On Coffee Culture in Coffee History

Coffee is a kind of culture, a kind of global culture, but also a kind of regional culture, which can be said to be a kind of global culture with regional differences. So different countries, combined with their different cultural backgrounds, thus formed different coffee cultures.

Coffee culture in Arab countries

As the first region in the world to drink and produce coffee, Arab coffee culture is as old and old as its coffee history. In the Arab region, people still retain an ancient and long tradition and exquisite in terms of coffee quality, drinking mode, drinking environment and atmosphere.

Arabs drink coffee solemnly and pay attention to the etiquette and procedure of drinking coffee. they have a traditional form of drinking coffee, much like the tea ceremony of the Chinese and Japanese. Burn incense before drinking coffee, and sprinkle spices in the place where you drink it, then the host and guest appreciate the quality of the coffee, carefully study it from color to flavor, and then put out the exquisite and valuable coffee utensils for play. and then start cooking strong coffee.

In Arab countries, if a person is invited to someone else's house for coffee, it shows the most sincere respect of the host, and the invited guests should express their heartfelt gratitude and response. When guests come to the host's house, they should be courteous and courteous. when tasting the coffee, they should not only praise the mellow taste of the coffee, but also remember that they should not drink water even if their mouths are full of coffee grounds, because it shows that the guests are not satisfied with the host's coffee and will greatly hurt the host's self-esteem and hospitality.

European coffee culture

When Europeans first came into contact with coffee, they called the seductive drink "Arabian wine", and when conservative Catholics cursed coffee as "the drink of the devil Satan", they would never think of what a precious thing they inherited from the infidel.

Now in Europe, coffee culture can be said to be a very mature form of culture. from the entry of coffee into this continent to the emergence of the first coffee shop in Europe, coffee culture is developing at an extremely rapid speed, showing extremely exuberant vitality.

In Vienna, Austria, coffee, music and waltz dance are also known as the "three treasures of Vienna", which shows the far-reaching significance of coffee culture.

There is a famous saying in Italy: "Men should be like good coffee, strong and enthusiastic!" How unusual it is to equate a man with coffee.

Italians have a fondness for coffee, and coffee has become the most basic and important factor in their lives. After getting up, the first thing Italians do is to make a cup of coffee immediately. For both men and women, coffee cups are almost always in hand from morning till night.

In France, without coffee is as inconceivable as without wine. It can be said that the world is coming to an end. It is said that there was a time in history when the tight supply of coffee in France caused many French people to be listless all day, which greatly affected the normal life of the country. When the "Gulf War" broke out in 1991, the French, worried about the impact of the war on their daily life, rushed to supermarkets to snap up goods. When television reporters focused their cameras on people who snapped up goods, the camera showed customers with large amounts of coffee and sugar, which became a joke.

From the day coffee was introduced into France, the influence and shadow of coffee can be seen from time to time in French culture and art. Since the beginning of the 17th century, in France, especially in French upper-class society, there have been many cultural and artistic salons formed by drinking coffee. In these salons, writers, artists and philosophers spread their imaginary wings under the excitement of coffee, creating countless fine works of literature and art, leaving a number of magnificent cultural treasures for the world.

French people do not pay attention to the quality and taste of coffee itself, but pay attention to the environment and atmosphere of drinking coffee, showing elegant taste, romantic style and poetic realm, just like those exquisite and moving works of art in the Louvre.