The book Coffeeography: The Coffee Producers is not just another book about coffee and its flavors, but above all a deep insight into the world of the people behind it. Stephen Leighton, founder of the Hasbean roastery and pioneer of direct trade, draws on his eighteen years of experience and relationship building with farmers around the world. The book focuses on what is most important—the human stories and destinies of the producers, without whom specialty coffee could never have come into being.
The author gives the farmers themselves space to tell their stories in their own words, complementing them with fascinating photographs he collected during his travels to coffee plantations. Readers thus gain a unique opportunity to glimpse the everyday reality of coffee cultivation and understand the connection between the grower, the roaster, and the end consumer. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand coffee in a broader human and social context.