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Coffee, the origin of the name of

Do it from the 5th century AD, the Ethiopian legend begins, then, shepherd boy Kadi’s Yanger eat fruit after a strange red excited, Kadi and partner can not help but have tried some and felt the spirit of a hundredfold, tiredness all evaporated. 1 pass 10, 10 Chuan-100, this red fruit has since become a part of the local food culture, which is the coffee, red fruit. After the coffee has been passed in the Arab world, Yemen is the first stop, when the Arabs said that coffee qahwa, that is, meaning wine, today’s coffee pronunciation from here. The Turks will convert Turkey qahwa pronunciation kahwe, Venetian again kahwe into Italian caffee, the last Englishman to o replace a, turned to today alleged coffee.

The first coffee shop

We do not know first what started drinking coffee, but they live in Ethiopia, this thing is for sure. AD 900-1000 in the Arab-year scientific literature found something called “Buncham” drink, but not sure that this is the coffee. This was mainly recorded in the literature called “Buncham” the scientific value of the beans.

In addition to introducing the drink to “stomach, the organs and skin,” the protective effect, the authors also mentioned that it enables the body distribute fragrance. Indeed, the coffee, it seems that there is such a special aroma through the sweat glands to retain effectiveness. In people not to cultivate the habit of taking a bath from time to time prior to, or where water scarcity, such deodorizing effect must be very popular.

In an Arab legend, had mentioned about 1250, was exiled Omar Sheikh (SheikhOmar) found a strong growth of the wild coffee berries, the hunger extensively and tired of eating the fruit of the chiefs put some fruit on the water boil , and then drank a brewed coffee pulp. He was very fond of his diet of this change, and to give the drink some of the people recovering from illness.

Sheikh Omar exile expired at the Moka triumphant return when the players brought back a number of superior coffee beans. This story has several theories, but they are the only common denominator is that almost all Omar (Omar) the name, the other argument about the ghost story about a beautiful mocha States (Beautiful Food) princess from the disease the story of a magical bird about the story (which issued a moving call and put Omar received a fruit covered with coffee trees disappeared after).

There is also a widely circulated story of an Arab (or Egypt or somewhere else) and a shepherd found his goats to eat fruit after the coffee has become more spiritual. He reported his findings to the local abbot of a large temple. Abbot of the monks who made their experiments found that the soup will enable them to keep awake at night praying.

The last 200 years, the study of the origins of coffee, people draw some strange conclusions. A coffee, a book believed in Homer (Homer) era existed, after Trojans (Troy) for drinking, is said to be beautiful Helen (Helen) from Sparta (Sparta) brought to Troy. Another author concluded that David King (KingDavid) had from Abigail (Abigail) get coffee, but Esau (Esau) and Ruth (Ruth) people have been drinking it.

Recorded that in 1454 Aden (Aden) interpretation of Islamic codes were visited Ethiopia, where he saw fellow drink coffee, go home, he sent bought some coffee beans. This drink is not only made him out of pain, and make him cool. Fast, coffee in the Islamic hate popular people.

Yemen coffee drinking and cultivation can be traced back to 1454. That year the Government to allow for drinking and cultivation of coffee, as the Government may find it exciting features of coffee than the coffee (qat or kat) in hypnotic features preferable. Coffee was widely grown throughout the country and use.

The first coffee shop called “KavehKanes”, was built in Mecca. Although originally out of a religious purposes, but soon these places became playing chess, chatting, singing, dancing and music center. Starting from Mecca, cafes also throughout the Gulf of Aden, Medina (Medina) and Cairo (Cairo).

In 1517, Salim I (SalimI) the conquest of Egypt, the coffee was taken to Constantinople, where people gradually develop the habit of drinking coffee. Coffee in the 1530 introduction of Damascus (Damascus), 1532 Nian incoming Aleppo (Aleppo), where the people also have cultivated this habit. The most famous cafe in Damascus, is the door to the Rose Cafe and the Salvation Cafe.

Although the only coffee shop in 1554 in Constantinople, but because the shopkeepers are competing to attract customers, the coffee shop soon to the luxurious and well known for horizontal loading. They became a social and business negotiations in place, gradually became the center of political debate. Each period the government had banned the production of coffee – the defenders of coffee once sewn leather yard into the Bosporus (Bosphorus) Strait – but the implementation of tax on coffee, after it acquired legal status.

Why does coffee shop in the Middle East and Europe, it would be so popular? The reason is very simple, because in the past there is no place like a cafe. In the coffee shop there before, there is no place to itself and its partners going to drink with a taste of a good and relatively speaking, is not too expensive drinks.

The Merchant of Venice in 1615 coffee spread to Europe. It emerged in Europe a few years later in time than tea, cocoa later than in many years. Tea started in 1610 sold in Europe, could be, but in 1528 the Spaniards brought to Europe from the New World.

