Coffee Culture the Development of Coffee in the World

Legend has it that in AD 600, there was a shepherd named Khatthiya in Ethiopia. One day he found his sheep very lively, constantly bouncing and not tired. He felt very strange. One day, he accidentally saw the sheep nibbling on some shiny red fruit. Khatthiya guessed that the cherry-like fruit must be acting strange. He also began to try to take a few pills and felt an unusual power. So he took the fruit and distributed it to the monks in the monastery, and all of them felt refreshed after eating it. It is said that the fruit was used as a refreshing medicine and was well received throughout his life.

The earliest people who planned to grow and eat coffee were Arabs, and the name coffee is thought to come from the Arabic "Qahwah", which means plant drink. The early Arabs ate coffee by chewing the whole fruit to absorb its juice. after that, they mixed the ground beans with animal fat as a physical supplement for long trips. It was not until about 1000 AD that green coffee beans were boiled in water to become an aromatic drink.

By the early 15th century, coffee drinks were very popular in Turkey, Egypt and Syria. This migration is entirely due to Muslim Muslims, who always bring some coffee back to their hometown after worshiping Mecca. From the end of the 15th century to the beginning of the 16th century, coffee was already a popular drink in the Middle East, but it was also regarded as a kind of medicine. European ambassadors and merchants in the Turkish Empire also believed that coffee was a healthy drink with special curative effects, and many positive comments helped to import coffee into Europe. Leonhard Rauwolf, a famous German doctor and botanist, wrote a book about coffee as early as 1582. However, it was the Venetians who first imported coffee beans in 1615. But the new drink was once severely criticized by the Catholic Church. Many people think that the pope should ban coffee and call it a sin drink. Surprisingly, the Pope is already a coffee drinker and declares that coffee is a truly Christian drink. The coffee shop developed rapidly in Europe and became an exchange center for intellectuals. Many of the innovative ideas of the European Forum stem from the beverage's ability to improve thinking and creativity.

In the 18th century, a French infantry captain introduced coffee to America. He raised a small coffee tree during his long journey across the Atlantic. The coffee tree was transplanted to the Caribbean island of Martinique and more than 19 million coffee trees were grown on the island over the next 50 years. Although it was a difficult start, coffee cultivation took this opportunity to spread throughout the tropics of Central and South America.

In protest against the tea surtax imposed by the British government, the Continental Parliament declared coffee as a national drink in the American colony.

Commissioned by the United States Army, American Brothers began to study water-soluble coffee and completed it in 1918. However, it is a great pity that the project came to an end with the end of the first World War. In 1950, Nestl é launched a granular coffee extracted by freeze-drying, which can quickly dissolve in boiling water. The ultimate forerunner to commercialize instant coffee was General Foods, which launched Maxwell in the mid-1960s and captured the market ahead of Nestl é, which developed similar products earlier. So far, the products of these two coffee companies sell well all over the world.

Today, coffee has become a major global industry, employing more than 20 million people. This commodity ranks second only to oil in global trade in US dollars. Coffee is the most popular drink in the world, consuming 400 billion cups a year. In recent years, with the advent of super automatic coffee machines, coffee making is no longer the monopoly of chefs in Italian cafes. Consumers can easily make coffee drinks such as espresso, cappuccino and latte in the office.