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Coffee Culture

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Coffee culture refers to the social and cultural practices surrounding the consumption of coffee, encompassing rituals, traditions, and the significance of coffee in social interactions, community building, and lifestyle. It examines how coffee shapes identities, influences social behaviors, and reflects broader cultural values within different societies.
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Coffee culture refers to the social and cultural practices surrounding the consumption of coffee, encompassing rituals, traditions, and the significance of coffee in social interactions, community building, and lifestyle. It examines how coffee shapes identities, influences social behaviors, and reflects broader cultural values within different societies.

Key research themes

1. How does global coffee culture integrate and adapt within local socio-cultural contexts?

This research theme investigates the dynamic processes by which coffee, as a global commodity, is culturally localized and imbued with new meanings in diverse settings. It explores the bidirectional interplay between global influences and local cultural frameworks, underscoring how local consumers, producers, and institutions negotiate, reinterpret, and appropriate coffee culture to articulate new identities and consumption practices. The theme matters for understanding globalization beyond mere homogenization, emphasizing cultural hybridity, agency, and context-specific adaptations.

Key finding: Through ethnographic and cultural analysis, this study shows that Japan represents coffee consumption as a hybrid space balancing 'global' and 'local' identities, where global chains like Starbucks coexist with traditional... Read more
Key finding: This qualitative study documents how coffee shops in Tembalang, Indonesia, embody the glocalization and creolization processes where global coffee culture (exemplified by Starbucks) melds with local Indonesian cultural... Read more
Key finding: Through field observations and interviews in Central Java, Indonesia, this research evidences that local wisdom profoundly shapes coffee production and consumption practices. It elucidates how traditional socio-religious... Read more
Key finding: By comparing ethnographies from three diverse cities, the study identifies shared ethical dispositions and cultural practices among the new urban middle classes centered on specialty coffee consumption. It highlights coffee... Read more

2. How has connoisseurship consumption shaped the evolution of specialty coffee markets, particularly in the USA?

This research theme examines how increasing consumer expertise and refined taste—termed connoisseurship consumption—have influenced the institutional development, legitimacy, and market dynamics of specialty coffee. It addresses the intersection of cultural capital, consumer knowledge, and market structure, shedding light on how consumer-driven demand for quality and differentiation has transformed coffee consumption from commodity to craft, impacting production, marketing, and retailing practices.

Key finding: Utilizing a comprehensive qualitative analysis of 542 newspaper articles (1980–2013), this study reveals that shifts in cultural-cognitive legitimacy—particularly relating to generational tastes, health concerns, and... Read more
Key finding: Corroborating and extending the previous work by the same authors, this paper confirms that the institutionalization of connoisseurship consumption is central to specialty coffee market evolution. It highlights the critical... Read more

3. What are the socio-economic and political dimensions of coffee production and trade in African contexts?

This theme focuses on the historical, political-economic, and socio-cultural realities shaping coffee production and trade within African regions, especially Ethiopia and Sidama territory. It critically analyzes colonial and postcolonial exploitations, market volatility, resource distribution, and the impact on local producer livelihoods and poverty. Such work is crucial to understanding coffee not only as an economic crop but as a site reflecting broader structural power relations, identity politics, and development challenges.

Key finding: This socio-political study documents the interplay between demographic pressures, land degradation, and systemic underdevelopment within Kambaata region, linking ecological stress and resource scarcity to political... Read more
Key finding: The study identifies multiple structural impediments—including exploitative macroeconomic policies, parastatal financial mechanisms, and monopolized retail returns—that constrain Sidama coffee producers' economic benefits... Read more
Key finding: Providing a historical-political-economic critique, this paper contextualizes 'Ethiopian' coffee production within colonial and postcolonial capitalist frameworks that have perpetuated poverty and underdevelopment in Sidama... Read more
Key finding: This foundational analysis situates African poverty and underdevelopment in the broader context of global inequalities, emphasizing that coffee production regions such as Sidama are caught in systemic marginalization. It... Read more

