Cheap Coffee: Behind the Curtain of the Global Coffee Trade

Released:

April 2021

Cheap Coffee book cover

Cheap Coffee book cover in Japanese

Cheap Coffee book cover

Cheap Coffee book cover in Japanese

Cheap Coffee: Behind the Curtain of the Global Coffee Trade by Karl Wienhold provides a broad explanation of the economics, mechanics, and power structures that define the coffee industry today. It is a readable and digestible synthesis of thousands of pages of academic literature and expert interviews from disciplines ranging from economics to anthropology and from environmental science to history.

Photo of the open Cheap Coffee book

Book review

Book review

"This short but detailed book gives readers a deeper understanding of some important and misunderstood aspects of coffee growing and trading."

"This short but detailed book gives readers a deeper understanding of some important and misunderstood aspects of coffee growing and trading."

by Tanya Nanetti丨Barista Magazine

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KARL WIENHOLD 2026

©

KARL WIENHOLD 2026

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