2014年4月28日星期一

History of coffee

The history of coffee is first begin at the thirteenth century with many myths. East Africa is thought to be the place where the original native population came from of coffee. Arabs maybe first one to grow the coffee beans in the 14th century. The earliest evidence of coffee drink or the coffee tree knowledge  first appears in the 15th century, in Yemen,  Sufi monasteries. In the 16th century, it spread to Persia, North Africa, Turkey and Middle East.  and then Italy, Balkans and rest Europe. then Indonesia and the Americas.
Dutch koffie added the word coffee 'coffee' in 1582, like the meaning of 'wine of bean'.



Reference:
John K. Francis. "Coffea arabica L. RUBIACEAE". Factsheet of U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Retrieved 2007-07-27.
 Bennett Alan Weinberg, Bonnie K. Bealer (2001). The world of caffeine. Routledge. pp. Page 3–4. ISBN 978-0-415-92723-9.
Meyers, Hannah (2005-03-07). ""Suave Molecules of Mocha" -- Coffee, Chemistry, and Civilization". Retrieved 2007-02-03.
                                                                         Sheng Wu

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