God & Information lies in detail...! So is your "Coffee". Have you ever wondered? what is the journey of this awesome potent drink around the globe - Nay! no worries check this out. Enjoy your cuppa coffee!
2. Coffee's Journey Around the World
Coffee was first discovered in Eastern Africa in an area we know today as Ethiopia. A
popular legend refers to a goat herder by the name of Kaldi, who observed his goats
acting unusually frisky after eating berries from a bush. Curious about this
phenomenon, Kaldi tried eating the berries himself. He found that these berries gave
him a renewed energy. The news of this energy laden fruit quickly spread throughout
the region.
Hearing about this amazing fruit, Monks dried the berries so that they could be
transported to distant monasteries. They reconstituted these berries in water, ate the
fruit, and drank the liquid to provide stimulation for a more awakened time for prayer.
Coffee Leaves Africa
Coffee berries were transported from Ethiopia to the Arabian Peninsula, and were first
cultivated in what today is the country of Yemen.
From there, coffee traveled to Turkey where coffee beans were roasted for the first time
over open fires. The roasted beans were crushed, and then boiled in water, creating a
crude version of the beverage we enjoy today.
3. Coffee Arrives in Europe
Coffee first arrived on the European continent by means of Venetian trade merchants.
Once in Europe this new beverage fell under harsh criticism from the Catholic Church.
Many felt the pope should ban coffee, calling it the drink of the devil. To their surprise,
the pope, already a coffee drinker, blessed coffee declaring it a truly Christian beverage.
Coffee houses spread quickly across Europe becoming centers for intellectual exchange.
Many great minds of Europe used this beverage, and forum, as a springboard to
heightened thought and creativity.
Coffee Travels to America
In the 1700's, coffee found its way to the Americas by means of a French infantry captain
who nurtured one small plant on its long journey across the Atlantic. This one plant,
transplanted to the Caribbean Island of Martinique, became the predecessor of over 19
million trees on the island within 50 years. It was from this humble beginning that the
coffee plant found its way to the rest of the tropical regions of South and Central America.
Coffee was declared the national drink of the then colonized United States by the
Continental Congress, in protest of the excessive tax on tea levied by the British crown.
4. Espresso
Espresso, a recent innovation in the way to prepare coffee, obtained its origin in 1822,
with the innovation of the first crude espresso machine in France. The Italians perfected
this wonderful machine and were the first to manufacture it. Espresso has become such
an integral part of Italian life and culture that there are presently over 200,000 espresso
bars in Italy.
Coffee in the 21st Century
Today, coffee is a giant global industry employing more than 20 million people. This
commodity ranks second only to petroleum in terms of dollars traded worldwide. With
over 400 billion cups consumed every year, coffee is the world's most popular beverage.
If you can imagine, in Brazil alone, over 5 million people are employed in the cultivation
and harvesting of over 3 billion coffee plants.
Sales of premium specialty coffees in the United States have reached the multi billion-
dollar level, and are increasing significantly on an annual basis.
6. Caffè Americano, or Americano (Italian: "American coffee") is a style
of coffee prepared by adding hot water to espresso, giving a similar
strength but different flavor from regular drip coffee. The strength of
an Americano varies with the number of shots of espresso and the
amount of water added.
In the United States, "Americano" is used broadly to mean combining
hot water and espresso in either order, but in a narrower definition it
refers adding water to espresso (espresso on the bottom), while
adding espresso to water (espresso on the top) is instead referred to
as a long black.
The name is also spelled with varying capitalization and use of
diacritics: e.g. Café Américano – a hyper foreignism using the French
word for coffee and the Italian word for American, plus an additional
incorrect accent, café Americano, cafe Americano, etc.
7. Cappuccino
Traditionally, one-third espresso, one-third steamed milk, and one-third micro foam.
Often in the United States, the cappuccino is made as a café latte with much more
foam, which is less espresso than the traditional definition would require. Sometimes
topped (upon request) with a light dusting of cocoa powder.
Doppio in espresso is a double shot, extracted using a double in the port filter. This
results in 60ml of drink, double the amount of a single shot espresso. More commonly
called a standard double, it is a standard in judging the espresso quality in barista
competitions. Doppio is Italian, meaning "double".
A single shot of espresso by contrast is called a solo, and developed because it was the
maximum amount that could practically be extracted on lever espresso machines.
Today the Doppio is the standard shot, and because solos require a different , solo
shots are often produced by making ("pulling") a Doppio in a two-spout port filter, but
only catching one of the streams (the other stream may be discarded or used in
another drink).
8. Espresso con panna, which means "espresso with cream" in Italian, is a single
or double shot of espresso topped with whipped cream. In the US it may also
be called café Vienne and in the UK café Viennois.
