The book covers the history of coffee — as a beverage and gastronomic entity — from its origins to its place in the future, including the innovations created by Ferran Adrià together with Lavazza, a company that has always strived to expand coffee beyond its known forms.
Looking at this beverage’s story, we’ll see how a unique vision of Western history can be constructed that touches the evolution of society, the great economic and industrial shifts and the construction of new states and democracies, to arrive at the current forms of consumption offered by traditional coffee bars and specialised coffee houses, which may be instant or slower and more thoughtful.
