Archive for the ‘Coffee History’ Category
The sort of coffee-tree Coffea arabica came from Ethiopia (Abyssinia), namely from the south-west part of Ethiopian Highlands, which is called Kafa. People used leaves and fruit of coffee-tree since ancient times, long before the Semite tribe on the Arabian Peninsula had known about this plant.
The discoverers of coffee weren’t the Arabs, but Ethiopians – [...]
One and a half milliards cups of coffee are drunk in the world every day. Bitter, foamy, coarse and mild, Arabica or Robusta. Real, ground.
Sowed by the angel, made by the herder
Coffee is one of the best beverages which are known for our civilization. Perhaps, the flourishing civilization itself is in many respects owed to [...]
A French novelist Honoré de Balzac. The portrait of L. Boulanger.
Coffee and creation
With admiration wrote about coffee Balzac in «Treatise about modern analeptics»:
«As soon as coffee gets stomach, at once appears excitement. Thoughts start moving like Great Army’s battalions on the battlefield. Instantly in a memory arise events quasi adapt with a wind.»
Coffee like a [...]
Have you ever thought about coffee’s origin?
The legend narrates the story of Ethiopian goatherd Kaldi, who has noticed that every time after ripe red cherries his goats were too active and excited. The goatherd has had firsthand knowledge of fruit’s effect.
The goatherd shared this story with monks. Through trial and error they made a decoction [...]
The first coffee houses were opened in Oxford, England, in 1650. One year later – in London. By 1700 there were already about 2000 coffee houses in the capital of Great Britain.
London coffee-houses of XVII century have become famous as «Penny Universities», because with a cup of coffee it was possible to speak to painters, [...]
The rest with a coffee after parade on the staging area in India.
1850
Great Britain
The history of coffee prevalence in Great Britain is differ from countries of Europe and North America. First, here the epoch of coffee houses were quite brief. Second, the tradition drink coffee in private took its roots very fast. [...]
First coffee-houses
The middle of XV century, Mecca.
The middle of XVI century, Constantinople.
1650 Oxford. The first English coffee-house was opened by Turkish emigrant Jacob.
1651 Livorno. The beginning of Italian coffee-houses.
1672 Paris. Later, in 1689 in French capital was opened legendary Café Le Procope – one of the oldest nowadays working cafes in the world. [...]
Coffee in Brazil was grown in early 1700. In 1727 Brazilians have taken part in settlement of territorial disputes between French and Netherlands Guiana. It gave a chance to get at least some carefully protected coffee saplings.
All these stories are very different but at the same time have one common idea: an [...]
