Coffee's Journey to Europe

By Bjnvelasquez
  • 750

    Coffee is Discovered

    Coffee is Discovered
    Source
    Picture Source Khalid, an Arab shepard, noticed that his goats' behavior changed after eating berries from a certain bush. The bush was a coffee bush.
  • Period: 1201 to 1300

    Coffee Gains Prominence

    Source A drink made from roasted coffee beans becomes extremely popular in Arabia
  • 1414

    Coffee is known in Mecca

    Source
  • 1475

    First Coffee House Opens

    Source Kiva Han opens in Constantinople
  • 1511

    Governor of Mecca Bans Coffee

    Source 1
    Source 2 Upset that people are satirizing him, the governor of Mecca bans coffee.
  • 1511

    Mecca Un-Bans Coffee

    Source The Sultan of Cairo overturns the Governor of Mecca's ban on Coffee
  • Period: 1536 to

    The Pope Approves

    Source Pope Clement VIII approves of coffee.
  • 1570

    Coffee Goes to Italy

    Source Venetian merchants begin importing coffee.
  • Period: to

    Coffee Drinkers get the Death Penalty

    Source Murad IV instituted the death penalty for coffee drinkers during his reign of the Ottoman Empire. People drank coffee anyway.

  • England Gets Coffee

    Source The first British coffee shop opened in East Oxford in 1650.