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Published: 2026-05-19 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/05/19, 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. French historian and philosopher often drank coffee and chocolate for 65 years. Balzac, the Great of France in the 19th Century

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, often drank coffee and chocolate for 65 years.

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 was a coffee lover. He said, "I'm not at home. I'm 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 lifetime, an average of 6 to 7 cups a day.

Picasso, Spanish painter, sculptor, 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 those worthless paintings in exchange for room and board 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). He described the feeling of drinking coffee as "the right amount of espresso excites me and gives me warmth and extraordinary strength".

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

Hemingway, a famous American novelist, is famous for his masterpieces such as "the Sun still rises", "Farewell to Arms", "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.

Van Gogh, a Dutch post-impressionist painter, 1853 Mel 1890, had a small wish: "maybe one day my paintings will be exhibited 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.

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.

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.

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