I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. The sections on beer and wine were a little slower, but once I got to the eras of spirits and coffee, it really took off. I would recommend to anyone who wants a general historical timeline combined with fun beverage facts and stories.

Yazar, dünya tarihini, altı farklı içeceği popüler olarak tüketildikleri dönemlere ayırarak anlatıyor.

Genel olarak akıcı olan kitabın alkollü üç içeceğin (bira, şarap ve damıtık içkiler) anlatıldığı ilk kısmı basit ve temel bilgiler vermekle kalsa da kafeinli üç içeceğin (kahve, çay ve Coca-Cola) anlatıldığı ikinci kısımda verilen bilgiler daha tatmin edici. Kafeinli içeceklerin anlatıldığı ikinci kısımda, anlatılan dönemin sosyal ve ekonomik durumu hakkında detaylı bilgiler görmek mümkün. Ele alınan altı farklı içeceğin ortaya çıkış hikayesi, gelişimleri ve son durumları hakkında gereken bilgi de veriliyor elbette.

Çok derin bir kitap olmasa da dünya tarihini farklı bir açıdan ele alması ve bunun akıcı bir şekilde okuyucuya aktarılması kitabı okumaya değer kılıyor.

4/5

Trừ phần cuối viết về Coca-Cola tớ thấy không đặc sắc lắm, thậm chí hơi nhạt khi bị sa đà vào cuộc đấu đá giữa hai hãng Coca và Pepsi, thì cách triển khai về năm thức uống còn lại (bia, rượu vang, rượu chưng chất/rượu mạnh, cà phê và trà) rất ổn nha các bạn. Đặc biệt là cà phê và trà, đó là hai phần tớ khoái nhất vì tác giả khai thác từng mốc thời gian mà hai loại đồ uống này hình thành hay phát triển, và không quên liệt kê kha khá những sự thật thú vị (hoặc đôi khi, hơi khó hiểu) về chúng nữa.

Chẳng hạn ở thời kỳ cà phê nở rộ, các quán cà phê chỉ phục vụ đàn ông còn phụ nữ thì không được phép vào đó. Trong "kỷ nguyên" của trà, phụ nữ mới được tiếp cận và thoải mải thưởng trà. Các nam thanh nữ tú cũng tán tỉnh nhau trong những "vườn uống trà", khi các anh "vô tình" giẫm phải chân các chị, và sau đó, thả thính bằng cách mời họ tách trà thơm, vân vân và mây mây.

Năm nay có 2 quyển nonfic rất ok cùng xuất thân từ nhà Huy Hoàng, đó là Đời muối và cuốn Lịch sử thế giới qua 6 thức uống này, đọc đến đâu bổ não đến đấy. Cực kỳ rec cho các bạn.

Daha önce bu kategoride kitapları pek okumadığımdan benim için koca bir alana giriş kitabı gibi bir süreç haline geldi Altı Bardakta Dünya Tarihi'ni okumak. Okurken de ağırdan alıp hiç aceleye getirmedim. Bazen sadece ilgimi çekmeyen kısımlar günlerce süren aralar vermeme sebep oldu, bazen bir oturuşta bir bölümü bitirdim. Genel olarak beğendiğimi söyleyebilirim. Asıl önemli olan bu kitabı okumadan önce bilgim olmayan birçok konuda yeni fikirlere sahip oldum. Damıtık içkiler ve çay bölümlerinde biraz sıkılmış olduğumu itiraf etmeden geçemeyeceğim, belki kişisel bir şeydir belki de yazarın kalemiyle ilgili bir şeydir bilemiyorum. Onun dışında özellikle bira ile ilgili olan bölümü çok beğendim ve kolanın anlatıldığı bölüm ise şaşırtıcı şekilde beklentilerimin üzerindeydi. Çay bölümü bu kadar dar ve batı merkezli olması açısından hayal kırıklığına uğrattı beni. Hatta kitap genel olarak damıtıklar, kahveler, çaylarda Batı ekseninde dönüyor ve Asya/Orta Doğu kökenlerine pek önem vermeden değiniliyormuş gibi hissettirdi.

An enjoyable and readable book, like an edition of The Economist about things that happened a long time ago. It has the point of view (if you wish, you may call them “biases”) of that magazine (the author's employer), meaning, it is generally cheerful, it admires and celebrates commerce as heroic, and it doesn't spend time getting excessively hot and bothered about the exploitation and misery that inevitably accompanies human commercial activity.

I hope that the author doesn't read the reviews here. If he did, he'd go insane, because he'd find out that the book was both too dry and very readable, there was both too much detail and not enough, and that each of the six parts was duller than the other five.

