1. Coffe is a black drink that contains caffeine and which is
obtained from roasted and grounded coffe beans
The Coffe beans are the fruits of coffe trees of Rosaceae
family
For the first time ,coffe plants were discovered In in the
Kingdom of Kaffa in Ethiopia and then were introduced in
arabic world through Egypt
and Yemen,where it began to cultivate for commercial
purposes
In the past, the coffe was considered food and not drink
East African tribes grinded the beans and raw coffee by
mixing a paste with animal fat that warriors consumed to
have more energy during the fighting. Starting with year
1000, the famous healer administered the coffe as medicines
The Dutch were the first who imported coffee in industry
and cultivated it in their colonies in Java and Ceylon in
the late seventeenth century
In 1727 coffee arrived in Brazil, was it began to be
cultivated on areas increasingly larger, soon became one
of the main economic resources of the country In 1822 in
France, it is built first espresso coffee machine it was built
first espresso coffee machine
Hills Bros., a US company headquartered in San
Francisco, starting in 1900 vacuum bagging and roasted
coffee grinders, to the detriment store coffee roasting
machines and grinders.
Variety we know about 80 varieties of coffee, which is
grown for industrial purposes varieties Arabica, Robusta,
Liberia and Maragogype. Arabica is the most appreciated
and cultivated coffee. Prepared from Coffea arabica tree
native of Ethiopia and counts nearly 200 species.
Robusta has a high caffeine content (1.7 to 4%), a strong
taste and less flavored. Liberal is a fast growing and can
withstand adverse weather conditions St Helena coffee
called Napoleon because it was his favorite coffee during
exile of this island. This coffee grows in volcanic soil,
using exclusively natural fertilizers Black Ivory is made
from coffee beans ingested, digested and eliminated
naturally by elephants.
Coordonathing teacher : Mihai Daniel Frumuselu References :
htt/ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cafea
