2. HISTORY OF COFFEE
• The coffee plant, which was discovered in
Ethiopia in the 11th Century, has a white
blossom that smells like jasmine and a red,
cherry-like fruit. Back then, the leaves of the
so-called "magical fruit" were boiled in water
and the resulting concoction was thought to
have medicinal properties. As the fame of
the coffee plant spread to other lands, its
centuries-long voyage was about to begin.
• Coffee spread quickly through the Arabian
Peninsula. In the mid 14th century, coffee
cultivation reached Yemen and for 300
years, it was drunk following the recipe
first used in Ethiopia. Yemen's climate and
fertile soil offered the ideal conditions for
cultivating rich coffee harvests
3. What is coffe?
• Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from
roasted coffee beans, which are the seeds
of berries from the Coffea plant. The genus
Coffea is native to tropical Africa,
and Madagascar,
the Comoros, Mauritius and Réunion in the
Indian Ocean.
4. Spread to Europe
• Europeans got their first taste of coffee in 1615 when Venetian
merchants who had become acquainted with the drink in Istanbul
carried it back with them to Venice. At first, the beverage was sold
on the street by lemonade vendors, but in 1645 the first
coffeehouse opened in Italy. Coffeehouses soon sprang up all over
the country and, as in many other lands, they became a platform
for people from all walks of life, especially artists and students, to
come together and chat.
• Travelers who discovered coffee while staying in Istanbul extolled
the matchless flavour of the beverage in letters they sent home to
Marseilles. In 1644, the first coffee beans, along with the
apparatus used to prepare and serve coffee, were brought to
Marseilles by Monsieur de la Roque, the French ambassador.
5. Coffe today
• Once brewed, coffee may be served in a variety of ways.
Drip-brewed, percolated, or French-pressed/cafetière
coffee may be served as white coffee with a dairy product
such as milk or cream, or dairy substitute, or as black
coffee with no such addition. It may be sweetened with
sugar or artificial sweetener. When served cold, it is
called iced coffee.
• Espresso-based coffee has a variety of possible
presentations. In its most basic form, an espresso is
served alone as a shot or short black, or with hot water
added, when it is known as Caffè Americano. A long
black is made by pouring a double espresso into an equal
portion of water, retaining the crema, unlike Caffè
Americano.Milk is added in various forms to an espresso:
steamed milk makes a caffè latte,]equal parts steamed
milk and milk froth make a cappuccino,and a dollop of hot
foamed milk on top creates a caffè macchiato.