In Vienna the term Wiener Mélange properly refers to a different drink, made
with foamed milk rather than whipped cream. An espresso con panna is
properly called a Franziskaner, but ordering a Wiener Mélange will often
yield the arrival this drink even in Vienna.
In France café Viennois refers to both an espresso con panna and a Wiener
Mélange.
Historically served in a demitasse cup, it is perhaps a more old fashioned
drink than a latte or cappuccino, though still very popular, whichever name it
receives, at Coffeehouses in Budapest and Vienna.
Caffè espresso, or just espresso is a concentrated coffee beverage brewed by
forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee. In contrast to
other coffee brewing methods, espresso often has a thicker consistency, a
higher concentration of dissolved solids, and crema. As a result of the
pressurized brewing process, all of the flavors and chemicals in a typical cup
of coffee are very concentrated. For this reason, espresso is the base for
other drinks, such as lattes, cappuccino, macchiato and mochas.
9. Café au lait] (French for "coffee with milk") is a French coffee drink. The meaning of
the term differs between Europe and the United States; in both cases it means some
kind of coffee with hot milk added, in contrast to white coffee, which is coffee with
room temperature milk or other whitener added.
Ristretto (It. "restricted") or (It. "short"): with less water, yielding a stronger taste (10–
20 mL). Café serré or Café court in French.
Solo (It. "single") Single (1 fluid ounce) shot of espresso.
10. Americano: A single shot of espresso with about 7 ounces of hot water added to the
mix. The name for this coffee drink stemmed from an insult to ‘uncouth’ Americans
who weren’t up to drinking full espressos.
Black coffee: A drip brew, percolated or French press style coffee served straight, with
no milk.
Cafe au Lait: Similar to Caffe Latte, except that an au lait is made with brewed coffee
instead of espresso. Additionally, the ratio of milk to coffee is 1:1, making for a much
less intense taste.
Caffe Latte: Essentially, a single shot of espresso in steamed (not frothed) milk. The
ratio of milk to coffee should be about 3:1, but you should be aware that latte in
Italian means ‘milk’, so be careful ordering one when in Rome.
Cafe Macchiato: A shot of espresso with steamed milk added. The ratio of coffee to
milk is approximately 4:1.
Cappuccino: Usually equal parts espresso, steamed milk, and frothed milk, often with
cinnamon or flaked chocolate sprinkled on top. Some coffee shops will add more milk
than that so that the customer will get a bigger drink out of the deal, but that makes
the coffee itself far weaker.
11. Interesting facts about Coffee
• Coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the world.
• Coffee is the second most traded good globally after petroleum.
• Antioxidants or Flavonoids found in coffee help support the immune system.
• Coffee does not grow in North America or Europe.
• The 2 common species of the coffee plant are Coffee Arabica and Coffee
Robusta.
• The Coffee "bean" is actually a "seed", and each coffee fruit has 2.
• Caffeine overdose typically causes death due to ventricular fibrillation.
• Arab legend maintains that the coffee bean was discovered by goats watched
by a Goatherd named Kaldi.
• When Coffee first become popular in Europe, it was banned for religious
reasons.
• The rarest coffee in the world is Jamaica Blue Mountain.
12. • The first espresso machines were introduced at the beginning of
the 20th Century, with the first patent being filed by Luigi Bezzera
of Milan, Italy, in 1901. Up until the mid-1940s, when the piston
lever espresso machine was introduced, it was produced solely
with steam pressure.
• While espresso has more caffeine per unit volume of most
beverages, compared on the basis of usual serving sizes, a 30 mL
(1 fluid ounce) shot of espresso has about half the caffeine of a
standard 180 mL (6 fluid ounce) cup of drip brewed coffee, which
varies from 80 to 130 mg.
13. How to serve it ?
• There are several ways to serve coffee: black, with milk, with cream, with
or without sugar, etc. We can also add chocolate or cinnamon.
• It is served warm, however, iced coffee beverages have recently begun to
spread. The taste for coffee is not instant. It is acquired because it is strong
and bitter.
• At the end of a meal, after clearing the table, serve the coffee on a serving
tray with cappuccino cups and a teaspoon that you will have placed in the
saucer.
• When serving coffee, leave the water glasses on the table, but remove the
wine glasses. Coffee is served on the right side of the guest and the
teaspoon is placed in the right side of the cup. Sugar, presented in a sugar
bowl, is served with sugar tongs for sugar cubes. Provide an assortment of
white and brown sugar, cane sugar, milk and cream around the coffee.
• Offer your guests the choice to enjoy a cup of coffee or tea and always
offer a second cup. Eventually, you can add dark chocolates or cocoa - you
will see, it is delicious!
14. Things You'll Need
• Coffee pot
• Coffee / Demitasse cup & Saucer
• Demitasse / T-Spoon
• Sugar Caddie
• Napkin
• Milk creamer
• Plates
• Serving platters
• Serving spoons and forks