All papers in Coffee Culture

Malaysian Coffee Culture: a Research of Social Aspect, Branding and Design. Abstract This study discussed about history and the journey towards modernity of Malaysian social culture, branding and design in local coffee culture.... more
PART ONE COFFEE CULTURE, SOCIAL LIFE, AND GLOBAL HISTORY 3 CHAPTER 1 CULTURE, CAFFEINE, AND COFFEE SHOPS The line at the coffee shop backs up to the door this weekday morning. Businessmen, university students, and office workers wait... more
4. BASKI, Ekim 2024 "Kahvehane; Kültürel birikim ortami, sosyallesme mekâni ve siyasi iktidar karsisinda halkin sesini duyurabildigi bir kamusal alan… Osmanli toplumunda 16. yüzyil ortalarinda bir sehir mekâni olarak gelisen... more
Coffee was introduced to PR by a Spanish governor and first planted in the south coast area. At the end of the 18th century, several French coffee planters came to the west fleeing the Hatian slave revolts and independence revolution,... more
Since their entry to Japan in the latter half of the 19th century, coffee and coffee shops have been closely linked to the economic, political, and socio-cultural change undergone by the Japanese society. The cafés themselves have gone... more
FOR THE FORMATTED VERSION WITH KENTRIDGE'S DRAWINGS GO TO: https://eternaltiber.net/triumphs-and-laments-research/ This is a guide to the iconography of William Kentridge’s Triumphs & Laments, the 500-meter-long frieze of colossal... more
B u yazının hikâyesi bir resimle başlar. Osmanlı tasvir sanatının en meşhurlarından olan bu resim günümüze farklı tasvirlerden ve hat örneklerinden mürekkeb bir mecmua ya da resim külliyatı içinde ulaşmıştır. Çoğunlukla Osmanlı kökenli... more
This study aims to test the feasibility of Ampalaya (Momordica charantia) seeds as healthy substitutes to coffee beans in coffee production.
Excerpt: While buying a cup of coffee at a local café one morning, I was transported to an exotic far-off land. Immersed in the aroma of coffee brewing and surrounded by pictures of farmers picking coffee and their children smiling, I... more
RESUMEN Se busca establecer la posición actual de los cafés especiales que proceden de Colombia en el contexto internacional. Para ello se utiliza una metodología exploratoria-descriptiva de inteligencia de mercados y consulta a expertos.... more
This dissertation has found out that there has been a general shift from “serving” the clients to “selling” products and services to the clients – the shift in focus being from people orientation to profit orientation by the chain retail... more
This is a draft of an article that will appear with some further revisions in American Ethnologist. Please seek permission before citing or distributing this draft, as there may be a more updated version to share.
Este trabajo busca analizar la emergencia y consolidación de la industria del café en Brasil y Colombia durante coyunturas históricas particulares, el establecimiento de la república en Brasil y la proclamación del orden regenerador en... more
Participé en esta publicación en cuanto a la preparación, revisión y edición de textos. El libro es la versión en español del expediente presentado a Unesco par ala inscripción en la Lista de patrimonio mundial de Unesco, en junio de... more
"In this study, coffee, coffeehouses and cafés are theoretically discussed regarding consumption, sociology of consumption and globalization/glocalization debates, in the case of Starbucks in a middle-sized city Eskişehir. Coffee is an... more
Gender differences in consumer behavior are a neglected topic. Following mate selection theory, we expected males to portray higher levels of status consumption. In an observational study of 1,053 students, we found that among students... more
A través de estas líneas quisiera compartir algunos aspectos sobre el chocolate que lo hacen único y un gran provocador de emociones. Me gustaría además reseñar datos de su historia, para evocar algo de su connotación mágica y mítica .
Giriş Her millet, kendi değerlerini, kendini var eden ve ayakta tutan unsurlarını bilmek ve korumak zorundadır. Bu unsurlar arasında; gelenek, görenekler ve âdetler, gibi kültürel faktörler, önemli yer tutar. Bu alanlarda sosyologlar,... more
Published in A Historical Approach to Casuistry: Norms and Exceptions in a Comparative Perspective, ed. by Carlo Ginzburg with Lucio Biasiori, Bloomsbury 2019, 132-150.
A raíz de la inscripción en la Lista de Patrimonio Mundial del Paisaje Cultural Cafetero de Colombia, PCCC, el Comité de Patrimonio Mundial, mediante la decisión 35 COM 8B.43 del 25 de junio de 2011, estableció la siguiente recomendación:... more
This research explores the production and hints at the consumption of coffee in Yunnan, a Chinese province famous for tea. More specifically, it starts the journey of and imagines the coffee taste trail in Yunnan: a chain of actors who... more
Focusing primarily on Eugene, Oregon, I have created an overview via participant observation of how people use the communal space within a coffeehouse and I use the historic position of coffeehouses in London, England as a basis for... more
The experiment was done to assess incidence and severity; variations in Colletotrichum kahawae isolates and resistance levels in Hararghe coffee. Assessment was conducted in Bedeno, Boke, Habro and Darolebu districts August to September... more
This article puts forward an argument in favor of small farmer fair trade based on an analysis of the differences between small farmer fair trade and plantation fair trade with examples drawn from the coffee and tea sectors. The article... more
Edinburgh flourished during the Scottish Enlightenment with its motifs of good taste and fine rhetoric. Links between taste and knowledge were a feature of Edinburgh coffee-houses. Coffee as an exotic rarity when it was first introduced... more
En esta publicación se presenta y valora, dentro del contexto de la época, la historia de los antiguos cafés de la capital aragonesa desde su fundación en el siglo XVIII hasta la finalización de la contienda civil. En concreto, se trata... more
Kahve günümüzde sosyal hayatın en vazgeçilmez unsurlarından birisi olarak sıklıkla karşımıza çıkıyor. Tüm dünyayı kasıp kavuran kahve çılgınlığı ise bugünün meselesi değil. Afrika topraklarından çıkan bu garip bitki kısa zamanda Osmanlı... more
Baseado em etnografia realizada em Brasília e São Paulo, o artigo se propõe a acompanhar as transformações sofridas pelo café à medida que o produto entra na lógica de consumo segmentado, quando passa a ser apreciado por novas razões, em... more
Öz Türk kültürü kendi yaşam alanını edebiyat sanatı çerçevesinde oluşturmuştur. Maddî ve manevî tüm kültür ögeleri bir vesile ile edebiyatın malzemesi olmuştur. Böylelikle uzun bir zaman dilimini ve geniş bir yaşam alanını kapsayan Türk... more
It is the explanation of the words used in the world of coffee terms.