Italian coffee first appeared, some pastors believe that coffee is a product of evil and should be strictly prohibited. Archbishop Clement VIII (ClementVIII ,1592-1605) has decided to have a taste of coffee, a result, he very much liked the taste of coffee, not only not under the ban, but declared that “coffee should be crowned a truly Christian beverage.”

Initially, coffee was sold at high prices as a drug, but also has been a large number of small vendors selling lemonade to sell. Able to determine the earliest Italian coffee shop is Bottega (bottega) coffee shop, which is opened in Venice in 1863 (and another that is less reliable to say that in 1645). 1720 Francezi Sika Rui (Floriano Francescari) in San Marco Square • (PiazzaSanMarco) and the Office of the Buddha Luolai Si (Florian) cafe, which is the world’s 10 most prestigious and the price (excluding Japan) coffee Hall is one. Coffee shop in Italy, still called Caffes, elsewhere in Europe, called the Cafes.

Since then, the coffee shop quickly spread to Italy, most of which opened in Venice (Venice). Quadri (GeorgioQuadri) was the first sales of real Turkish coffee merchant, 1775, he opened a coffee shop. Subsequently(DucdiToscania), Rusija (Imperatore lmperatrice della Russia), Tamerlano (Tamerlano), Diana (FantaediDiana), Venette (DameVenete), Perth (Pace), Peter Stella (Arabo-Piastrelle), who operated a coffee shop, one after another.

England’s first cafe, a man named Jacob (Jacob) who in 1650 laws in cattle operations. About four years later, cattle law, there has been a second coffee shop – Johnson’s Cafe (CirquesJohnson), said the operator who is also a man named Jacob. In the All Souls College (AllSouls’College) in the vicinity of a private family home, where also born in a coffee club, which later became the Royal Societies (theRoyalSociety).

1652 London’s first coffee shop opened in Cornhill (Cornhill) Saint-Michel Valley (st.Michael ‘sAlley), is a Luo (PasquaRosee), and Mr. Baumann (Mr.Bowman) of operation. Rossi may be the Greeks. This cafe for many subsequent examples of the cafe, one of the most famous one is located in Devon (Devon) Exeter (Exeter) Morse Cafe (Mol’sCoffeeHouse). Rayleigh (SirWalterRaleigh) there used to drink coffee, smoking a pipe.

London coffee shop in the retained one of the most famous is the 1688 Edward • Lloyd (EdwardLloyd) created, the original location is in the Tower Street (TowerStreet), was later moved to Lombard Street (LombardStreet). To provide convenience to customers, Lloyd is always ready many forms, the registration of ships before the insured clients. Later, the Lloyd family set up one of the world’s largest private insurance lines.

In North America, the earliest references of coffee began in 1668. At that time people put coffee described as a mixed sugar (or honey (honey food)), and cinnamon with the beverage drink. Shortly after that, New York, Philadelphia, Boston and other cities and towns have a coffee shop.

Boston’s two first coffee shop was opened in 1691 in London cafe (LondonCoffeeHouse), and Gutteridge Cafe (Gutteridge CoffeeHouse). The most famous one was the Green Dragon Cafe (GreenDragon), 1773 in Boston tea party (BostonTeaParty) is where the planning. Boston has the world’s largest at that time, the price the most expensive, the most ornate coffee exchange. It was built in 1808, is an imitation Lloyds of London cafe style, cost 50,000 U.S. dollars to 7 story building, but only after 10 years, destroyed by fire.

New York began in 1683 with the main sales market for green coffee beans to coffee, was soon replaced by Master card (must) of beer, as the main breakfast beverage. • William Penn (WilliamPenn) once in New York from Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania) ordered some coffee beans. New York’s first cafe was opened in 1696 the King’s Arms Cafe (King’sArms). Followed in 1730 on Broadway Street (BroadStreet) opened trading cafe (ExchangeCoffeeHouse), which later became a major trading center. However, coffee shops and merchants (Merchants’CoffeeHouse) compared to, it eclipsed the. In 1784, it was a cafe in the business, Bank of New York to be founded, and in 1790 issued the first batch of stock. The New York-based Wall Street • Walter (WallandWaterStreets) of the Tang Ting Cafe (Tontine) then served as a headquarters of the New York Stock Exchange for 10 years.

In the early American history, the third largest in the famous city – Philadelphia, the first coffee shop opened in 1700 – when Jesus is called Cafe (YeCoffeeHouse (, its main rival is the London Coffee House (LondonCoffeeHouse).

Unlike Europe, the Americas, Cafe coffee shop, here is the center of conservatives gathered, rather than radical people, Republican or literature who heaven and earth. The lack of public buildings in some cities, cafes are often a trial and the municipal councilors held a meeting place.

Coffee Epic

Cafe Tu Zhao smoke ring inside the Espresso, winter afternoon, a friend in the hands fed a cup of thick black slurry Challenge out of heart-warming, or even the rules of busy days, messy desk, quietly released Shu tenderness along the cup of instant coffee a day , all kinds of people at different corners of the world, waiting for a good cup of coffee.

