It used to be that food in Britain was greasy and bland. Then people started to move in from the colonies.

Today you're as likely to find a good curried chicken on the pub menu as fish and chips.

They love it. It's become the food of the masses.

Madhoor Joffrey joins us in the hour ahead to point out how the spices of India

have become part of the palate of Britain. They've worked out their own way of eating Indian food. It's not necessarily the Indian

way. And a global coffee broker explains how you can get a taste of the rich traditions

of the world's coffee-growing cultures as a Java tracker.

Coffee is the second most heavily traded commodity in the world, second only to oil.

Dean's Saicon of Dean's Beans tells us how the cup you brew each morning can connect you with

the traditions of coffee country around the world, like in Ethiopia.

They drink each cup with a blessing attached to it, and that's how they start their day.

Coffee, curry, and the kindness of people wherever you go.

It's just ahead on Travel with Rick Steves.

Even if you take it black, there's a lot you probably didn't expect that goes into the coffee you drink.

Coming up today on Travel with Rick Steeves, a coffee broker tells us how contemporary issues

in the world's coffee growing regions impact the coffee industry and how your next cup of

coffee can make a positive difference far away from home. We'll also check in with

listeners in a bit with fun stories from their travels. Let's start with a delightful woman you've probably seen on TV or in one of the Merchant Ivory movies.

And if you have an Indian cookbook at home, there's a good chance Madhur Joffrey wrote it.

Her recent book and British TV special called Curry Nation

shows how a good chicken Tika Masala

just might be replacing fish and chips

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