Coffee history |
850
First known discovery of coffee
cherries in the coffee history timeline. Legend tells us about the goat
herder Kaldi of Ethiopia, who notices his goats are friskier after
eating red cherries of a local shrub. Kaldi experiments with the
cherries himself and begins to feel energized.
1100
The coffee first trees are cultivated
on the Arabian Peninsula. Coffee is first roasted and boiled by Arabs
making "qahwa" — a name formerly applied to wine — and eventually, to
Europeans, as "the wine of Islam."
1475
The world’s first coffee shop opens in Constantinople. It is followed by the foundation of two local coffee houses in 1554.
1511
Khair Bey, the governor of Mecca,
bans coffee fearing that its power might promote resistance to his rule.
Coffee trade is shut down in Constantinople (Istanbul). After a
week-long "reign of terror", the sultan decides that coffee is blessed
and has the governor executed.
1600
Coffee enters Europe through the port
of Venice. The first Italian coffeehouse opens in Italy in 1683. Pope
Clemente VIII was requested by some of his monks to outlaw the “Muslim”
brew. He declined and said, "This beverage is so good it would be a sin
to let only pagans drink it!" His subsequent "baptism" of coffee
propelled its spread across Europe.
1607
Coffee is introduced to the New World by Captain John Smith, founder of Virginia at Jamestown.
1652
The first coffeehouse opens in
England, but women were not allowed in, other than to serve men. A
number of British women wrote a lengthy petition (now in the coffee
museum, London) requesting access. They were refused.
Edward Lloyd's coffeehouse opens in 1688. It evolves to be the Lloyd's of London, the world's best known insurance company.
The word “TIPS” is coined in a London
coffee house: A sign reading “To Insure Prompt Service” (TIPS) was
place by a coffee cup. Those desiring prompt service and better seating
threw a coin into a mug.
1658
The Dutch become the first to
transport and cultivate coffee plants commercially. Coffee is smuggled
out of the Arab port of Mocha and shipped to Ceylon and East Indies for
cultivation.
1683
According to the coffee history
timeline, the Ottoman army, fleeing Vienna after being defeated, leaves
behind bags of coffee. Franz Georg Kolshitzky, the man responsible for
Vienna's victory, receives the coffee as his reward and establishes
Central Europe's first coffee house.
1686
The opening of the first Parisian cafe Le Procope.
King Louis XIV is presented with a
coffee tree from the Dutch. It is believed that sugar was first used to
supplement coffee in his court.
1718 -1723
The Dutch transported coffee from
Java to Dutch Guyana in South America. Coffee Plants are introduced in
the Americas for the first time for cultivation. Gabriel de Clieu, a
French naval officer, ships some plants to Martinique. By 1777, 1920
million coffee plants are cultivated on the island.
1721
The first coffeehouse opens its doors in Berlin.
1727
The Brazilian coffee industry
has been sparked by a love affair. A Brazilian coast guard officer
visiting Cayenne, French Guyana, was attracted to the Governor's wife,
who at his request, secretly supplied the few seedlings that were
afterward grown in Brazil, founding the production that has dominated
world trade for 200 years. By 1800, Brazil had become the world’s
largest producer of coffee.
1730
The British introduced coffee to Jamaica.
1750
One of Europe's first coffeehouses, Caffe Greco, opens in Rome. By 1763, Venice has over 2,000 caffes.
1750-60
Guatemala cultivates its first coffee plantation.
1774
The famous Boston tea party - also
part of the coffee history timeline - a rebellion by Americans against
the new increased tea taxes put by the British. Dressed as Indians, the
Americans dumped three boat loads of tea into harbor and then replaced
it with coffee as their revolutionary beverage of choice.
1779
Coffee plants shipped from Cuba to Costa Rica.
1790
Mexico received its first coffee plant.
1822
The first prototype of an espresso machine is created in France.
1825
Hawaii received coffee from Rio de Janeiro.
1865
James Mason invents the coffee percolator.
1878
Introduction of coffee to the British colonies in East Africa.
1903
First commercial decaffeination process was invented by Dr. Ludwig Roselius
1905
1901 - Luigi Bezzera files a patent for the first espresso machine. In 1905 the first commercial espresso machine was manufactured in Italy.
1906
The English chemist George Constant Washington, invented the instant coffee while living in Guatemala.
1908
Melitta Bentz invents the first drip coffee maker with a filter made of blotting paper.
1933
Dr. Ernest Illy develops the first
automatic espresso machine. At the same time, Alfonso Bialetti invented
the world’s first stovetop espresso maker, later to become the most
popular maker in Italy.
1938
Instant coffee mass production is
invented by the Swiss company Nestle as it assists the Brazilian
government in solving its coffee surplus problem. It is named Nescafe.
1945
Achilles Gaggia enhances the espresso machine with a manual piston that creates a high pressure extraction to produce a thick layer of crema.
1961
In 1961, Italy experienced a total eclipse of the sun. The same year, FAEMA
introduced the world's first pump operated espresso machine named E61
(eclipse of 1961). Though much copied, the e61 has never been surpassed
and to date remains one of most stylish and beautiful coffee machines
ever built.
1966
1966 - Nestle introduces TASTER'S CHOICE. A freeze-dried Instant Coffee locking in freshness and taste.
2008
Coffee is the world’s most popular
beverage. More than 500 billion cups are consumed each year. It is one
of the world’s most traded commodities, second in value only to crude
oil.
Source : coffeekind.com
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