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Introduction
Do you know
- What is coffee?
- The term “coffee” originated from the Latin of Coffea, of Rubiaceae family consisted of over 500 species and 6000 kinds of tropical plants and bushes.
- The species of Coffea are rather varied, from the small bushes to timber trunk plant as tall as 10m, the leaves are from purple to yellow but mainly green.
- There are around 25 principal kinds in Coffea specie yet the coffee connoisseurs only get used with 2 kinds as Coffea Arabica and Coffea robusta.
- Coffea arabica
Arabica takes up approximately over 70% of the world coffee output. Ordinary Arabica coffee plant is a large bushy plant with its oval-shaped and dark green leaves, approx. 3-6m tall and taking around 3-4 years prior to the first crop harvesting with oval-shaped fruits. Arabica coffee plant may provide coffee kernels within 20 to 30 years. Nowadays, Arabica is mainly planted in Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Brazil and Zaire.
- Coffea robusta (still having another name as canephora)
Robusta coffee plant may be as high as 10m in form of bushy plant or timber trunk and having a shallow root network. The fruit is in round shape and taking approximately 3-4 years after growing is able to be harvested. Robusta kernel is smaller than that of Arabica. Robusta coffee is planted in West and Central Africa, Southeast Asia and South American countries. Also similar to Arabica, the Robusta gives fruits within 20-30 years.
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History of Coffee formation:
+ People related that: A goat shepherd curiously discovered the coffee as a magnificent drink.
+ Between 800’s : the Islamic people in Aden were recognized as the first coffee drinkers.
+ in 1453 Turkey promulgated a new law, permitted a woman to divorce her husband if he disapproved to hand a coffee to her.
+ Coffee became popular in Europe, although prohibited in some places.
+ King Pope Clement VIII prohibited coffee drinking.
+ In 1511 the Prime Minister of an Islamic country, Khair Beg, ordered to prohibit coffee for being afraid that it caused the opinions of protest against the rules he imposed. As a result, he was killed by the Sultans.
+ In 1574, along with cigarettes, the coffee appeared in Venice for the first time.
+ In late 15th Century: the coffee nowadays was invented.
+ In 1600, through Italian merchants, for the first time the Western countries knew of the coffee.
+ In 1645, the first cafeteria was inaugurated in Italy.
+ In 1650, Coffee was fanatically sought after in India.
+ In 1652, the first cafeteria in English was opened.
+ In 1656, coffee drinking and cafeteria opening were prohibited in Turkey.
+ In 1669, Coffee became popular in Europe
+ In 1672, the first cafeteria in France was opened.
+ In 1690, the Dutchmen became the first traders and cultivators of coffee as a commercial product, in Ceylon and Java.
+ In 1668, Coffee replaced beer to become a formal drink of breakfasts to be preferred in New York.
+ In 1697, Captain John Smith introduced coffee to the North American market.
+ In 714, Coffee formally appeared in the United States.
+ In 1721, the first cafeteria in Berlin was inaugurated.
+ In 1732, Johann Sebastian Bach composed the Coffee Canata.
+ In 1773, Coffee drinking was considered as “national obligation” to every American citizen.
+ In 1822, the first espresso machine was created for the first time in France.
+ In 1825, Coffee appeared in Hawaii
+ In 1865, James Mason invented the percolator
+ In 1887, Coffee appeared in Indochina.
+ In 1896, coffee was introduced to Australian people.
+ In early 1900’s, Coffee drinking in lunches became a period “compulsory” in Germany.
+ In 1938, Nescafe (coffee dehydrated with freezing method) was invested.
+ In 1942, in the Second world war, American soldiers were issued with rations included instant coffee labeled Maxwell House.
+ In 1971, the Starbuck coffee firm opened its first agent in Seattle.
+ Coffee was industrialized and became the most important farming product of the agriculture, with revenue only ranked second to cotton.
+ In the 20th Century, coffee became an indispensable drink to the class of youth on all over the Continents (Europe – Australia – Asia – Africa) for its superiority becoming more and more researched by the world leading experts and producing more intimate and realistic products in every tempo of the human’s breathing.
+ Using of Saigon Coffee product, you will feel the life more ardent and interesting.
+ In 1901, Luigi Bezzera invented the coffee flavor extractor.
In 1901, Instant coffee was invented by a Japanese-origin Amercan.
+ In 1908, Melitta Benz invented the perculator.
+ In 1909, Instant coffee was launched to the market.