From Ethiopia, coffee was said to spread to Egypt and Yemen.
In 1600 Baba Budan, an Indian smuggler-pilgrim, he illegally brought '7 coffee beans as no. 7 is considered as a sacred number in Islam' from Mecca to India. The History of Coffee and Coffee Houses is briefly presented to you by TrekOfEats. Edited by Noor Naaz.
2. Table Of Contents
1. Time and Place of Origin
2. Story of Coffee Discovery
3. Spread of Coffee
4. Coffee Smuggled to India
5. History of Coffee Houses
6. Fun Facts of Coffee
3. 1. Time and Place of Origin
The History of Coffee
started when it was
discovered in Ethiopia
around the early 15th
century.
4. 2. Story of Coffee
Discovery
Kaffa, a region in Ethiopia,
there was a goatherd, saw
that his goats got excited
after eating the beans
from some kind of a plant.
After trying the berry for
himself, the shepherd had
a similar reaction. This is
how the Coffee
discovered.
5. 3. Spread of Coffee
•From Ethiopia, coffee was
said to spread to Egypt
and Yemen.
•Coffee could have been
introduced to Yemen
(Mocha) through the trade
across the Red sea.
6. 3. Spread of Coffee
continued...
•By the 16th century, coffee had reached the
rest of the Middle East, Persia, Turkey and
northern Africa.
•Coffee then spread to Italy and rest of
Europe, Indonesia and America.
7. 4. Coffee Smuggled to India
•In 1600 Baba Budan, an Indian smuggler-
pilgrim, he illegally brought '7 coffee beans
as no. 7 is considered as a sacred number
in Islam' from Mecca to India.
8. 5. History of Coffee
HousesEnglish coffee houses
in the 17th and 18th
centuries were public
social places where
men would meet for
conversation and
commerce. For the
price of a penny,
customers purchased a
cup of coffee and
admission.
9. 5. History of Coffee Houses
continued...
•The first Coffee house was opened in
Istanbul in 1554.
10. 5. History of Coffee Houses
continued...
• In 1645, The first Coffee house was
opened in Italy.
•In 1652 The first Coffee house was opened
in England.
11. 5. History of Coffee Houses
continued...
• In 1668, Coffee surpasses beer as New
York’s City’s favourite breakfast drink.
•In 1672 The first Coffee house was opened
in Paris.
12. 5. History of Coffee Houses
continued...
•In 1675 A Viennese man named Franz
George Kolschitzky open central Europe’s
First Coffee house. He is known for starting
the practice of adding cream and sugar to
coffee.
13. 5. History of Coffee Houses
Continued...
•Coffee Houses became the places where
merchants in the 17th century met to do
business. From these house many banks
and insurance companies developed.
14. 6. Fun Facts of Coffee
1. In Ancient Arab culture, a women could
only divorce her husband if he didn't
like her coffee.
2. 70 million cups of coffee is daily
consumed in UK
3. Goats originally discovered coffee.
4. Coffee comes from a fruit.
5. Coffee decreases muscle pain.
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