Andy

How many people drink coffee?

Since coffee was introduced to western civilization around three hundred years ago, the amount of people who drink coffee has exploded in numbers. It’s popularity, not just as a kick start to the day with that all important caffeine fix, but it a social beverage widely accepted as a ‘must have’ when visiting someone’s home. From it’s origins in Ethiopia, to the first coffee...

Andy

Coffee Origins

The History of Coffee Before the seventeenth century, the history of coffee was contained to Ethiopia in Africa and Arabia. It’s name originated from the Arabic Qahwah, through its Turkish form of Kahveh, becoming Koffie in Dutch. From the Levant it spread all the way into America, changing lifestyles everywhere it landed – first arriving in Venice, sweeping turbulently through Europe on its...