Here you will learn about coffee. A beverage that is popular all over the world.
The heaviest coffee drinkers are in Northern Europe. The Finns are the number one coffee drinkers, consuming 12.0kg per capita a year. The Norwegians are second, with 9.9kg per capita a year. Brazil has for a long time been the largest exporter of coffee.
The origins of coffee are unclear. The first coffee drinking seems to have been in Yemen back in the 15th century. Although a lot of people are placing the origin of coffee in Africa, generally in Kaffa, in today’s Ethiopia. From Mocha, a port in Yemen, coffee spread to Egypt and North Africa. By the 16th century coffee had spread the Ottoman Empire. From the Ottoman Empire, coffee was imported to Venice. The first known coffee house in Europe was open in 1645 in Venice. The British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company spread coffee all over the world. The Dutch dominated the early coffee trade to your, from their colonies in Asia and Americas.
Coffee houses become very popular all over Western Europe during the 17th century. Fierce debates were started if coffee drinking should be banned. In many countries women were not allowed in coffee houses.
Coffee is made of roasted coffee beans. Coffee beans are really the seeds of the coffee plant. A number of different species of the coffee plant exists. But the main two coffee beans, Coffea Arabica and Coffea Canephora, make up more than 90% of world coffee trade.
In a coffe house, you will find a number of different coffee drinks. The most common are:
Caffe Latte
Cappuccino
Instant Coffee
Macchiato
Café Mocha