History of Coffee Culture on the Source of Coffee

The history of coffee can be traced back to the tenth century AD, but those are unverifiable history. For example, the widely spread story of shepherds, the story of monks across the desert and so on. What is really well documented is the time of spread of coffee beans, that is, from Africa to Europe and the whole world, probably around the 16th-17th century AD, which is known to be the era of great navigation. Dutch colonists, merchants and predators played a key role in spreading coffee.

Modern coffee is a drink, but at first it was used as a food. Monks in the temple chant coffee as refreshing food while chanting sutras. In the war, it was also used as a stimulant mixed in bread to boost the morale of the army.

It was not until around the 11th century that people began to use boiled coffee as a drink. In the 13th century, Ethiopian troops invaded Yemen and brought coffee to the Arab world. Because the Islamic doctrine forbids people to drink alcohol, some religious people think that this kind of drink stimulates the nerves and violates the doctrine. Coffee shops were banned and closed for a time, but the Egyptian sultan thought that coffee was not against the doctrine, so the ban was lifted. Coffee drinks quickly became popular in the Arab region. The word coffee Coffee comes from the Arabic Qahwa, meaning "plant drink". It later spread to Turkey and became Kahve and became the source of the word in the European language. The method of growing and making coffee has also been continuously improved and perfected by the Arabs.

But before the 15th century, coffee had long been monopolized by the Arab world and spread only among Muslim countries. At that time, it was mainly used in medicine and religion. Muslim doctors and monks admit that coffee has the functions of refreshing, brain-waking, stomach-strengthening, body-building and hemostasis. Until the 16th and 17th centuries, coffee was introduced into Europe through the merchants of Venice and the Dutch hegemony of the sea. soon, this black drink, which was full of oriental mystery and rich aroma, was competed by the aristocratic gentry class. the price of coffee also rose with the tide, and even produced the title of "black gold", and then in the era of great navigation, through the spread of shipping. The whole world has been included in the production and consumption of coffee.

In 1570, when the Turkish army besieged Vienna and failed to retreat, a bag of black seeds was found in the Turkish army's barracks. No one knew what it was. A Polish man who had lived in Turkey took the bag of coffee and opened his first coffee shop in Vienna. At the end of the 16th century, coffee began to spread into Europe on a large scale through Italy in the name of "Islamic wine".

At first, some Catholics regarded coffee as a "devil's drink" and encouraged Pope Clemon VIII to ban it, but after the pope tasted it, he thought it was drinkable and baptized coffee in 1600, so coffee became more and more popular in Europe.

The cultivation and production of coffee in the 17th century has always been monopolized by Arabs and is of great value in Europe. Only the upper echelons of Europe can drink coffee. Until 1690, a Dutch captain sailed to Yemen, got some coffee seedlings and began to plant successfully in Dutch India (present-day Indonesia). In 1727, the wife of a diplomat in Dutch Guiana gave some coffee seeds to a Spaniard in Brazil, where he planted them with good results. The climate in Brazil is very suitable for coffee growth, and coffee has spread rapidly in South America since then. Coffee, which has fallen in price due to mass production, began to become an important drink for Europeans.

Now, coffee, tea and cocoa have become the three largest beverages in the world, and the export volume of coffee has become the second largest in the world after oil.