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Introduction
Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content. It has the highest sales in the world market for hot drinks.
The seeds of the Coffea plant's fruits are separated to produce unroasted green coffee beans. The beans are roasted and then ground into fine particles typically steeped in hot water before being filtered out, producing a cup of coffee. It is usually served hot, although chilled or iced coffee is common. Coffee can be prepared and presented in a variety of ways (e.g., espresso, French press, caffè latte, or already-brewed canned coffee). Sugar, sugar substitutes, milk, and cream are often added to mask the bitter taste or enhance the flavor.
Though coffee is now a global commodity, it has a long history tied closely to food traditions around the Red Sea. The earliest credible evidence of coffee drinking as the modern beverage appears in modern-day Yemen in southern Arabia in the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines, where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed in a manner similar to how it is now prepared for drinking. The coffee beans were procured by the Yemenis from the Ethiopian Highlands via coastal Somali intermediaries, and cultivated in Yemen. By the 16th century, the drink had reached the rest of the Middle East and North Africa, later spreading to Europe. (Full article...)
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Various grinders for coffee and spices (from Coffee preparation) -
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A Viennese café (from Coffeehouse) -
Palestinian women grinding coffee, 1905 (from History of coffee) -
A Viennese coffeehouse (2004) (from Coffee culture) -
Coffee break in Belgrade (2013) (from Coffee culture) -
Coffee house culture between Vienna and Trieste: the coffee, the newspaper, the glass of water and the marble tabletop (from History of coffee) -
Caffe Reggio on MacDougal Street in New York City's Greenwich Village which was founded in 1927 (from Coffeehouse) -
Dutch coffee-roasting machine, c. 1920 (from Coffee preparation) -
In a pour-over, the water passes through the coffee grounds, gaining soluble compounds to form coffee. Insoluble compounds remain within the coffee filter. (from Coffee preparation) -
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Wheel coffee grinder (from Coffee preparation) -
Café Zimmermann, Leipzig (engraving by Johann Georg Schreiber, 1732) (from History of coffee) -
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"Discussing the War in a Paris Café", The Illustrated London News, 17 September 1870 (from Coffeehouse) -
Family in Söderhamn, Sweden, seated for fika (c. 1916) (from Coffee culture) -
Pope Clement VIII: The Pope who popularised coffee in Europe among Christians (from History of coffee) -
Caffè San Marco in Trieste, known for its artists, writers and intellectuals (2014) (from Coffee culture) -
The Federal Coffee Palace, built on Collins Street, Melbourne, in 1888, was the largest and grandest Coffee Palace ever built. It was demolished in 1973. (from Coffeehouse) -
Cafés in central Tirana (2017) (from Coffee culture) -
Caffè Florian in Venice (from Coffeehouse) -
A coffee shop in Angeles City, Philippines (from Coffeehouse) -
Allow cold brew to steep for 8 to 24 hours (from Coffee preparation) -
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The Grey Owl Coffee shop in Norman, Oklahoma (from Coffeehouse) -
The Coffee Bearer by John Frederick Lewis (1857) (from History of coffee)
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A coffee shop at a library in Melbourne (2006) (from Coffee culture) -
A café in a former church, Utrecht (from Coffeehouse) -
Monsooned Malabar arabica, compared with green Yirgachefe beans from Ethiopia (from History of coffee) -
18th century French plan of Mocha, Yemen. The Somali, Jewish and European quarters are located outside the citadel. The Dutch, English, Turkish and French trading posts are inside the city walls. (from History of coffee) -
A coffeehouse in London, 17th century (from Coffeehouse) -
Home espresso machine with pump (from Coffee preparation) -
Café Mélange, Vienna (from Coffeehouse) -
Filter coffee being brewed (from Coffee preparation) -
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Statue of Fernando Pessoa by Lagoa Henriques, next to the A Brasileira café, in Chiado, Lisbon. (from Coffeehouse) -
Centre Place, Melbourne. Australia and New Zealand have competing claims as being the birthplace of the "flat white". (from Coffeehouse) -
Caffè Florian in Venice (2015) (from Coffee culture)
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Coffeehouses often sell pastries or other food items. (from Coffeehouse) -
Syrian Bedouin from a beehive village in Aleppo, Syria, sipping the traditional murra (bitter) coffee, 1930 (from History of coffee) -
Central European Habsburg coffee house culture: news, coffee, the glass of water and the marble table top (2004) (from Coffee culture)
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Drip coffee maker (from Coffee preparation) -
Kaffa kalid coffeepot, by French silversmith François-Thomas Germain, 1757, silver with ebony handle, Metropolitan Museum of Art (from History of coffee) -
Coffeepot (cafetière "campanienne"), part of a service, 1836, hard-paste porcelain, Metropolitan Museum of Art (from History of coffee) -
Coffee grinder (from Coffee preparation) -
Café Kampela, Helsinki (from Coffeehouse) -
A 1652 handbill advertising coffee for sale in St. Michael's Alley, London (from History of coffee) -
The Café de Flore in Paris is one of the oldest coffeehouses in the city. It is celebrated for its famous clientele, which included high-profile writers and philosophers. (from Coffeehouse) -
Home espresso machine without pump (only with steam pressure) (from Coffee preparation) -
Moka pot (from Coffee preparation) -
A variation on the moka pot with the upper section formed as a coffee fountain (from Coffee preparation) -
Café neon sign in Breda (from Coffeehouse) -
A coffeehouse in Cairo, 18th century (from Coffeehouse) -
Trieste from where the cappuccino spread (from Coffeehouse) -
Dutch engraving of Mocha in 1692 (from History of coffee) -
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Interior of an espresso bar from Baliuag, Philippines (from Coffeehouse) -
Rumah Loer, a contemporary-style coffee shop (Indonesian: rumah kopi kekinian) in Palembang, Indonesia (from Coffeehouse) -
A shop specialised in drip coffee in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand (from Coffeehouse) -
Single serve Vietnamese drip filter (from Coffee preparation) -
The word coffee in various European languages (from Coffeehouse) -
An espresso by the glass in Trieste - in the local dialect "Nero in B" (from Coffee culture) -
Café Tortoni is an emblematic café in Buenos Aires. Frequented by Jorge Luis Borges among many other figures of Argentina. (from Coffeehouse) -
Coffee plantation (from History of coffee) -
Commercial espresso machine (from Coffee preparation)
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Espresso and tonic or espresso tonic is a non-alcoholic mixed drink made by mixing espresso and tonic water. First recorded in 2007, the drink became popular in Scandinavia before spreading to North America, Japan, and around the world. The key ingredients are espresso and tonic water, but other flavorings may be added. (Full article...)
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A latte macchiato, which literally means stained milk. This refers to the method of preparation, wherein the milk gets "stained" by the addition of espresso.
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- ... that during the October 1980 West Nile campaign, rebels were initially hailed as "liberators", only for them to start looting coffee?
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- ... that the city council of Bandung in the Dutch East Indies initially met at the site of a former coffee-packing factory?
- ... that the Highfield Cocoa and Coffee House in Sheffield, England, sold tea, coffee and cocoa at a penny a pint and also provided billiards and reading rooms?
- ... that in a copyright infringement case over a coffee-table history of the Grateful Dead, the Second Circuit held that a reuser can still claim fair use despite negotiating with the rights holder?
- ... that Justly Watson died suddenly in 1757 from the effects of poison administered in his coffee, it was believed, by a servant?
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