Coffee spread to Europe start from Venetia in biginning at 15 centries.
How was it spreaded?
There were arguments for and against, for example " Is it good for Christian to drink coffee that is Muslim's drinks ? " in Rome.
Around 16 centries, Pope Clement VIII who was then king of Rome accepted coffee as a Christian drinks by baptisming, he said " Although it is called devil's drinks, it tastes so good. It's wastful not to drink."
After that Christian could drink coffee whithout resistances.
Then coffee was spreaded to Venetia .
After that it became to be spreaded to Europe Religion.
The oldest coffee house that is still run is "Cafe･Florian"
What is coffee house ?
It is an information exchange place, and gentleman's sociable place. Gentlemans discussed literatures and ran businesses there.
At that time, female couldn't get in coffee house, and some men stayed there all the time, so their housewives submitted appeal that searched for coffee house closure because it caused marital relations crisis.
It was spreaded to the UK, Germany and France.
Le Procope that was established in France attracted many people of culture, for example Rousseau and Balzac.
Its developed Cafe Ideas that created Enlightenment, great paintings and masterpieces.
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When was coffee introduced to USA ?
There are two theories.
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It is believed that captain John - Smith introduced it to USA in 1607, for the first time.
He was a serviceman, who said words that occurred Indian war.
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It is believed that it to America from The Netherlands between 1640 to 1670 in the middle of 17 centries.
At that time, it was luxury goods, so ordinary people couldn't enjoy it.
Then, how was it spreaded USA ?
Actually, Boston Tea Party was involved with spreading of it.
In 1680s, New York became international trading place of coffee.
And some coffee shops were established there.
In such, Boston Tea Party occurred.
People's attention to coffee became be little.
※ What's Boston Tea Party ?
It occurred in 1773 and is a resistance incident to against heavy tax when East of America was a British colony.
People attacked British cargo shis and through tea leaves of cargos away to sea.
It was a American War of Independence's motive.
After that, War of 1812 occurred between 1812 to 1814.
Thereby amounts of tea importation decreased.
And after the independence, price ofcoffee became low by coffee importation from Brazil.
It was started to spread America at a stretch.
Coffee's low custom duty effected to it spreading too.
In 1880s, it became to be drunk with milk and sugar.
It became practicable to transport coffee beans with it be fresh after developing of transportation.
In several costs were reduced, coffee price became low gradually, so ordinary people could start to enjoy coffee.
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In 1727, coffee was introduced to Brazil.
Brazil was a Portuguese colony at that time.
A Portuguese first lieutenant paid attention to coffee when he visited Guiana that was one of French territories.
Although bring out of coffee was prohibited in Guiana at that time, he stole coffee beans and it's seedlings.
Then he started to cultivate it with these beans and seedlings.
It bigan to spread among Brazilian after a while.
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I want to know about coffee history in Japan!
It's because I live in.
Coffee was first introduced to Japan at the time that Japan closed the country.
Then the number of coffee lovers steadily increased and the demand became
larger and larger in The Showa Period.
However, coffee was prohibited to import as enemy drinks because of WWⅡ.
Coffee disappeared from Japanese life for a while. After the end of WWⅡ,
resumption of coffee import made people feel peace and emotion.
Coffee was drunk in various styles in Japan today. For example, Cafe and home, regular coffee and instant coffee, home coffee and official coffee service, large variety of can coffee and gourmet coffee and flavor coffee. Various way to make coffee became possible and be used depending on our preferences.
How about Korea?
After WWII, coffee was spreaded among Korean by effect from American.
How was coffee spreaded to Southeast Asia??
Under the colonization, coffee bring into Southeast Asia as a crop to export, and it started to be drank after the independence.
However, it was not spread Kingdom of Thailand because Kingdom of Thailand didn't become any colony, so there were no culture to drink coffee and cultivation of coffee .
Coffee's spread in Kingdom of Thailand occurred in recent several decades.
POINT
Coffee spread to Europe start from Venetia.
After that it became to be spreaded to Europe.
Boston Tea Party was involved with spreading of coffee in USA.
In 1727, coffee was introduced to Brazil.
Coffee was first introduced to Japan at the time that Japan closed the country.
After WWII, coffee was spreaded among Korean by effect from American.
Under the colonization, coffee bring into Southeast Asia as a crop to export, and it started to be drank after the independence.
