All About Coffee, a Page by Page Podcast, explores William Harrison Ukers century old coffee encyclopedia, All About Coffee, one page, one paragraph, one sentence, one rabbit hole at a time, whatever it takes to work our way through over 800 pages of what was arguably the most important coffee book of the 20th century. Your chief annotationist, director of digressions, and vice president of asides is Mike Ferguson. Welcome to a never-ending journey through every single page (you’ve been warned) of WH Ukers’ All About Coffee.

CORRECTION
Teller from the magic act Penn and Teller graduated from Central High School in Philadelphia, not Penn, as mistakenly noted in the podcast.

This is the very first episode, episode one of All About Coffee a Page by Page Podcast. In this episode we’re going to talk about Biography, Background, and Frontmatter. As you might guess that means we’re not even going to get into the text of the book in this episode beyond the frontmatter, which refers to all the pages you usually flip past at the front of a book to get to the text.

WARNING: THIS PODCAST CONTAINS PROFUSELY PEDANTIC AND POSSIBLY VERBOSE CONTENT

Episode Notes

• AI Generated Takeaways
  • William Harrison Ukers was the author, editor, and publisher of All About Coffee and Tea and Coffee Trade Journal.
  • Mr. Ukers' death date has some discrepancies, but he was born in Pennsylvania and died in 1954 in New York City.
  • He had a successful career in journalism before starting the Tea and Coffee Trade Journal.
  • Mr. Ukers had a connection to the Gramercy Park Hotel and had high standards for himself and his work.
  • He went through a divorce and later married Helen de Graff, who became his business partner.
  • Mr. Ukers had a successful career in the coffee and tea industries and was a respected writer and spokesperson.
  • All About Coffee became a widely quoted and a respected resource for newspapers and magazines.
  • The front matter of the book includes interesting features such as illustrations by renowned artists.
  • The dedications in the book highlight the importance of Mr. Ukers' wife in his life and career.
• All About Coffee, a Page by Page Podcast, is an independent podcast presented by The Exchange Coffee Podcasting Network and brought to you by Covoya Specialty Coffee, recorded in our studio atop the historic Tilden-Thurber Building in beautiful downtown Providence Rhode Island, home to The Exchange, Another Cup, Extra Shot, and Ristretto podcasts.

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