Word spread to other Ethiopian monks and soon after reached all across the civilized world.īrazil couldn’t afford to send its athletes to Los Angeles for the 1932 Olympics, so the government sent them in a ship full of coffee which was sold on the way to finance their trip.Ĭoffee was banned in Mecca in 1511, quite soon after its first appearance in Ethiopia. After they made their own drink from coffee beans, they realized they could stay up all night and pray. The herder shared his findings with local monks. Afterwards, he observed a change in their behavior they gained a high amount of energy and they didn’t sleep at night. It was said that coffee was discovered by a goat herder in Ethiopia in the 1500s. (Recently, though, farms in California did start growing coffee bushes!)ģ. It has been producing coffee even before it was a state. Therefore, despite all the rich and diverse landscapes of the Continental United States, Hawaii is the only state suitable for growing coffee plants.
Good coffee growing conditions are dependent on variables such as high altitudes, tropical climates and rich soil. Hawaii is the only American state that grows coffee It’s worth well over $100 billion worldwide.Ģ. It is our most beloved beverage after water. That makes us really curious to know more interesting facts about coffee as a commodity, as a beverage and as a part of everyday culture.Ĭoffee is consumed in such great quantities, it is the world’s 2nd largest traded commodity, surpassed only by crude oil. And in some countries, like Colombia or Brazil, the whole economy is based on coffee. In Greece, there is the “kafenio”, an old fashioned coffee shop for old gentlemen, where they drink Greek coffee and exchange political ideas or they play cards and a board game called “tavli”. In Italy the invention of espresso and the espresso machine made it the favorite whole-day beverage of Italians. Coffee and friends, coffee and work, coffee and snacks, coffee to go! There’s the Irish mix with whiskey called “Irish Coffee”. In North America and a lot of Western European countries, Starbucks and other major chains have dominated the market because they are providing the customers a complete experience around coffee. In the past, people gathered together to share a cup of coffee and exchange information. It’s a means of social interaction, and has been for a long time. Going back in time, we’ve seen that coffee is not just a drink.
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