A brief History of World Coffee (2) World History of Fine Coffee

·1573

The Europeans first described coffee by German doctors staying in Syria. In the second half of the 16th century, European tourists traveling in the east coast of the earth gradually spread.

·1660

The British East India Company was founded, and the Dutch East India Company was founded in 1602. East India Company is a general term for European companies engaged in trade between Asia and Europe and operating colonies in South Asia and Southeast Asia from the 17th to the 19th centuries. During this period, Arabs transported coffee trees to India.

·1615

The first European coffee to reach Venice was brought back from Turkey by a French traveler, and it is said that Venetian merchants already had coffee at the end of the 16th century.

·1625

Cairo already has more than 300 coffee shops, and this time Cairo coffee is sweetened coffee.

·1640

For the first time in Europe, Dutch merchants shipped coffee from the port of Muha in Yemen to Amsterdam.

In 1645, the first café appeared in Venice, and coffee became the common drink in Italy.

Early images of aristocrats drinking coffee in Venetian cafes

·1650

Britain's first coffee shop was born (Jews opened it in Oxford).

·1652

London has its first coffee shop. (Greek)

Coffee houses in 17th century London

·1660

France's first coffee import (from Egypt to Marseille)

·1664

The Hague opened its first cafe.

Dutch Coffee House in 1650

·1664

England took New Amsterdam from Flower Orchid and renamed it New York. Coffee arrived in North America four years later.

·1668

Coffee spread to North America.

·1670

Coffee comes to Germany.

·1672

The first café (Armenian) appeared in Paris. Before I opened this shop, I sold coffee on the streets of Paris while holding a pot. This year Louis XIV began his second invasion of Holland.

A typical Parisian cafe in the early 19th century

·1683

Vienna opened its first café (Polish). After the defeat of the Turkish army surrounding Vienna, a large number of coffee beans were left in Vienna, and cafes used these coffee beans.

·1685

After French doctors applied milk coffee to medical treatment, milk coffee became popular in France.

·1686

In Paris, the world's first salon-style cafe was born-Café Procep (Sicilian). Café Procep is a salon of thinkers and writers. After that, salon-style cafes were born one after another.