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History of Coffee
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“Turcii (harta) beau un lichid inchis la culoare… le voi aduce din acesta si italienilor” (harta). Astfel,un negustor din Venetia a prezentat Europei cafeaua, in 1615. Dar pentru multi negustori, boabele de cafea nu au adus neaparat si plantatii de cafea – aveau nevoie de mijloace de productie. Asa a inceput competitia. Olandezii (harta) au fost cei care au trecut peste primul obstacol in 1616, infiintand o plantatie de cafea pentru prima data in Europa (harta). Apoi, in 1696 au infiintat prima plantatie intr-o colonie europeana, in Java, acum parte din Indonezia (harta). Afacerile in domeniu au inflorit si olandezii s-au extins si in insulele invecinate. Increzator dincolo de prudenta, orasul Amsterdam a inceput sa repartizeze arbori de cafea aristocratilor din intreaga Europa…
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Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee
In past years, when Jamaica’s economy was dominated by plantation slavery, some slaves Maroons were able to escape to the Blue Mountains and live independently. Today the famous Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee is cultivated between 2000 and 5000 feet above sea level,[2] while higher slopes are preserved as forest. Hagley Gap and Mavis Bank are farming communities located on Blue Mountain with Hagley Gap being closest to Blue Mountain Peak. Both towns rely upon the area’s rich, fertile soils for growing Blue Mountain Coffee.
via Wikipedia
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Love this espresso machine, conceived in porcelain and wood by Arvid Häusser, product design student at Bauhaus Universität Weimar.
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Caffè Florian is a coffee house situated in the Procuratie Nuove of Piazza San Marco, Venice. It was established in 1720, and is a contender for the title of the oldest coffee house in continuous operation (Antico Caffè Greco in Rome was established in 1760).
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Famous Coffees no. 18 / In the Mood for Love
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Jigsaw coffee table by Belgian designer Linde Hermans.
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CAFE HAWELKA, VIENNA — Andy Warhol stopped by for a cup of his coffee. So did princes, paupers, playwrights, poets, and untold thousands for whom a visit to Vienna was unthinkable without a cup of steaming brew served by the bow-tied little man with the perpetual dancing smile.
In a city of more than 1,900 cafes, Leopold Hawelka was an icon, as much part of Cafe Hawelka as its tables, scarred by burned cigarettes, their marble tops worn smooth by the elbows of four generations. He served tourists, the rich and the famous, and the neediest of the needy, the ragged Viennese masses who crowded his establishment over a free glass of water to escape the cold of their bombed-out city after World War II.
via The Boston Globe
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History of Coffee
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Dupa cum bine stim, cafeaua a luat startul in Arabia, unde boabele prajite au fost fierte pentru prima data in jurul anului 1000 e.n. In secolul XIII musulmanii beau cafea cu piosenie. “Supa de boabe” aducea ascetii musulmani pe orbita, tinea credinciosii treji si a intrat in traditia seculara. Si oriunde a ajuns Islamul, a ajuns si cafeaua: Africa de Nord (harta), zona mediteraneana de rasarit si India (harta). Arabia a descurajat exportul boabelor de cafea, decat prajite sau fierte, si se spune ca nici o samanta de cafea nu a inmugurit in afara granitelor Africii sau Arabiei pana in anii 1600 – pana la Baba Budan. Conform traditiei, acest contrabandist pelerin indian a parasit Mecca avand seminte fertile prinse pe burta. Boabele lui Baba au inmugurit si astfel a inceput extinderea zonei de cultivare a cafelei ajungand curand pana in coloniile europene…



