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Coffee First, Then the World: One Woman's Record-Breaking Pedal Around the Planet

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Having already conquered Africa and the Indian Ocean nations and sweeping over Europe, the little beans were about to make their way even further west to conquer every nation touching the Atlantic Ocean. Crossing The Atlantic The name ‘coffee’ can be traced to an Ethiopian port called ‘Kaffa’, however many accounts report that the name coffee actually came from the Arabic word ‘Qahwah’.

No sir, said she, we have renounced all Tea in this Place. I cant make Tea, but I'le make you Coffee.' Accordingly I have drank Coffee every Afternoon since, and have borne it very well. Tea must be universally renounced. I must be weaned, and the sooner, the better.A recent change to the coffee market are lattes, Frappuccinos and other sugary coffee drinks. This has caused coffee houses to be able to use cheaper coffee beans in their coffee. The first coffeehouse in England was opened in St. Michael's Alley in Cornhill, London. The proprietor was Pasqua Rosée, the servant of Daniel Edwards, a trader in Turkish goods. Edwards imported the coffee and assisted Rosée in setting up the establishment. Coffee was also brought in through the British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company in the 17th century. Oxford's Queen's Lane Coffee House, established in 1654, is still in existence today. By 1675, there were more than 3,000 coffeehouses throughout England, but there were many disruptions in the progressive movement of coffeehouses between the 1660s and 1670s. [46] During the enlightenment, these early English coffee houses became gathering places used for deep religious and political discussions among the populace, since it was a rare opportunity for sober discussion. [47] This practice became so common, and potentially subversive, that Charles II made an attempt to crush coffee houses in 1670s. [37] Around 1714, King Louis XIV of France received a coffee plant as a gift, which he had planted in his gardens. Come 1723, Gabriel de Clieu, a young naval officer, took it upon himself to take a seedling from the King’s coffee plants.

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Coffee was originally consumed in the Islamic world and was directly related to religious practices. [32] For example, coffee helped its consumers fast in the day and stay awake at night, during the Muslim celebration of Ramadan. [33] In later editions Dufour casts doubt on the identity of Rhazes' bunchum, which is shared by Edward Forbes Robinson, The Early History of Coffee Houses in England (London, 1893), noted by Ukers 1922:

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