Coffee Culture: A Visual and Literary Collection

Coffee has been around for hundreds of years; it is the most popular world-wide beverage; coffee has permeated not only American culture, but cultures across the globe and in some cases it has even shaped the culture of countries. Therefore, I view coffee as more than just an extremely enjoyable beverage, I see it as a common thread, wrapped around the world that weaves together the stories and timelines of all it contacts. That being said, I have put together this post as a sort of collection with different types of media to depict the culture of coffee from past to present. 


I. Coffee History

Photo: H is for Home on Flickr

Coffee History Primer

Coffee History: The Percolator

Hawaiian Coffee

Ethiopian Coffee

Costa Rica Coffee History

The Coffee House - A History

Colombian Coffee

My Coffee Tis of Thee

Coffee and Brazil - How Coffee Molded the Culture of a Country






II. Commercialization of Coffee

Yellow Coat: Two Coffee Paintings Tell a Short Story

The poster Victoria Arduino by Leonetto Cappiello (1922)

The painting Coffee Grinder by Jaggu Prasad

The History of Coffee: Part IV - Commercialization of Coffee

The Popularity of Coffee

300 Vintage Coffee Ads and the Lessons They Teach Us

Celebrity Coffee Commercials

III. Modern Coffee

5 Snobby Videos That Prove Coffee Culture Has Gone Too Far

Cafegrafia | Coffee type experiment

Coffee Art

By: Andy Saur & Angela Sarkela

Coffee with your light? A DIY Chandelier

Coffee Tasseography - Fortune Telling with Coffee

A Coffee Lover's Guide to Tea

7 Easy Tricks to Make Your Coffee More Eco-Friendly

Coffee Through The Ages

By: Michael Rohde

Creating the Sketchtoon Coffee Calendar