Coffee History You Might Not Know

I believe that everyone who loves life will inevitably have coffee embellishments in their lives. A cup of coffee makes us refreshed, calm and creative. I was not a barista but a restaurant HR, because I like the rich and multi-layered taste experience that coffee brings to me and it allows me to be creative and collide with ideas, just like the splendor of coffee affecting literature in the 18th century.

In my work, I always share the revolution and process of specialty coffee with people, but there is a book that has subverted my impression of coffee history. Did you know that a cup of coffee contains a microcosm that promotes our human progress? Today I want to share this book with you Global Addiction: How Coffee Stirred Human History, by Heinrich and Eduard Jacob. He is the founder of the new popular professional book in Germany.

Today I will share with you a part of the book about the history of coffee

According to legend, the discovery of coffee came from the goats next to the Yemen Mosque. One day, the shepherd found that the goats would be very excited after eating the fruit, and they were so excited that they could not sleep. By chance, they found the fruit grinder. After being broken and boiled, an aroma will emerge, and after drinking it, it feels bitter and unpleasant to drink. But it makes people want to drink again. After drinking, they will be very excited, and they will be sober.

It was popular in Muslim areas in the early days, and it was precisely because of such a violent reaction that Mecca once issued a ban on people drinking coffee, and finally caused a series of riots and protests, making coffee famous at that time. soared. ︎ Do you think coffee is popular because of this, of course not!

Coffee began to find its way into Europe when the Ottoman Turks besieged Vienna. There was a Kosinsky who took credit for the war and opened the first modern café in Vienna.

In the seventeenth century, an English doctor, William Harvey, discovered the theory of blood circulation, and coffee became a medicine at this time.

And on the entire continent, one of the biggest advances in coffee came from Louis XIV. At that time Louis XIV and the Sultan were the two most powerful people in the world. In another incident, the sultan envoy was asked to build a palace-like residence in Paris. At that time, many nobles in Paris wanted to find out, but the price to pay was a cup of coffee with the sultan envoy. At that time, these nobles I feel bitter, sour and unpleasant to drink. Can this be drunk? But in order to find out, I reluctantly drank it. At that time, drinking coffee became a habit of the nobles and a luxury.

At that time, in order to break the impression that coffee was a luxury, Almaine Pascal's people opened the first coffee shop in Paris in the Saint-Germain Square in Paris, and the main customers were ordinary people.

One method invented by Louis XIV and Louis XV is the monopoly. It is precisely this monopoly that started to torment the people and started a series of dissatisfaction that led to one of the fuses of the French Revolution, so coffee is actually related to the revolution.

The book says that " society always achieves civilization and progress in the face of difficulties and constraints. " No matter whether you encounter unsatisfactory things or happy things in your life, you should order a cup of coffee in a nearby cafe. Smell its fragrance and sip it. Now in addition to feeling its rich taste, you can also think of the influence of coffee on human history. It has experienced countless resistance and restraint to realize our current progressive society. How many people are there for you? The cup of coffee in the hand is fighting, or creating countless classic works.

Did you drink coffee today? Remember to share with me!