Spotřeba kakaa, kávy, čaje a čokolády v meziválečném Československu

• Authors: Tereza Krček

Title variants

EN

The Consumption of Cocoa, Coffee, Tea and Chocolate in the Interwar Period in Czechoslovakia

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This article deals with the consumption of cocoa, coffee, tea and chocolate in the territory of interwar Czechoslovakia and focuses mainly on the Czech lands. The study is based mainly on contemporary statistical sources, publications and the daily press. It focuses on the overall consumption of these commodities with respect to working class families and black coat families. It comes to the conclusion that the level of coffee consumption of working class families was approximately half that of black coat families. However, working class families consumed cups of coffee than the black coat families, and their rye coffee consumption, along with the consumption of chicory, was several times higher. Tea consumption was considered a luxury, and tea was not too popular with the public at this time. Cocoa was intended mainly for cooking and baking. Chocolate was consumed by rather wealthier segments of the population. A wide range of replacements for these materials was created for the poor.

Keywords

EN

History; 20th century; chocolate; cocoa; tea; coffee; interwar period in Czechoslovakia consumption; working class family; black coat family

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Moderní dějiny: sborník k dějinám 19. a 20. století (Modern History: Studies into 19th and 20th century history)
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 135-155

Contributors

author

Tereza Krček

• Vysoká škola ekonomická Praha, Czech Republic