For coffee addicts who can never imagine how there is no coffee before the winter heating? And, even if people do not drink coffee, but also beyond our control drunk coffee from many writers and artists: Beethoven, Picasso’s paintings, Haruki Murakami’s writing, the sniffing of their initial inspiration the smell of coffee. For centuries, coffee sank to one of the most gentle, yet most fortified no way to change history.

– In the coffee, the search for soul fly way. Legend of the world’s first coffee trees appeared around the tenth century AD – Ethiopia’s high-cooked mountain. In the dry season, shepherd Riccardi stray far from home, suddenly found sheep eating the fruit of a wild bush, after becoming active noise than usual, he won a number of curious fruit taste of joy, had to think in the steppe on the dancing. He will pick the fruits of their own, sent to the monastery’s monks, often in the long Vespers help them remain sober. With regard to the story of magical fruit, and soon as the nomadic wandering footsteps pass gradually become distant. Since then, the crushed coffee, fruit, and animal oil (oil-food) resin mixture into a lump, as the increase of energy (energy food) snacks, another way to be their one way lonely nomadic bumpy career, a kind of addictive of addiction. Even, it was stated that the first group of coffee family —- the general color of coffee with Ethiopian women knew how to use the coffee fruit wine fermentation. As if from the very beginning, it has been from the coffee, found a spiritual way of flying.

– From the Middle East, burning since the world’s first cup of coffee is generally believed that the world’s first cup of coffee is boiling down carefully by the Arabs out. Many European travelers in the sixteenth century, the oral literature, described Arabs sip of a black by the black seed boiled molasses, confirms much coffee before the Europeans embrace the thirteenth century, the Arabs already know how to bake rely on coffee, use of fire burning marks, branding aroma. Mellow cup of coffee from the first start after two centuries time around, in 1530, the world’s first coffee shop, and finally in the Middle East, Damascus, was born … … in 1615, coffee merchants of Venice with the Roaming stationed in Europe, France, Italy people crazy moment, they make it books, poetry, and even war, like Vienna, the saying goes: they burn the war, only cooked in the flames of Tu a good cup of coffee.

– Coffee, swing sink in between the angel wings and devil. Coffee first arrived in Italy, many of them as slightly conservative clergy, it is recommended it out of, it was Pope Clement VIII decided to enjoy himself, when his warm cup sip from a devil, under the thick black After the slurry, but can not help but changed his tune books: To this day, in many people’s minds, coffee is still swinging in the wings of angels and the devil between sinking.

In 1654, the first European café in the streets of Venice. The next few decades, the release of fragrance of the coffee shop signs, one after another in London, Paris, Vienna, have lights, in the CoCo Chanel, Gianni Versace had a chance to popular myth converted violations before the European window, coffee in one of the most do not swagger insolent attitude, quietly sweeping the world. Since then, we approach the era of coffee. Husbands and brothers buried in the memory, then a coffee and Literature eating each other learn the golden years, kicked off.

Coffee and European

15 century to the beginning of the sixteenth century, coffee has been popular beverage in the Middle East, but also be seen as a drug, European ambassadors and merchants in the Ottoman Empire, but also that the coffee is healthy (healthy food) drinks, has a special effect, will help a lot of positive assessment of coffee imported into Europe. German botanist famous doctors and Lwoff as early as 1582 wrote a book about the coffee book, however, was the first to import coffee beans Venetian, time is in 1615.

1645 in Venice, was born the streets of Europe’s first public cafe. Paris and Vienna, followed by the French romantic relaxed ambience and Vienna-style literary temperament of a grid of all ranks to become the trend of the future European leader in the two cafes.

Pope approved coffee drinks

In Spain, the grape (grape food) teeth before the establishment of a powerful fleet, Europe and the Middle East, bringing together the trade thanks to the Venetian, so the first European coffee was one brought by the Venetians, historians are not surprised. At that time the coffee is very expensive, asking too much to drink, at first mainly sold to Europe, pharmacists, 17 century, became more common, street traders selling lemon or herbs from Cardiff also began selling coffee, and then to become Italy’s most populace drinks.

Although the coffee drink was soon accepted by the old sense, but there are views of Christian conservatives, they think of coffee as “Satan’s drink” and asked the Pope to prohibit Christians drink coffee, because Muhammad Muslims are not allowed to drink wine Christians , Islam in order to replace the drink coffee, drink coffee, if Christians are to follow, would not become a Muslim. It was reported that the Roman religion “Huang Clement VIII,” try to drink a coffee, say, “Wow, Satan really delicious drinks, if exclusive of non-Christians, would it not sad, let’s wish a saint thanks to coffee names, make fun of Satan 1 Fan. to become a Christian drink coffee. ”

17 end of the century, Venice’s Piazza San Marco there were many cafes, suddenly become ordinary people or the king pro-aristocratic gathering place of business is still a well-known Square Cafe The Caffe ‘Florian Established in 1720, when there is no postal business, the guests always like to letters or articles entrusted Caffe’Florian, by the owner on behalf of the turn, this cafe has become an important information center of Venice.