Coffee First, Then the World: One Woman's Record-Breaking Pedal Around the Planet

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You can't deny me my coffee! It's my right! 80. "Coffee is vital to your survival. Dinosaurs didn't have coffee, and look at how that turned out." In 1908, France imported two coffee varieties—Robusta and Liberica. After a while, the French colonialists found that coffee arabica was not effective, so it brought Congo coffee into the Central Highlands. Here, coffee trees grow very strongly. And the Central Highlands became the largest coffee growing area in the country, famous in the world, especially coffee "Buon Me Thuoc". The Philippines is one of the few countries that produces the four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica (Barako), Excelsa and Robusta. Climatic and soil conditions in the Philippines—from the lowland to mountain regions—make the country suitable for all four varieties. Originally, the word Qahwah was linked to wine, but over time it was used to refer to the caffeinated beverage. Like a wild game of telephone, the word Qahwah was passed on to Turkish, which became Kahveh, then Kahveh became Koffie in Dutch. Until eventually, it became coffee in English. a b "Coffee". Oxford English Dictionary. Vol.2 (1sted.). Oxford University Press. 1893. p.589, Col. 3. Text at Internet Archive

Despite the controversy over coffee, it was one of the keys to the economy around the Red Sea from the mid-15th century to the mid-17th century. [28] Those of Islam were the primary consumers, ingraining it into the culture of the people within the Muslim faith. From Islam, the rest of the world would go on to experience something that holds influence over the world today. In the past, the Oromo tribe in Ethiopia created foods from coffee plants such as bunna qela, made of butter, salt, and roasted beans. [28] Such a concoction would be used as a basis and altered over time. A more modern beverage known as qishr in Arabic is made of recycled dried cherry skins that would have normally been discarded after being used to create the beverage buna. [28] These cherry skins would then be used to brew a sort of fruit tea. Qishr or cascara in Spanish is sold by coffee farmers even today. [28] Legendary accounts Evidence of knowledge of the coffee tree and coffee drinking first appeared in the late 15th century. Sufi Imam Muhammad Ibn Said Al Dhabhani is known to have imported goods from Ethiopia to Yemen. [1] Coffee was first exported out of Ethiopia to Yemen by Somali merchants from Berbera and Zeila, which was procured from Harar and the Abyssinian interior. According to Captain Haines, who was the colonial administrator of Aden (1839–1854), Mocha historically imported up to two-thirds of their coffee from Berbera-based merchants before the coffee trade of Mocha was captured by British-controlled Aden in the 19th century. Thereafter, much of the Ethiopian coffee was exported to Aden via Berbera. [9] This new commodity proved controversial among some subjects, however. For instance, the anonymous 1674 "Women's Petition Against Coffee" declared: E. M. Jacobs, Merchant in Asia: the trade of the Dutch East India Company during the "Coffee from Mocha and the highlands of Batavia" :260ff describes the introduction of coffee plantations in detailKawa w Polsce – historia i styl picia". www.koneserzy.pl. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015 . Retrieved 30 November 2015. Cole, Adam (17 January 2012). "Cole, Adam. "Drink Coffee? Off With Your Head!", Salt, NPR, January 17, 2012". NPR. By 1852, Brazil became the world's largest producer of coffee and has held that status ever since. The period since 1950 saw the widening of the playing field owing to the emergence of several other major producers, notably Colombia, the Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, and Vietnam; the latter overtook Colombia and became the second-largest producer in 1999. Modern production techniques along with the mass productization of coffee has made it a household item today. However, God bless his soul, the Pope ended up taking a liking to the drink after a few sips and convinced the anti-coffee folks that it was rid of the devil’s spirit by blessing it himself. After stumbling upon this magic fruit, he shared his findings with a monk, who was ecstatic to find something that would help him stay awake all night as he prayed.

