Kaffee redet nicht Kaffee jammert nicht Kaffee macht einfach seinen job ich mag kaffee

How coffee came to GermanyThe coffee plant reputedly originated in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. A genius must have figured how to ferment, roast, grind and turn the seeds of that plant into a stimulating, hot beverage. Coffee spread across the growing Arab empire in middle ages and, as trade with northwest Europe expanded in the 16th and 17th century, the first coffee houses appeared first in Italy, then France and in 1673 and 1677 in Bremen and Hamburg, respectively. In fact, over the next three centuries, these two ports cities became European hubs for storing, processing and even de-caffeinating coffee beans from all over the world..The classic roots of KaffeeklatschIn the late 17th and 18th centuries, the classic age of enlightenment and reason, coffee salons and at-home coffee soirees grew immensely popular all over Europe, especially Germany and the Austrian empire. Primarily upper-class ladies (Damenkranz) congregated at these places for one purpose: to share the latest gossip, stimulated by caffeine and sugar … essentially the equivalent of men’s’ only bars and cigar clubs. Johannes Sebastian Bach even composed a comedic opera about the addiction to coffee chatter, with words from the German satirist Christian Friedrich Henrici (also known as Picander). The name of the opera is “Schweigt Stille. Plaudert nicht” (Be quiet. Don’t chatter), or better known as Bachs Kaffeekantate (“Ei! wie schmeckt der Coffee süße”).

Kaffee redet nicht Kaffee jammert nicht Kaffee macht einfach seinen job ich mag kaffee

Once planted, the seedling not only thrived, but it’s credited with the spread of over 18 million coffee trees on the island of Martinique in the next 50 years. Even more incredible is that this seedling was the parent of all coffee trees throughout the Caribbean, South and Central America.The famed Brazilian coffee owes its existence to Francisco de Mello Palheta, who was sent by the emperor to French Guiana to get coffee seedlings. The French were not willing to share, but the French Governor’s wife, captivated by his good looks, gave him a large bouquet of flowers before he left— buried inside were enough coffee seeds to begin what is today a billion-dollar industry.Missionaries and travelers, traders and colonists continued to carry coffee seeds to new lands, and coffee trees were planted worldwide. Plantations were established in magnificent tropical forests and on rugged mountain highlands. Some crops flourished, while others were short-lived. New nations were established on coffee economies. Fortunes were made and lost. By the end of the 18th century, coffee had become one of the world’s most profitable export crops. After crude oil, coffee is the most sought commodity in the world.