A Fascinating History of our Favorite Drink — Coffee

The history of coffee - Nobody really knows how coffee is from, its origin is lost in legends around the world. However, history often say that the history of coffee is credited with its discovery in the 16th century a herd of hungry goats and their caregivers Ethiopian named Kaldi. Goats, tired of looking for greener pastures, began to nibble the sweet red berries from a bush strange and unfamiliar. Shortly after an unusual behavior, the herd becomes playful and started hitting her heels and Attend the live performance, Kaldi decided to try the berries. Shortly after, he became interested as well. He shared his discovery to a new monk arrived at a monastery. The monk began to offer them in the monastery and the prayers of the night suddenly became more pleasant. The glories of magic berries began to spread rapidly. The coffee was regarded as a food standard Ethiopian tribes. They mix the coffee berries with animal fat, rolled them into a ball and ate them when they travel at night that made them awake and alert. Below is a chronology of the evolution of coffee. First century In the first century, Arab traders brought coffee from Arabia and cultivate the plant for the first time on plantations. They created a drink from the berries and called "Qahwa", which literally means "that which prevents sleep" Century 15 Around 1453, coffee was introduced to Constantinople by the Turks and the coffee shop first, Kiva Kan., opened in 1475. Century 16 Jesuit missionaries, then the arabica coffee beans for a country of Colombia. The volcanic soil of the Andes, with mild temperatures and abundant rainfall of the Colombian topography, provided ideal growing conditions allows plants to grow coffee. In the late 1500s, the first traders were selling coffee in Europe, introducing the new drink to Western life. The Dutch planted coffee in their tropical colonies Batavia and Java, while the French were in Martinique in 1723 and later in the Caribbean. English, Spanish and Portuguese have done the same in their own colonies. Century 17 In 1607, coffee was thought to have been introduced in the New World by Captain John Smith, the founder of Virginia. In 1652, the cafeteria is open for the first time in England. The cafes will multiply and become such popular forums for intellectual debate has called on universities "penny" (a penny is the price of a cup of coffee). In 1668, coffee Edward Lloyd, began in England and is frequented by merchants and maritime insurance agents. Over time, he became Lloyd's of London insurance company best known in the world. In 1672, the cafeteria was opened in Paris. In 1675, the Turkish army in the middle of Vienna. Kolschitzky Georg Franz, a Viennese who had lived in Turkey, slips through the enemy lines to lead relief forces to the city. The fleeing Turks leave bags of "dried meat black" Kolschitzky recognizes as coffee. He told them that their reward and the first cafe opened in central Europe. It also establishes the habit of refining the beer by filtration grounds, sweeteners, and add a little milk. With a coffee plant smuggled from the Arab port of Mocha in 1690, the Dutch were the first to cultivate coffee and commercial transportation in Ceylon and their East Indian colony - Java, source of pseudo beer. Century 18 In 1713, King Louis XIV is presented with a coffee. It is believed that the additives of coffee was first used as an additive for coffee in its course. 1721: first cafe opened in Berlin. 1723: French naval officer Gabriel Mathieu do Shih won a coffee plant and transported to Martinique. In 50 years, the official investigation has identified 19 million coffee trees on Martinique. Finally, 90 percent of coffee pervades the world of this plant. In 1727, coffee cultivation has begun in northern Brazil by Lieutenant Colonel Francisco de Melo Palheta was sent by the government to arbitrate a border dispute between French and Dutch colonies in Guiana. Not only to solve the conflict, but also come with a secret affair with the wife of the governor of French Guiana. Although France has its new coffee plantations in the world to prevent the spread of culture, the lady said goodbye to Palheta with a bouquet of flowers in which she hid cuttings and fertile seeds of coffee Century 19 The first espresso machine could have been invented in France in the early 19th century. But the first machine built took place 100 years later in Italy. In 1886, the former grocery big names Joel Carrillo his popular coffee blend "Maxwell House" after the hotel in Nashville, TN where it belongs. 20th Century The 20th century saw a major development in coffeein how it was done and served. In 1900, Hills Bros. begins packing roasted coffee in vacuum tins, spelling the end of the shops and the ubiquitous roasted coffee grinders. In 1901, a Japanese-American chemist Satori Kato of Chicago, created the first soluble "instant" coffee. In 1903, a German importer Ludwig Roselius of coffee and a research team perfected the process of removing the caffeine from coffee beans without destroying the flavor. I still marketed under the brand we know today, "Sanka." In 1905, the first espresso machine commercial flight was built in Italy. In 1906, George Washington, Constant, an English chemist living in Guatemala, notices a dust condensation forming on the spout of his silver tankard. After experimentation, he created the first mass-produced instant coffee (his brand is called Red E Coffee). In 1908, Melitta Bentz invented the coffee in the world drop by drop at first with the tissue. In 1933, Dr. Ernesto Illy developed the first automatic espresso. In 1938, the Nescafe instant coffee was invented by the Swiss company Nestle, to help the Brazilian government to solve its problem of excess coffee. In 1945 Achilles Gaggia perfects the espresso machine with a piston that creates a high pressure extraction to produce a thick layer of cream that we all love today. In 1971, Starbucks opened its first store in Seattle's Pike Place public market, creating a frenzy on fresh roasted coffee beans whole. In 1979, Mr Cappuccino opens its doors. In 1991, Café Carissimi Canada, a network of espresso service providers is formed in Canada, modeled on a visit to Franco Carissimi (roaster and equipment manufacturer) in Bergamo, Italy. He became the network's fastest growing suppliers of automatic and super private independent Canada. In 1995, coffee is the most popular beverage in the world. Over 400 billion cups consumed each year. It is a commodity second only to oil. visit www. coffeetology. com for more data and information about coffee. . .

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