Coffee Delivery And Espresso Machines

Were you aware of how popular coffee is? It is the most consumed beverage by people all over the world. There are literally dozens of types of different coffees grown and produced in dozens of different countries. Coffee Clubs, like Gevalia Coffee, have become increasingly popular.

When it comes to the origin of coffee, it appears as though it got its start about 1300 years ago in Abyssinia and the area around the Red Sea. Record from that time period reveal instances of coffee berry pulp being used for rituals and as a health tonic.

It was the Arabs who began to spread the use of coffee about 900 years ago after being exposed to it through trade. The Arabs used coffee to make a drink called gahwa, which means “to prevent sleep”. They made this drink by first roasting the coffee bean and then boiling it in water.

Everywhere Arabs traveled, coffee went along. It was the Arabs that brought coffee to North Africa, India and the Mediterranean. But the Arabs didn’t let anyone else grow it. They only traded beans already prepared for boiling and heavily guarded the coffee plants. Eventually, coffee beans were eventually smuggled out to other countries.

The first coffee shop opened in 1475 in Constantinople. Coffee arrived in Turkey in 1554. About 2 years later, two coffee houses opened there. They proved to be very popular places for people to gather, with customers socializing, engaging in intellectual discussions, playing games and, of course, drinking coffee.

It was in the 1600s that coffee entered Europe through the port of Venice in Italy. Later in that century that the first coffee houses opened in England. Coffee houses were often referred to as “penny universities” because it cost a penny to come in and have a cup of coffee and because of the intellectual discussions among the patrons.

Some interesting coffee trivia:

• The first espresso machine was invented in Italy.
• The Hills Brothers were the first to begin packing and transporting roasted coffee in vacuum tins. This eventually caused the demise of local roasting shops and coffee mills.
• It was a Japanese-American chemist by the name of Satori Kato who invented the first instant coffee in Chicago.
• Gevalia was introduced in 1920 in Sweden by the trading company Victor Theodore Engwall & Co. Most Gevalia Coffee is sold in Denmark, Sweden and the Baltic region. Membership in the Gevalia Coffee Club has been growing every year since it was started.
• Seventy percent of the world’s coffee crop is imported by the United States.
• The name Cappuccino comes from the color, which resembles the color of the robes worn by Capuchin monks.
• Starbucks opens its first store in Seattle’s Pike Place public market in 1971.

Today, we have many different styles, grinds, and flavors of coffee. Coffee is more popular than ever. Billions of cups of coffee are consumed world-wide every year. Scientists are even discovering that consuming coffee can even impart some health benefits. So drink and enjoy!