European Coffee Culture what do the French pay attention to when they drink coffee

Coffee Culture in Europe

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.

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.

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 stretch them out under the excitement of coffee.