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900
First written data of the Cafe.
Coffee arrives in Yemen, in caravans of Arab merchants, where they call it Q'Ahwah, or "Kahwah" -
1300
Les Cafeiers Du Globe”
According to the scholar A. Chevalier who published in 1929 "Les Cafeiers Du Globe" indicates that coffee was grown in Arabia for the first time only in the fourteenth century. -
1511
They prohibit coffee.
Khaine Beg, Governor of Mecca, prohibits drinking coffee, is considered a harmful drink to good manners. -
1523
Campaign against coffee consumption
The priest Abdallah Ibrahim, from the Haffanaine mosque, starts a campaign against coffee consumption. It causes such an uproar that the Sheik Obelek calls a meeting with the most influential people, to make a final decision about the coffee, accusations and defenses are discussed, coffee cups are served to those present. -
1534
Constantinople
In Constantinople, the name of the coffee appears for the first time, in an explanation and commentary of its qualities. -
1566
Another version
A document is published in Arabia, in which it is said that a Mollah named Djmaleddin Abou Elfrager, was the one who introduced coffee to Arabia, from Abyssinia in the fourteenth century. -
1573
Trip chronicles
The famous writer and traveler Rauwolf, mentions with great enthusiasm the coffee in one of his illustrated chronicles. Apparently he is the first European to analyze and disseminate the characteristics of this new drink. -
Baba Budan
Baba Budan, a Mohammedan pilgrim, sows coffee plants near his home in Chikmagalur, in the Mysore Mountains, in India. -
Cafe across Europe
Coffee is spread throughout Europe, in Italy it was called Cafee, in Spain Café, in England Coffee. A very aromatic variety comes from the Yemeni Port of Al Mukha, so in Italy they called this variety Caffe Mocha. -
Arrival of machinery
The French merchant Haye brings to Paris from Turkey, roasted coffee and some devices for his preparation. -
Coffee arrives in America
While the French try to seize the Spanish part of Santo Domingo and the Spanish explore the region of Texas and establish missions in Arizona. Coffee arrives in America, Boston is the first city that enjoys its aroma and flavor. -
First coffee machine
Count Rumford (born in Woburn, Massachusetts) whose real name was Benjamin Thompson, invented the first coffee machine, -
New ways to prepare coffee
Louis Bernard Rabaut, experimenting new ways to prepare coffee, try passing a mixture of hot water and steam in freshly roasted and ground coffee, is discovering the modern espresso coffee. -
International Coffee Organization
The International Coffee Organization is founded, its main objectives are to regulate the market, mainly prices and quotas of production and also to promote its scientific diffusion. -
The coffee news
British and Japanese scientists identified the genes that code for an enzyme that catalyzes the last two steps of caffeine biosynthesis, both in coffee and tea plants,
