The Cultural History of Fine Coffee an important era in American Coffee History

Coffee training Culture: an important era in American Coffee History

1652-the first coffee shop opened in England, when a cup of coffee cost a penny; today the average American price of an Espresso-based coffee drink is $2.45

1773-after the Boston Tea Party, the Continental Congress declared coffee the official national drink of the United States. Today, Americans consume an average of 400 million cups of coffee a day, making it the world's largest consumer of coffee.

1790-the first wholesale coffee roasting company in the United States was established, and in the same year, the first coffee advertisement was published in the New York Daily.

1903-Ludwig Roselius, a German coffee merchant, discovered that a shipment of coffee beans lost most of the caffeine by soaking in water, but retained the flavor of the coffee, which inspired him to produce decaf Sanka Coffee for the first time. Twenty years later, he introduced decaf to the United States, which is still distributed by Kraft Foods today.

1938-Nestl é launched Nescaf é instant coffee, which contributed to the rise of the first wave of coffee consumption. Seventy years later, Nestle is still one of the largest retailers of instant coffee in the United States.

1946-Achille Gaggia invests in the production of modern Espresso coffee machines. According to the 2011 Coffee Statistics report, 30 million people in the United States drink boutique coffee drinks based on Espresso and Espresso every day.

1962-the first international coffee agreement was reached by the United Nations. Coffee is now the second largest traded commodity in the modern global economy, with annual sales of $70 billion

1972-Filterfresh invents the first single-cup coffee maker. Last year, sales of a popular Senseo single cup coffee machine reached $536 million.

2010-after establishing a leading position in the second wave of coffee consumption in the United States in the 1990s, Starbucks continued to maintain a strong momentum in the third wave of coffee consumption, with net income rising 9.5% to $10.7 billion despite the economic crisis.

2011-boutique coffee becomes the protagonist of the third wave of coffee consumption. Coffee statistics show that sales of boutique coffee are growing at an annual rate of 20%, accounting for 8% of the $18 billion annual coffee market in the United States.