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Coffee -- A very attractive seed (2)

Initially, the coffee has been used as a magic drug, in Yemen and the Arabian Peninsula, is limited to follow the doctor's advice to drink. However, the characteristics of its exciting but it can not be confined to long-term medical use. Lot of people put it to stimulate the brain as a stimulant, some people consider coffee to have a religious hallucinations function. Thus, the Islamic holy city of Mecca in the city center, such as coffee shops have sprung up there.

 

Fashion Cafe has been operating north of the spread of the 17th century, spread to Europe. According to the records, are Europe's first coffee house in 1645 in Venice, Italy opened.

 

For this discovery of coffee, the Arabs have always treasure striker, so people will have not allowed any coffee species ability to reproduce door out of the country. However, the 15 end of the century, one is called Baba·Boudin Indian Muslim pilgrims put seven coffee strapped to his body secretly brought out the Arabian Peninsula, then planted in southern India Chikarmalagur a nearby seclusion Department. It is said that all the world's coffee is derived from this seed 7.

 

For large-scale commercial production of coffee trees there are mainly two: one is the arabica coffee tree or into Arabica coffee, the other is the Congo, or Robusta coffee tree coffee tree. The former originated from the Middle East, while the latter originated from Congo. Compared the two, the former output of good quality coffee in the world, the most widely plant; the latter is more hardy and can endure even worse than the former climatic conditions. In addition, many Robusta coffee beans for instant coffee production.

 

In Europe, the earliest to engage in coffee trade, the Dutch are. From Malabar in southwestern India, imports of coffee seedlings in coastal areas, and then transported to that time known as the Dutch East Indies colony, now Indonesia.

 

In 1715, bent to the then very powerful and influential French King Louis XIV big gallant Dutch coffee maker and learned that he loves to drink coffee, they offer one of its coffee seedlings. After millions of coffee trees, including those produced in Central and South America, coffee trees, all benefit from this strain are small seedlings.

 

 

In 1720, the first batch of coffee seedlings arrive French Caribbean island of Martinique. This is thanks to people Chevalier Gabriel Mathieu de Clieu knight tireless efforts, which he later referred to as the spread of coffee hero. At that time, de Clieu knight Edmund trying to convince the French authorities to allow him to remove some types of coffee can be inserted branches, but was refused. Out of frustration, he would steal out of branches, boat heading for the French Caribbean colonies, is to make the coffee trees to plant in the island of Martinique. However, the island of Martinique in the drive way, he brought coffee seedlings after several twists and turns, the face was all destroyed. First encounter pirate attacks, followed by sailing due to no wind should not sail, and then there are the resulting lack of water. Apart from a barely surviving seedlings, and other withered and died because of lack of water. At after a period of time, this strain of long and thin seedlings to rely on weak de Clieu knight sharing the little fresh water, until finally reach the destination safe and sound - Martinique.

 

Planted shortly after, this strain survived coffee seedlings will be like a duck to water, lush verdant grow. 50 years later, Martinique Island and nearby islands on the coffee trees have been more than 20 million. Unfortunately, Tak·Sir Edmund did not see the coffee harvest. Gratifying that at his death, his statue was enshrined in the great temple in French, from generation to generation by the people's respect. And next to him is at first taken to put the potato in France·Antoine Parmentier.

 

In 1730, the introduction of English put coffee Giamaica - now famous Blue Mountain coffee mixed hometown. 19th century 80's, the British planters to create a coffee industry in Kenya, the emergence of an interesting phenomenon: This is the experienced one and a half centuries of ups and downs, the coffee, allow that precious magnificent wonderful, soliciting a After the big circle back to its birthplace.

 

At the same time, French people continue to be extended to the east, the Vietnamese coffee. In 1896, Queensland, Australia, also began to plant coffee, and the species from the growth of Robusta coffee in Brazil. Brazil thus became the world's biggest coffee producing countries.

 

20 era of the 18th century, when the Brazilian emperor bent on making their own country to become prosperous in a world of coffee. So he sent a special envoy Don Francisco de Mehla Palheta to French Guiana to strike a coffee species, however, as in the past Arabs and Dutch, the French people is also extremely stingy.

 

 

While the gentle, handsome tenement with local government officials of negotiations did not succeed, but for the glory of the motherland, he is trying to persuade the governor's wife. His wife put some coffee governor and Softwood species hidden in a bouquet of flowers in a gift Ton. Brazil is the largest coffee empire in this foundation grow up together. Use this simple story to the end of this very attractive coffee seeds history but rather appropriate.

Coffee -- A very attractive seed

 "If the job gap do not drink coffee, my heart would feel a little lost ..."

 

    Regardless of past and present, coffee has always been a strange drink.

 

   TV ads often will find the following scenario: It is a bad mood and drinking a cup of strong coffee, or in dusty desert on the side of the train journey meditation side of fine chemicals, or a romantic night in tropical yacht fine Fine taste, finally, into a solo duet, one person alone Chuai become two of the drink.

 

    Although coffee originated in East Africa, but now, its unique aroma and taste has been the peoples of the world's favorite.

 

  Legend around the middle of the 9th century AD, in Abyssinia, now Ethiopia, live in a quiet shepherd, named William M. Coady. He usually always restocking goats listlessness may be returned when the day has to bounce, excited. Coady strange act of goats are very curious, so the second day of goats when they go out, he followed subsequently found in goats grazing on an evergreen shrub of red fruit.

 

  Coady personally tried a few, soon felt the spirit of abnormal euphoric. Excited, he went to spread the accident found that the way met an elderly Muslim mullah (mullahs are on the National Teacher of Islam, sir, said King scholars). The mullahs make love dozing old prayer for him much distress.

 

  Coady personally tried a few, soon felt the spirit of abnormal euphoric. Excited, he went to spread the accident found that the way met an elderly Muslim mullah (mullahs are on the National Teacher of Islam, sir, said King scholars). The mullahs make love dozing old prayer for him much distress.

 

  Obviously, the mullahs more than the shepherd who has a scientific mind, he carried out several such fruit test finally came up with a good approach, namely, by boiling raw fruit into a pleasant aroma and delicious drinks.

 

    When the coffee in the Ethiopian central highlands still are wild plants, in the Red Sea across the Arab country of Yemen, and its role in the magic found only a few hundred years, it has become a popular local favorite drinks the people. At that time, an important port in Yemen Mocha, coffee beans were shipped to other countries and regions, such as India, Java, and Venice. Mocha coffee its name.