Coffee.si - Everything about coffee

The love for coffee was started first as food intake and not as a drink. The early people used to grind the coffee beans and mix them with animal fat. They rolled the mixture into balls. It was very helpful for the warriors during that time because they believed that the coffee mixture could give them their needed strength during the battles they encounter. Then the Ethiopians during the ninth century started to make a type of wine from the coffee berries. They fermented the dried beans in water to make a good taste out of it. It was in the Arabian Peninsula during the eleventh century when coffee was first made as a hot beverage.

The increase in cultivation of the coffee plant started during the fifteenth century. It was Arabia that cultivated much of the coffee plant and so they became so famous because of their love for the coffee cultivation. They became the world’s primary source of coffee. It made its way to other parts of the world through trade. Even if they heavily guarded the exchange of the coffee beans to other countries, the Muslim pilgrimages still managed to smuggle the coffee plants in Mecca.

The word “coffee” was first used in during the year 1598. It was first introduced to the wealthy people in Venice. There were appeals to ban the beverage in the Orthodox churches because they saw it as a pagan and Muslim practice. Despite that, coffee still made it through Europe because it was accepted by Pope Clement VIII. Then the first ever coffee house was established in 1645 in Italy.

The spread of coffee all over the world was evident in the increase of coffee houses in the England, France, Austria, Netherlands, and America and to the different parts of the world. The first espresso machine was developed in France during the year 1822. Then coffee was roasted using the natural gas and hot air process during the year 1885. The first drip coffee maker was made by Melitta Bentz using a blotting paper as filter.

The development of decaffeinated and instant coffees started during the twentieth century. It was recorded in 1995 that coffee became the most popular beverage all over the world. Each year, the average consumption became more than 400 billion cups. It has been second to oil by being the world’s largest commodity.

The coffee that we drink now has gone through a lot of development as time passed by. We should be thankful that it was made to be rich and more beneficial to our lives right now.