Viennese coffee introduced by fancy coffee: a wonderful encounter

Viennese refer to coffee, music and waltz as the "three treasures of Vienna", which shows the relationship between Viennese and coffee. Although some people joke that Vienna is "five steps and one coffee", it is true that there are a large number of Vienna cafes. There is an interesting story about the first Viennese encounter with coffee.

Dating back to the 17th century, coffee has become an indispensable part of people's lives in cities large and small in many Islamic countries. But in Europe, people don't know what it is. In 1683, when Turkey attacked Vienna for the second time, the then Austrian Emperor Augustus II signed a military alliance with King Augustus II of Poland, and the Austrian coalition forces crushed the Turkish attack.

The defeated Turkish army discarded large quantities of weapons, ammunition and hundreds of large pockets of mysterious brown beans on the battlefield around the walls of Vienna, and the victorious Viennese did not know what to do with them.

As it happens, a Polish spy lurking in the Turkish army, Kol Sizki, once tasted a black drink made from this roasted bean in Constantinople. The Turks called it "Kahve", which is now coffee. As a reward, the Polish received all the coffee seized on the battlefield and opened the first coffee shop in the history of Vienna.

But in the beginning, coffee shop business is not good, Viennese still prefer to drink tea. Later, the businessman changed the recipe and added milk to his coffee, which tasted surprisingly good. It became popular in the 1780s and is still the most popular drink in Vienna. The air of the "Capital of Music" is not only flowing with the rhythm of music, but also filled with the fragrance of coffee.