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Coffee History
By Hilda Maria Sigurdardottir, Sat Dec 10th
Coffee - THE Drink of Choice Did you know is the most consumed beverage in the world.How did get this ranking? What country first figured outcoffee was safe for consumption? When was the first drink ofcoffee prepared? Where did the first shop come in being? There are many questions about the starting point of drinkingcoffee. It has been so long ago no one really knows all thefacts. But, one thing is for sure, is the most consumedbeverage on the planet.
In the Beginning It looks as if the first trace came out of Abyssinia and wasalso sporadically in the vicinity of the Red Sea around sevenhundred AD. Along with these people, other Africans of the sameperiod also have a history of using the berry pulp formore than one occasion like rituals and even for health. Coffeebegan to get more attention when the Arabs began cultivating itin their peninsulas around eleven hundred AD. It is speculatedthat trade ships brought the their way. The Arabs startedmaking a drink that became quite popular called gahwa--- meaningto prevent sleep. Roasting and boiling the bean was how theymade this drink. It became so popular among the Arabs that theymade it their signature Arabian wine and it was used a lotduring rituals. After the bean was found to be a greatwine and a medicine, someone discovered in Arabia that you couldalso make a different dark, delicious drink out of the beans.This happened somewhere around twelve hundred AD. After that itdidn’t take long and everyone in Arabia was drinking coffee.Everywhere these people traveled the went with them. Itmade its way around to India, North Africa, the easternMediterranean, and was then cultivated to a great extent inYemen around fourteen hundred AD. Other countries would havegladly welcomed these beans if only the Arabs had let them. TheArabs killed the seed-germ making sure no one else could growthe if taken elsewhere. Heavily guarding their plants,Yemen is where the main source of stayed for severalhundred years. Even with their efforts, the beans wereeventually smuggled out by pilgrims and travelers. ShopsAppear Around 1475 the first shop opens in Constantinoplecalled Kiv Han two years after was introduced to Turkey,in 1554 two houses open there. People came pouring in tosocialize, listen to music, play games and of course drinkcoffee. Some often called these places in Turkey the “school ofthe wise”, because you could learn so much by just visiting thecoffee house and listening to conversations. In the sixteen hundreds enters Europe through the port ofVenice. The Turkish warriors also brought the drink to Balkans,Spain, and North Africa. Not too much later the first coffeehouse opens in Italy. There were plenty of people also trying toban coffee. Such as Khair Beg a governor of Mecca who wasexecuted and Grand Vizir of the Ottoman Empire who successfullyclosed down many houses in Turkey. Thankfully noteveryone thought this way. Coffee Tips Arrive In the early sixteen hundreds is presented to the NewWorld by man named John Smith. Later in that century, the firstcoffee house opens in England. houses or “pennyuniversities” charged a penny for admission and for a cup ofcoffee. The word "TIPS" (for service) has it’s origin from anEnglish
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house. Early in the 17th century, Edward Lloyd's house opens inEngland. The Dutch became the first to commercially transportcoffee. The first Parisian café opens in 1713 and King Louis XIVis presented with a lovely tree. Sugar is first used asan addition to in his court. The America’s Have Coffee Coffee plants were introduced in the Americas for development.By close to the end of the seventeen hundreds, 1,920 millionplants are grown on the island. Evidently the eighteen hundreds were spent trying to find bettermethods to make coffee. The “Brew” in the 20th Century New methods to help brewing start popping up everywhere.The first commercial espresso machine is developed in Italy.Melitta Bentz makes a filter using blotting paper. Dr. ErnestLily manufactures the first automatic espresso machine. TheNestle Company invents Nescafe instant coffee. Achilles Gaggiaperfects the espresso machine. Hills Bros. begins packingroasted in vacuum tins eventually ending local roastingshops and mills. A Japanese-American chemist named SatoriKato from Chicago invents the first soluble “instant” coffee. German importer Ludwig Roselius turns some ruined coffeebeans over to researchers, who perfected the process of removingcaffeine from the beans without destroying the flavor. He sellsit under the name Sanka. Sanka is introduced in the UnitedStates in 1923. George Constant Washington an English chemist living inGuatemala, is interested in a powdery condensation forming onthe spout of his silver flask. After checking into it, hecreates the first mass-produced instant which is hisbrand name called Red E Coffee. Prohibition goes into effect in United States. salessuddenly increase. Brazil asked Nestle to help find a solutionto their surpluses so the Nestle Company comes up withfreeze-dried coffee. Nestle also made Nescafe and introduced itto Switzerland. Other Interesting Tidbits Today the US imports 70 percent of the world’s crop.During W.W.II, American soldiers were issued instant MaxwellHouse in their ration kits. In Italy, Achilles Gaggia perfects his espresso machine. Thename Cappuccino comes from the resemblance of its color to therobes of the monks of the Capuchin order. One week before Woodstock, the Manson family murders coffeeheiress Abigail Folger as she visits with her friend Sharon Tatein the home of filmmaker Roman Polanski. Starbuck’s Hits the World Starbucks opens its first storein Seattle's Pike Place public market in 1971. This createsmadness over fresh-roasted whole bean coffee. finallybecomes the world's most popular beverage. More than 450 billioncups are sold each year by 1995. The Current Trends Now in the 21st century we have many different styles, grinds,and flavors of coffee. We have really come a long way even withour making machines. There’s no sign of coffeeconsumption decreasing. Researchers are even finding many healthbenefits to drinking coffee. Drink and enjoy! About the author:Hilda Maria is the mother of five great children. Sheunderstands the need for a great cup of coffee ina flash and enjoys using a coffeemaker and fresh green coffeebeans to get it.
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