Coffee Culture History Celebrities and Coffee Stories

Gabriel de Klee, a French military officer, planted the first coffee tree in Matinique. There were 18 million coffee trees in Martinique in 1777, some of which were shipped to Haiti, Santo Domingo and Guadeloupe.

Voltaire, a French historian and philosopher, has been drinking coffee and chocolate for 65 years.

Danton and Marla, the famous leaders of the French Revolution, drank a few cups of coffee before performing on the podium.

Balzac is a great French critical realism writer in the 19th century, the founder and outstanding representative of European critical realism literature, and one of the highest achievements in French realism literature. After 20 years of drinking coffee, Balzac is a coffee lover. He said, "I'm not at home, I'm in the coffee shop; if I'm not in the coffee shop, I'm on my way to the coffee shop." Some people have made statistics that Balzac, who is famous for building "Human Comedy", drank 50,000 cups of coffee in his life, an average of 6 to 7 cups a day.

Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor. A member of the Communist Party of France. He is the founder of modern art and the main representative of western modernist painting. When Picasso first arrived in France, he was cash-strapped and relied on worthless paintings in exchange for food and accommodation in the cafe. The kind boss never expected that the human care he gave to the painter would be so richly rewarded in the future.

Napoleon, recognized as the god of war, was one of the four greatest military commanders in European history (Alexander the Great, Caesar the Great, Hannibal, Napoleon) and loved coffee all his life. He described the feeling of drinking coffee as, "the right amount of espresso excites me and gives me warmth and extraordinary power."

Mark Twain, a famous American novelist, once described his feeling of drinking Turkish coffee like this: "I drank a strong and bitter coffee. Although it was only such a small cup, the coffee grounds stuck stubbornly in my throat and chest. I couldn't breathe properly and coughed for half an hour."

Stephen Zweig, an Austrian writer, describes the Viennese coffee culture in this way: "Cafe has always been the best place to contact and receive news." To understand this, people must first understand what a coffee shop in Vienna is. In fact, the cafe in Vienna is a cultural institution that cannot be found anywhere else in the world, it is a democratic club, and the admission ticket is only the price of a cup of coffee. "

Van Gogh, a Dutch post-impressionist painter, 1853-1890, had a small wish: "maybe one day my paintings will be on display in a cafe." Many of his classics are also created by cafes. Langlois Bridge, Cafe at Night, Yellow House.

Bach, a famous German musician, is called "the father of western music". Bach's famous Coffee cantata embodies the happy blend of coffee and music.

Einstein, a German-born American physicist (with Swiss nationality) and the author of the theory of relativity, the relationship between mass and energy, in the Metropolitan Cafe, Einstein often carried a cup of coffee and a book in his hand, sometimes thinking hard, sometimes excitedly drawing in the book, sitting all afternoon. Here, Einstein finished reading the masterpiece the value of Science.

Hemingway, a famous American novelist, has written representative works such as the Sun still Rises, A Farewell to Arms, for whom the Bell tolls, and the Old Man and the Sea. When Hemingway looked back on his past, he realized that he was just a stranger who lingered in various cafes.

Che Guevara, Marxist revolutionary and leader of the Cuban guerrillas. He is a hero of the Republic of Cuba, the equivalent of Chairman Mao Zedong of China in Cuba. Although it is no longer possible to verify his connection with coffee, the coffee shop has long been a place to "brew coffee and talk about the world's affairs." so his portraits are all hung in Cuban cafes. And become the image symbol of the famous Cuban coffee brand Cubita.

Andy Lau, a famous singer, movie star and fan in Hong Kong, called him "Hua Zai". He used to be an out-and-out coffee addict, drinking more than a dozen cups of black coffee a day. "drinking coffee before going to bed can be hypnotic!" However, after being strongly opposed by fans and his family, Andy Lau had to rein in his penchant for coffee and drink only warm water.

Pele, one of the greatest football stars of the 20th century, is regarded as the "king of the ball" by those who love him. Pele scored 1281 goals in his career, played in the World Cup four times for the national team and won the World Cup three times (6th, 7th and 9th sessions). He was named the most outstanding athlete of the 20th century by reporters of more than 20 newspapers in Europe and the United States in 1980. He was awarded the FIFA Gold Medal in June 1987 and was elected "athlete of the century" by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1999. In 2010, he served as Brazil's ambassador for the 2014 World Cup. Founded his own coffee brand "Bailey Coffee" and served as the ambassador of Brazilian coffee.