Coffee Timeline

The history of coffee goes at least as far back as the thirteenth century. It has been believed that the Ethiopian people were the first to discover and recognize the energizing effect of the coffee bean plant. The legend goes, An Ethiopian observed birds of unusual vitality, and, upon trying the berries that the birds had been eating, experienced the same vitality. Today that vitality is only second to the great taste of a coffee bean roasted to perfection and distributed by Roaster's Pride.

• Approximately 5 AD The coffee was discovered in Ethiopia.
  

• 700-1000 Coffee was first known by the Arabs as an energy drink . The spread of coffee was started simultaneously with the spread of Islam.
  

• 1000 Ibn Sina investigated the chemical substance of coffee.
  

• 1400 The spread of coffee and coffee shops rapidly in the Arabian peninsula, especially Mecca and Medina.
  

• 1645 The first coffee shop opened in Venice, Italy.
  

• 1668 coffee shop 'Edward Lloyd's' opened in London. From this coffee shop and then Edward opened the most prominent insurance companies in the world of Lloyd's of London Insurance.
  

• 1668 Coffee began to be known in North America.
  

• 1669 The coffee shop was introduced in Paris by the Turkish ambassador to the king of Louis XIV.
  

• 1670 London devoted to coffee. Coffee shop opened in every corner of London. Coffee was introduced in Germany. In Brazil, coffee cultivation began. Types of coffee grown is the Coffea Arabica Lind.
  

• 1674 Women's Petition against coffee issued in London.
  

• 1675 King Charles II closes all coffee shops in London.
  

• 1679 in Marseilles, a chemist testified that French coffee is destructive and dangerous to human health.
  

• 1688 More than 800 local coffee shop opened in Soho (England).
  

• 1696 The first coffee shop called The King's Arms opened in New York.
  

• 1706 Java Coffee studied Dutch in Amsterdam.
  

• 1730 British planted coffee in Jamaica.
  

• 1777 King of Germany (Prussia) announced a ban on criticism and coffee, and announced as the national drink German beer Kingdom.
  

• 1790 British coffee shop is a typical beginning to disappear slowly replaced by a beer tavern (tavern).
  

• 1809 Coffee was first imported from Brazil into the U.S. market in Salem, Massachusetts.
  

• 1820 Substance Caffeine found in coffee drinks in unison by three different studies - and, of course, each researcher was working on their own - made by Runge, Robiquet, Pelletier and Caventou
  

• 1822 prototype of an espresso coffee machine made in France.
  

• 1869 Coffee leaf rust (fungus coffee) was first discovered in Sri Lanka and coffee plants in Asia.
  

• 1873 Coffee in bulk packaging was first introduced in America by John Arbukle.
  

• 1882 The New York Coffee Exchange formed.
  

• 1869 outbreak of a fungal disease across Asia that causes destruction of Coffea Arabica coffee manifold Lind, who was widely planted in Asia. Until this year, people started planting various kinds of coffee are numerous in the Congo region.
  

• 1904 espresso machine made modern by Fernando Milly.
  

• 1906 Brazil raises coffee prices after creating the price (exchange rate) fixed for the commodity coffee.
  

• 1910 Germany makes decaf coffee (caffeine in coffee substance reduction to a minimum), was introduced to America by the name Dekafa.
  

• 1911 coffee traders in the U.S. to form the National Coffee Association.
  

• 1915 Pyrex found. Coffee shop using a pyrex heat resistant glass.
  

• 1920 coffee shop 'new' booming in America.
  

• 1927 espresso coffee machines were first introduced in America.
  

• 1928 Colombian Coffee Federation is formed.
  

• 1930-1944 Coffee growers destroy 78 million bags of Brazilian coffee to stabilize prices.
  

• 1938 Cremonesi: a piston pump that can spray hot water with high speed to brew coffee.
  

• 1938 Nestle find instant coffee in Brazil, Nestle the largest producer of instant coffee in the world.
  

• 1939-1945 U.S. forces bring instant coffee in the war and introduce it to the world.
  

• 1942 People begin hoarding coffee due to wartime shortages. In England at this time coffee is rationed.
  

• 1946 Gaggia Factory produces commercial cappuccino machine for the first time. The word cappuccino comes from the color of Capucin Coat.
  

• 1960 carrying coffee bar doubled from 1.000 to 2.000 across the UK, most in the London
  

• 1962 Peak of coffee consumption per capita in the United States, 3 cups per person per day.
  

• 1962 International Agreement on trade in coffee is made, the intent is to control prices.
  

• 1964 Coffee Bar dying in England, replaced by restaurants with a variety of dishes.
  

• 1971 Starbuck Outlet first opened in Seattle.
  

• 1973 Fair Trade Coffee was first imported to Europe from Guatemala.
  

• 1975 Brazil suffered because of failed harvests, world coffee prices soared.
  

• 1989 International Coffee Agreement fails to stabilize prices. In the history of the coffee trade down to its lowest level.
  Introduced organic coffee that are excellent in the world coffee market.
  

• 1998 Starbucks reach 2000 Outlets in the U.S. and 5,715 outlets worldwide.