Dünyada kullanılan kahve terimlerine ait kelimelerin açıklamasıdır.
Pertenece a una serie de estudios (Cafeología) encaminados a formar multidisciplinariamente a los profesionales del café. La Cafeología, es un sistema educacional creado para satisfacer las necesidades de los profesionales del café.... more
El objetivo de este trabajo es el de analizar el proceso de industrialización del café de Costa Rica en perspectiva biofísica: reconstruyendo los flujos de energía, materiales, así como el uso del tiempo para los agro-ecosistemas de café... more
Coffee is the third most popular beverage in the world after water and tea. In some countries like US, Brazil and many others, coffee is even the second most popular beverage coming just after the water. While in Germany, it is the most... more
This paper discusses the notion of food as a humanising factor in the posthuman world of Margaret Atwood's trilogy Oryx and Crake, Year of the Flood, and MaddAddam. Within the postapocalyptic backdrop of the narrative, the remaining... more
Recommendations for the use of tree and shrub species in coffee plantations in Central America are made on the basis of their climate tolerance in relation to current and predicted future climates in coffee growing areas and their use on... more
The objective of this paper is to provide an understandingof how the gap between the global’ and the local-peripheral’ isbridged in the everyday life of the peasantry at a coffee pioneer front. The networks of connectivity between the... more
Zaman içerisinde yaşanan ekonomik ve sosyal gelişmelere göre değişimler yaşayan kahve için bu değişimler alanyazında dalga ya da nesil olarak sınıflandırılmıştır. Her kahve dalgası tüketicilerine döneme özgü farklı nitelikler vaat... more
This research aims to describe adjustment of volunteers who ever served in armed conflict zones. Adjustment can be defined as the efforts of individual to meets internal and external demands based on expectation and realites faced. This... more
Many scholars in the consumer culture field have attempted to understand how market evolves. Recently, marketing research has focused on the consumer-marketer relationship, considering peripheral consumers, and other marketplace actors... more
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