Interesting facts about coffee history

Every day there are billions of cups of coffee used worldwide, but few people know about the myths surrounding this legendary beverage.

1. It is said that more than a thousand years ago, a monk wandering through a field of Ethiopia came across a sheepdog who was holding a reddish glow in the face God. The shepherd said how many miles would his sheep go through many of these valleys.

2. And then, the oldest written mention of coffee culture was written in 575 in Yemen, but only in the fifteenth century coffee began to conquer the world.

3. By the 15th century, people in southern Arabia became coffee experts and up to 300 years later it was the only place in the world to grow and trade coffee.

4. Arabs have a strict policy of not allowing the export of sprouted beans. Therefore, coffee is not grown anywhere else.

5. In the fifteenth century, in the city of Mecca, in Cairo, and in other centers of the Muslim world, the sale of coffee water also increased rapidly. The most well-known coffee in the Arabic language is "Qahwa" - Arabia Wines.

In the seventeenth century, famous merchants in Võri had first brought coffee to Europe. It is also the first Western European city where coffee is consumed.

In the second half of the 17th century, the first cafes appeared in seaports and spread throughout Europe. The cafes gradually became the center of public life at the time.

The appearance of cafes for the first time in Europe

8. Many of today's famous landmarks are associated with old-fashioned cafés that you might not know yet. The world's largest insurer Lloyd's of London also opened its doors to life at Lloyd's in 1688 in the UK. The famous financial district of Wall Street is also associated with the birthplace of coffeehouses in the United States.

By the end of the 17th century, the first cafes appeared in North America.

In the 18th century, coffee was first cultivated in the Americas. So far South America is the most important coffee supplier in the world.

11. Dutch people are considered as the greatest contributors to the development and expansion of coffee.

12. The great composer Johann Sebastiane Bach composed the song "Coffee Cantata" to honor this drink.

Today, Brazil is the world's largest producer of coffee and has a history of more than 250 years. Coffee is one of the busiest commodities traded in the world after oil.

14. Up to now, the consumption of coffee is over 100 million bags per year and the average consumption per capita is 12 kg per year. Coffee is a drink that has conquered the world. Studies on coffee culture, health and coffee, or any related research may have international significance.

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