place in the rational dietary of all the civilized peoples of Earth. It is a democratic beverage. Not only is it the drink of fashionable society, but it is also a favorite beverage of the men and women who do the world's work, whether they toil with brain or brawn. It has been acclaimed, the most grateful lubricant known to the human machine and the most delightful taste in all nature. No food drink has ever encountered so much opposition as coffee given to the world by the church and dignified by the medical profession. Nevertheless, it has had to suffer from religious superstition and medical prejudice. During the 1000 years of its development. It is experienced fierce political opposition, stupid fiscal restrictions, unjust taxes, irks, um, duties. But surviving all of these, it has triumphantly moved on to a foremost place in the catalogue of popular beverages. But coffee is something more than a beverage. It is one of the world's greatest adjuvant foods. There are other auxiliary foods, but none that excels it for palatability and comforting effects, the psychology of which is to be found in its unique flavor and aroma. Men and women drink coffee because it adds to their sense of well being. It not only smells good and tastes good to all mankind he even or civilized, but all respond to its wonderful, stimulating properties. The chief factors and coffee goodness are the caffeine content and the cafe all caffeine supplies, the principal stimulant. It increases the capacity for muscular and mental work without harmful reaction. The cafe oil supplies the flavor and the aroma, that indescribable Oriental fragrance that woos us through the nostrils, forming one of the principal elements that make up the lure of coffee. There are several other constituents, including certain innocuous so called the calf, a tannic acids that in combination with the cafe l give the beverage. It's rare gustatory appeal. The year 1919 awarded coffee one of its brightest honors. An American general said that coffee shared with bread and bacon, the distinction of being one of the three nutritive essentials that helped win the world war for the Allies. So this symbol of human brotherhood has played a not inconspicuous part in making the world safe for democracy. The New Age, ushered in by the piece of Hirsi and the Washington Conference, has for its handmaidens, temperance and self control. It is to be a world democracy of right living and clear thinking. And among its most precious adjuncts are coffee, tea and cocoa, because these beverages must always be associated with rational living, with greater comfort and with better cheer.