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10,000 BCE
Farming!
People started farming cereal grains (used to make beer). -
10,000 BCE
The Fertile Crescent
Tribes farmed gathered wild grains in the Fertile Crescent, which stretched from Egypt to Iraq. -
6000 BCE
Discovery of Beer
It was discovered that by leaving a mixture of water and sprouted grains, a fermented liquid later named beer was produced -
6000 BCE
Religious Reasons
The Ancient Egyptians offered beer to the Gods, since they believed that beer had been created by the God Osiris, the God of Agriculture. -
5400 BCE
Really Early Wine?
Reddish residue found inside a jar used to store grapes in Hajji Firuz Tepe, a village near Zagros Mountains. -
4000 BCE
Distillation equipment?
Distillation equipment was found in Mesopotamia dating back to 4000 BCE. -
3200 BCE
Writing
Writing was invented in order to tax and keep track of the amounts of beer. -
3150 BCE
King Scorpion I
One of Egypt's first rulers, King Scorpion I, was buried with seven hundred jars of wine. -
870 BCE
Wine!
King Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria threw an enormous feast, and served wine as the main beverage, instead of beer. -
430 BCE
Wine transportation
Wine was very hard to transport, and by the time the boats had reached their destination, the boats had become "nearly worthless" -
170
Galen tries to find the wine!
Galen, the personal physician to emperor Aurelius, set out to find the best wine in the world to cure the emperor of a cold. -
Sep 6, 618
Tea!
Tea grows more and more popular in the Tang Dynasty. -
Sep 6, 780
Tea tax
The first tax on tea was imposed in China. -
Sep 6, 1191
More high tech tea
The newest knowledge of growing and preparing tea is brought to Japan from China by the Buddhist monk Eisai. -
Sep 6, 1300
Arnold of Villanova
French medical professor Arnold of Villanova produced instruction for distilling wine. -
Sep 6, 1386
Charles the Bad
Charles the Bad had been struck by fever and paralysis, so royal doctors were called to his chambers and attempted to heal him by distilling wine and giving it to him as medicine. -
Sep 6, 1470
Sufis
The Sufis used coffee to keep thm awake during religious nighttime rituals. -
Sep 6, 1496
Distillation Ban
People started to distill wine on their own, and it was dangerous enough that it had to be banned in Nuremburg, Germany. -
Sep 6, 1511
Alcohol ban
Religious leaders in Mecca ban the consumption of alcoholic drinks, making coffee a lot more popular. -
The Pope likes coffee!
Pope Clement was asked if Christians were allowed to drink coffee, since Muslims had banned wine, the holy drink for christians, and replaced it with coffee. Clement then tasted it and liked it so much that he approved. -
Tea is brought to Europe
A dutch ship containing a small amount of tea is brought to Europe, where it "became a novelty." -
Brandy!
Portugese planters created a strong new alcoholic drink from the byproducts of sugar and called it brandy. -
Coffeehouses in London
London's first coffeehouse was opened by Pasqua Rosee. -
Coffeehouses in France
The first french coffeehouse was opened. -
Tea shops include women!
Thomas Twining opened a teahouse next to his coffeehouse that allowed women to enter and buy tea. -
Carbonated water
Joseph Priestly discovers that, by juggling water between two glasses over a vat of fermenting alcohol at a brewery, the gas dispersed into the water crated soda water. -
Syrup is introduced
Syrup was introduced to flavor the already popular carbonated water. -
French Wine Coca
Thomas Pemberton created a very popular drink by mixing wine and the popular medicinal plant coca. -
Coca-Cola
Certain counties in Atlanta prohibited alcohol for a two-year period, so Pemberton had to create a popular, nonalcoholic alternative to French Wine Coca. He combined Coca leaves, kola nuts, lots of sugar, and carbonated water to make Coca-Cola. -
Russian Coca-Cola
Russian military general Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov loved Coca-Cola, but didn't want to be associated with such an American drink. So, he asked that a clear Coca-Cola were made, to resemble the popular Russian beverage, vodka.