Wednesday, October 2 | 7:30 PM
Dana Building | Room 1040
Zingerman’s Coffee Company
3723 Plaza Dr. #5, Ann Arbor
FREE and open to the public; more details can be found here
More and more, roasters and coffee shops emphasize how and where they source their beans. But how did coffee get to those places—Mexico, Brazil, and Ethiopia—in the first place? And what happened when it got there?
Join environmental historian Casey Lurtz for a conversation about how coffee spread outward from Eastern Africa and how its introduction reshaped local societies and economies. Looking at the multiplicity of ways in which coffee has been grown, we’ll think beyond roasting and brewing to understand how the histories of where coffee is cultivated flavor our morning cup.
This talk will be paired with sample tastings of three distinctive coffees brewed at Zingerman’s Coffee Company.
This is event is co-sponsored by the U-M Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, U-M African Studies Center, and Zingerman’s Coffee Company.