Ukers, William (1935). All About Coffee. New York: The Tea & Coffee Trade Journal Company. pp. 9–10. However, fire ended up roasting the beans, which let out an enticing aroma that piqued both Kaldi and the monk’s interest. After raking the roasted beans from the embers of the fire, they dissolved them into the water and created the world’s first cup of coffee. OmarIt wasn’t until 1822 that coffee production started to boom in Brazil, and in 1852, the country became the largest producer of coffee and has remained to this day. In 1893, coffee from Brazil was taken to Kenya and Tanzania, close to the birthplace of coffee, and cultivated in East Africa. How America Shaped The Industry Of Coffee

Vietnam is one of the world's main coffee exporters (according to 2005 statistics). Arabica is the first imported coffee variety to Vietnam since 1857. The first is the trial planting in the northern provinces such as Ha Nam, Phu Ly, then expanding to provinces like Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh. Then spread to the central provinces. Finally, coffee grows in the Central Highlands, and it is recognized that the Central Highlands is a good place to grow coffee. In Italy, like in most of Europe, coffee arrived in the second half of the 16th century through the commercial routes of the Mediterranean Sea. In 1580 the Venetian botanist and physician Prospero Alpini imported coffee into the Republic of Venice from Egypt, [52] and soon coffee shops started opening one by one when coffee spread and became the drink of the intellectuals, of social gatherings, even of lovers as plates of chocolate and coffee were considered a romantic gift. By the year 1763 Venice alone accounted for more than 200 shops, [53] and the health benefits of the miraculous drink were celebrated by many. Some representatives of the Catholic Church opposed coffee at its first introduction in Italy, believing it to be the "Devil's drink", [54] but Pope Clement VIII, after trying the aromatic drink himself, gave it his blessing, thus boosting further its commercial success and diffusion. Upon tasting coffee, Pope Clement VIII declared: "Why, this Satan's drink is so delicious that it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it." [55] Clement allegedly blessed the bean because it appeared better for the people than alcoholic beverages. [56] The year often cited is 1600. It is not clear whether this is a true story, but it may have been found amusing at the time. [57] Coffee was banned by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church sometime before the 18th century. [19] However, in the second half of the 19th century, Ethiopian attitudes softened towards coffee drinking, and its consumption spread rapidly between 1880 and 1886; according to Richard Pankhurst, "this was largely due to Emperor Menelik, who himself drank it, and to Abuna Matewos who did much to dispel the belief of the clergy that it was a Muslim drink." [20]

Without trying to sound too much like a teacher, I'd say, as with most presentations about books, try to read the book before you go to the talk (if you plan to); you'll get so much more out of it.

Al-Jaziri's manuscript work is of considerable interest with regard to the history of coffee in Europe as well. A copy reached the French royal library, where it was translated in part by Antoine Galland as De l'origine et du progrès du café. It was popularized by trade, beginning in the Arabian Peninsula until it ended up in different parts of the globe. Within a few years, the Dutch colonies ( Java in Asia, Suriname in the Americas) had become the main suppliers of coffee to Europe. Ukers, William H. (2012). All about Coffee: A History of Coffee from the Classic Tribute to the World's Most Beloved Beverage. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781440556326. Lee, Hau Leung; Lee, Chung-Yee (2007). Building supply chain excellence in emerging economies. pp.293–94. ISBN 978-0-387-38428-3.

Starving, he decided to try out a couple of berries growing from nearby shrubbery. When he found that it was too bitter, he roasted the seeds. But that ended up being too hard for him. As a last attempt to feed himself, he boiled the seeds to soften them, but upon doing so ended up accidentally creating what would become the world’s most consumed and most addicting energy booster: coffee. Oromo People Another name that pops up every time a discussion of who discovered coffee arises is Omar. Omar, who was a disciple of Abul Hasan ash- Shadhili, was said to be able to cure people through prayer. For some reason, the disciple was exiled to a desert cave where he was left with no food. Rice, Robert A. (1999). "A Place Unbecoming: The Coffee Farm of Northern Latin America". Geographical Review. 89 (4): 554–579. doi: 10.2307/216102. JSTOR 216102. PMID 20662186.