The History of Coffee
The History of Coffee Coffee was discovered in Eastern Africa in an area known as Ethiopia. A popular legend tells of a goat herder named Kaldi. One day he noticed his goats acting frisky after eating berries from a bush. Kaldi tried the berries. He found he had renewed energy.
The news of this amazing fruit spread throughout the region. Monks started drying the berries to transport to distant monasteries. They reconstituted the berries by soaking them in water. They would eat the fruit and drink the liquid to provide stimulation for a more awakened prayer time. The berries were transported from Ethiopia to the Arabian peninsula and were first cultivated in Yemen.
Then coffee travelled to Turkey where beans were roasted for the first time over fires. The beans were crushed and boiled in water, creating a crude version of the coffee of today.
Coffee arrived on the European continent through Venetian trade merchants. The catholics were totally against drinking coffee. In fact they thought the Pope should ban coffee, calling it the "Drink of the Devil'.
However the pope had already become an avid coffee drinker. He liked it so much that he blessed it. Coffee houses spread quickly. Many great minds gathered in them for thought and creativity. In the 1700's coffee made its way to the America's by means of a French infantry captain.
He travelled with a small plant. It was then transplanted to the Carribean Island of Martinique. There grew 19 million trees within 50 years. Coffee was declared the national drink of the colonized U.S. by Congress.
Today coffee is a giant global industry employing more than 20 million people. This commodity ranks second only to Petroleum in its dollars traded worldwide. There are 4 billion cups consumed every year. Coffee is the worlds most popular beverage. In Brazil, over 5 million people are employed in cultivating and harvesting over 3 billion coffee plants.
Sales of premium speciality coffees have skyrocketed. Sales have reached the multi-billion dollar level and increase annually. Well that is the history of coffee. It all started with a farmer wanting more energy. Even today most of the world wakes up to a cup of coffee to start thier day.
I am one of those people who can't live without coffee, especially in the morning. Due to it's popularity, I am sure I am not the only one..
An Introduction To Gourmet Coffee
Over five hundred billion cups of coffee are consumed each year making it the most popular drink on this earth. For centuries, this aromatic, spirit-lifting drink has been the beverage to serve at any and all events. Many board meetings and friendships have thrived over a cup of coffee. Extracted from the seed of cherries growing on coffee trees, coffee is grown extensively in fifty-three countries across the equator.
Specialty gourmet coffee is very popular among coffee drinkers today.
As a matter of fact, statistic show that it is one of the fastest growing food retailers netting approximately $8.5 billion a year. People enjoy the taste of the sophisticated beans used in the making of this delightful gourmet drink. The beans are grown at very high altitudes on Arabic trees and feed on volcanic ash.
A cool climate and lots of moisture result in a high quality bean group. The soil the beans are grown in produces the very distinct flavors of the gourmet beans....
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Portrait of a Barista
The barista is the Italian word for the skilled person who prepares coffee (ultimately espresso) in a coffee house.What would you want your barista to be like?This is not a trick question. The more I think of it, the more I believe it, that the world of coffee making must be laying on the shoulders of a barista.I believe that because the coffee I am beeing served in a coffee house, I expect it to be good. On the other hand, the manager of the bar expects me to be pleased with the service and come again. If the coffee is not good, I will not do that.Now who is responsible for this small gearing to work? You probably have guessed it, the barista.Are you wondering what a barista is and how can you recognise him or her?1. Well, he or she does not have a specific age or appearance.
Nor nationality. In Italy, the country that gave the name of the job, a barista is most likely a man around the age of 40. In America, there are more chances that you find a young lady. But not necessarily.2....
Portrait of a Barista
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Mission: "Coffee for Our Troops"
American troops serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq) and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) will soon be receiving a strong message of support from Sacramento.Hundreds of pounds of ground coffee are being shipped as part of the "Coffee for Our Troops" program.
The program is a partnership between two Sacramento-based entities:
non-profit Move America Forward (www.MoveAmericaForward.org) and premium coffee roaster, Cornerstone Coffee (www.CornerstoneCoffee.com).The best part is the fact that each bag of ground coffee being shipped over is "sponsored" by an American who supports our troops.
The bag of coffee is accompanied by a message of support that the individuals write themselves.
Move America Forward then sends over the coffee (along with message of support) directly to troops in Afghanistan and Iraq."The brave...
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Artist Brews Paintings with Coffee
(ContentDesk) June 15, 2006 -- This summer, Mercy Lang Art Gallery will introduce Coffee Xpressions, paintings and stationary made with a variety of 20 different coffee blends.
The artwork, which has high concentrations of coffee, produces a profound visual, textural and scented coffee experience.In addition to the Coffee Xpressions designs, visitors to Langs website will discover a wide range of modern art and a blog where fans can discuss art.
There is an Art Trends newsletter and the popular Ask the Expert advice column to better service collectors. Another tool is the change your background button that allows the customer to see the painting of choice in different backgrounds to better simulate a customers placement wall.When asked about her new coffee artwork, Lang said, Painting with Coffees is the happy result of many ideas emerging as one .
She went on to observe that the pieces are great conversation pieces!
Painting with coffee...
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