Name: A History of the World in 6 Glasses
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Author: Tom Standage

Drinks may be finished in a few gulps unlike food that needs to be tasted, chewed and pondered over. Nevertheless, journalist Tom Standage opines that there are some drinks in the world that have done more than just to satisfy parched throats. Indeed, these drinks have shaped the history of humans right from the Stone Age up till the present times. in his book A History of the World in 6 Glasses, Standage relates with a quick charm and authority how six of these libations have created a place for themselves in the course of human history.The six drinks being expounded on in this read are beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea and cola. Relating the story of these guzzlers in an engaging manner, the author states that beer was first made in 3000 BCE by the Fertile Crescent and was an important part of the Egyptian and Mesopotamian culture. in Greece of the ancient times, on the other hand, wine held a primary place as it became the vessel for spreading the Greek culture elsewhere in the world.The Age of Exploration thrived on spirits such as brandy and rum that were primarily consumed by seamen on long and perilous voyages. Talking about coffee, the much-debated drink, Standage says that although it originated in the Arab countries, it gained fame in Europe thanks to the many coffee houses that dotted the region during the Age of Reason. During those times, it was a cuppa that helped people carry out intellectual exchanges. Tea, regarded as a kin of coffee, was first drunk by the Chinese, but became globally popular hundreds of years later when the British started guzzling cup after cup. The saga of the drinks by Standage comes to a culmination with the story on the cola, which has a firm grip over the modern times and is looked upon as the mighty symbol of globalisation today.Readers will find A History of the World in 6 Glasses to be a book written from the perspective of the drinks in terms of how they shaped cultures, toyed with civilisations and made history.A History of the World in 6 Glasses was published by Bloomsbury USA in 2006. It is available as a paperback.

A History of the World in 6 Glasses

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