The word coffee entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch koffie, borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish kahve (قهوه), borrowed in turn from the Arabic qahwah (قَهْوَة). Medieval Arab lexicographers traditionally … See more

The earliest mention of coffee noted by the literary coffee merchant Philippe Sylvestre Dufour is a reference to bunchum in the works of the 10th … See more

Coffee was first introduced to Europe in Hungary when the Turks invaded Hungary at the Battle of Mohács in 1526. Within a year, coffee had reached Vienna by the same Turks who fought the Europeans at the Siege of Vienna (1529). Later in the 16th century, coffee … See more

During the cultivation, brewed coffee was reserved exclusively for the priesthood and the medical profession; doctors would use the brew for … See more

Studies of genetic diversity have been performed on Coffea arabica varieties, which were found to be of low diversity but with retention of … See more

Gabriel de Clieu brought coffee seedlings to Martinique in the Caribbean in 1720. Those sprouts flourished and 50 years later there were … See more

The first step in Europeans' wresting the means of production was effected by Nicolaes Witsen, the enterprising burgomaster of … See more