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The story that the Pope and Coffee have to tell

Published: 2026-06-08 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/06/08, Professional baristas Please follow the Coffee Workshop (Wechat official account cafe_style) from the late 15th century to the early 16th century, coffee was popular in the Middle East, when ambassadors and merchants to the Turkish Empire believed that coffee was a healthy drink with special effects. Written by Leonhard Rauwolf, a famous German doctor and botanist in 1582.

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Coffee was popular in the Middle East from the late 15th century to the early 16th century, when ambassadors and merchants to the Turkish Empire considered coffee a healthy drink with special effects. Leonhard Rauwolf, a German doctor and botanist, wrote a book on coffee in 1582, and coffee beans were imported to Europe by the Venetians in 1615.

At that time, Spain and Portugal had not yet established a strong fleet, and the trade between Europe and the Middle East depended mostly on Venetians, so coffee beans were introduced into Europe by Venetians. Coffee beans were expensive when first introduced to Europe and were sold mainly to pharmacists until the end of the 17th century AD, when street vendors selling lemonade slowly began selling coffee, and coffee gradually became popular in Italy.

Although Italians accept coffee, Christian conservatives do have some opinions, they think coffee is "Satan's drink" and want to ban Christians from drinking coffee, it is said that because Muslims do not allow their followers to drink Christian wine, and coffee replaces wine, so conservatives think Christians drink coffee, just like Muslims, so they make a request.

Pope Clement VIII reportedly took a sip of coffee and said,"This drink is delicious, and it would be sad if it were left to non-Christians alone. Let coffee be the drink of Christ. Coffee also began to spread widely because of the Pope's admiration.

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