18. JUST A DROP - Wine of the Bean

JUST A DROP: Less than 10 minutes about a wine topic, some news, and updates. Disclaimer - this one’s a little over 10 minutes but it’s worth it! In this short episode, Farrah goes over the origins of coffee and why it was called “the wine of the Arabs.” Support B for Bacchus on Patreon References: Hammam Radio Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 1991, Harlan Walker Paradise Dictionary - Dictionary of English words of Arabic etymology part II- Mohannad Al Fallouji, PhD Coffee and Qahwa: How a drink for Arab mystics went global Coffee and Coffeehouses: The Origins of a Social Beverage in the Medieval Near East, Ralph S. Hattox Port of Mokha coffee + Serious Jolt on Kerning Cultures Coffee's Mysterious Origins How Coffee Went from a Mystical Sacrament to an Everyday Drink The Etymology of "Coffee": The Dark Brew, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Alan S. Kaye All about Coffee, William Harrison Ukers Coffee as a Social Drug, Steven Topik