Enjoyable quotes:

“There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of aspects of human life.”
-- Karl Popper (should be at the beginning of every published microhistory.)

About tea: “The progress of this famous plant has been something very like the progress of truth; suspected at first, though very palatable to those who had the courage to taste it; resisted as it encroached; abuse as its popularity spread; and establishing its triumph at least, in cheering the whole land from the palace to the cottage, only by slow and resistless efforts of time and its own virtues.”
-- Isaac D'israeli (father of British politican Benjamin Disraeli)

Arkadaşımın elinde görür görmez konseptine bayıldım ve daha sonrasında bu kitabın yemek ile ilgili olanını da aldım. Onu da ilerleyen günlerde okurum.

Aslında 6+1 bardak demek çok daha yerinde . Daha profesyonel içicilere özgü ya da tarih kitapları arasında belli belirsiz anlatılan kültürel öğe olarak dekor niyetinde içki içecek mevzularını okumuştum .

Sadece kahveyi öven bir kitabın da varlığından haberdarım ama ben daha Çaycı sıfatında olduğum ve kitap çay kötüleyici olduğu için antipatik gelmişti .

Bu kitapta hepsine mesafe yerinde ve sosyal bilimsel .

Artık bu içeceklere aynı gözle bakmıyorum ve onları içerken kendileri ile ilgili olan kısımlar aklıma geliyor .Dost meclislerinde de bakın bakın ne dicem diyerek hikâyelerini anlatıyorum

A very interesting overview of different drinks. I especially enjoyed the last chapter about Coca Cola, perhaps because I am a Coke drinker. I was surprised to hear about the history of Coca Cola during WWII. Anyone interested in ancient beers, check out Dogfish Head Ancient Beers, they release various ancient beers defined by archaeological forensic chemists to what was brewed in far-gone times. Lots of fun with ancient recipes. Okay, I confess, history geek.

Such an enjoyable read. I love reading about food and nutrition, but this is the first food history book I've ever read. And it was right up my alley. His summary of world history in these six main drinks is actually quite accurate, and he has insights on each drink and their histories. Some chapters were slightly better than others, but each chapter really was intriguing.

In short, I had no idea that these main six world drinks (seven if you include water, which is talked about briefly but well in the epilogue) really affected history so much. I now know more about beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and Coca-Cola (and even water!), and I especially appreciate them and their histories more. It all truly is fascinating.

So I definitely would recommend the book. It isn't life changing or anything, but it is an enjoyable and insightful read. For each drink, he has two well organized chapters. And then the epilogue cleverly talks about how the drink of the future looks to actually be water—it all comes full circle. So overall, I loved it. Will read it again in the future (after I forget much of the information).

I'd put this right up there with The Dorito Effect in the category of non-Christian non-fiction books that I thoroughly enjoyed.

بعضی از نوشیدنی‌ها نقششان در تاریخ بشر بیشتر از رفع تشنگی بوده و اثرات‌شان روی دوره‌های تمدن بشری گسترده و عمیق است.

کتاب تاریخ جهان در شش لیوان، تاریخ جهان را از خلال بررسی داستان شش نوشیدنی محبوب جهان یعنی آبجو، شراب، قهوه، چای، کوکاکولا و سودا مرور می‌کند و می‌پردازد به اینکه پیدایش و گسترش مصرف آبجو و شراب و نوشیدنی‌های الکلی و چای و قهوه و سودا و محبوب شدن و توزیع گسترده‌ی هر کدام از این‌ نوشیدنی‌ها چه طور روی دور‌ه‌های مشخصی از تاریخ تاثیر گذاشته است.

สนุกมาก รับรองว่าเมื่ออ่านจบแล้วเวลาจะดื่มเครื่องดื่มเหล่านี้ จะมีมุมมองที่เปลี่ยนไป และเราจะพยายามสัมผัสรสชาดของมันมากขึ้น พอๆกับนึกถึงประวัติความเป็นมาของมัน

This was a fascinating book to listen to on how beer, wine, coffee, tea, soda, and spirits came to be. There is a lot of history included in this book. Sometimes I thought there was just a little too much history that it felt bogged down in spots.

I mostly listened to this while at the gym, so it was entertaining and educational at the same time.

I did listen to the book and had to speed it up to 1.5x because it felt too slow at 1x.

Eh, it was ok. I did learn various random facts that should help me the next time I play a trivia game. That's a plus, I guess.

The book was like reading a bunch of wikipedia articles, no real cohesion at all. Not an in-depth account of anything but rather a summary of information.