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Acknowledgments
ix
Overview: Caffeine Encounters
xi
Prologue: The Discovery of Caffeine
xvii
PART I caffeine in history
1
(50)
Coffee: Arabian Origins
3
(24)
Tea: Asian Origins
27
(14)
Cacao: American Origins
41
(10)
PART II europe wakes up to caffeine
51
(78)
Monks and Men-at-Arms: Europe's First Caffeine Connections
53
(8)
The Caffeine Trade Supplants the Spice Trade: Tea and Coffee Come to the West
61
(22)
The Late Adopters: Germany, Russia, and Sweden Join In
83
(12)
Judgments of History: Medical Men Debate Caffeine
95
(30)
Postscript: Why Did Caffeine Come When It Came?
125
(4)
PART III the culture of caffeine
129
(84)
Islands of Caffeine (1): Japan: The Tradition of Tea, the Novelty of Coffee
133
(14)
Islands of Caffeine (2): England: Caffeine and Empire
147
(34)
The Endless Simmer: America and the Twentieth Century Do Caffeine
181
(16)
Caffeine Culture and Le Fin de Millenaire
197
(16)
PART IV the natural history of caffeine
213
(54)
Caffeine in the Laboratory
215
(20)
Caffeine and the Plant Kingdom: ``My Vegetable Love...''
235
(32)
PART V caffeine and health
267
(50)
Caffeine and the Body: Health Effects, Reproductive Issues, and Fitness
291
(1)
Thinking Over Caffeine: Cognition, Learning, and Emotional Well-Being
291
(12)
Caffeine Dependence, Intoxication, and Toxicity
303
(14)
Epilogue: A Toast to the Future
317
(4)
Appendix A: The London Coffeehouse during the Commonwealth and Restoration
321
(6)
Appendix B: Supplementary Tables
327
(5)
Appendix C: Additional Studies of Caffeine's Physical Effects
332
(10)
Appendix D: Methodological Pitfalls
342
(3)
Notes
345
(28)
References
373
(8)
Index
381
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