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The Various Flavours of Coffee

By: Anthony Capella
Narrated by: Jonathan Aris
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 It is 1895. Robert Wallis, would-be poet, bohemian and impoverished dandy, accepts a commission from coffee merchant Samuel Pinker to categorise the different tastes of coffee - and encounters Pinker's free-thinking daughters, Philomenia, Ada and Emily. As romance blossoms with Emily, Robert realises that the muse and marriage may not be incompatible after all.

Sent to Abyssinia to make his fortune in the coffee trade, he becomes obsessed with slave girl, Fikre. He decides to use the money he has saved to buy her from her owner - a decision that will change not only his own life, but the lives of the three Pinker sisters.

©2008 Anthony Capella (P)2009 WF Howes Ltd Fiction Historical Fiction

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another great book by Anthony Capella. A warm story with romance and poignancy. v enjoyable. Excellent performance

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Still as good as I remembered when I first heard this on cd many years ago. Full of sights sounds and tastes intermingled with history and attitudes in the Victorian era. Brilliantly written and read. What a treat.

Variously heady and shocking

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This was a good, solid read and I enjoyed it as much as I have other books by Anthony Capella. He has a way with descriptions of food (and drink) that is riveting and makes one want to go out for a quick cappuccino! I certainly learned a lot about coffee, the industry, the history and the 28 flavours and hope that his research is sound because it is certainly believable! His characterisations, on the other hand, are somewhat 2-dimensional and thus do not command the sympathy they could. Still, a good holiday read and drink your next cup of coffee with more respect!

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