History Of Coffee

…there is not a single soul who on quitting the house does not believe himself four times wittier than when he entered it (Montesquieu: Persian Letters, Letter XXXVI). Abstract Coffee was introduced to England by Pasqua and Jacob, the two Ottoman citizens. After the introduction of coffee and establishment of coffee-houses

In the Women’s Petition, the supposed wives of coffee-drinkers bemoaned the fact that coffee-drinking was such an intellectual, effeminate pastime that it had rendered their husbands impotent and “as unfruitful as those deserts whence that unhappy berry is said to be brought.” (Coffee-growing lands are generally very rich and fertile). “For

COFFEE, a kind of Turkish Renegade, Has late a match with Christian water made; At first between them happen'd a Demur, Yet joyn'd they were, but not without great stir; For both so cold were, and so faintly met, The Turkish Hymen in his Turbant swet. Coffee was cold as Earth,

600: Coffee makes its migration from Ethiopia to Arabia. 1000: The philosopher Avicenna first describes the medicinal qualities of coffee, which he refers to as bunchum. 1300: Islamic monks brew qawha, a brew of hot water and roasted coffee beans. 1470 – 1500: Coffee use spreads to Mecca and Medina. 1517: Sultan Selim I