Producers and Consumers of the Magic Bean
Since coffee was indigenous to Africa, the first producers and consumers came from
Africa. Spreading around the world for many years, coffee reached Europe in the
seventeenth century, becoming a hot commodity among European capitalists, as it became popular around the same
time capitalism emerged. Traders that worked the Mediterranean Coast of Southern
Europe played a huge role in bringing the Arabic plant to their continent.
The Vienesse were left with bags of coffee after the invading Ottomans returned
home from Austria, and transformed coffee from a European medicine to a luxory drink commonly
consumed at parties. Georg Kolshitsky did this by removing sediment from Turkish coffee
and adding milk and honey. The popularity arose after this.
English coffeehouses became the most powerful industries in Europe and controlled much
of the stock exchange and trade flow in England. Coffeehouses even became social
phenomenons that served coffee while acting as libraries, news centers, and even
gentlmen's clubs. Cafes became the most popular social areas of the modern world
very quickly.
Coffee's popularity came from not only the usefullness, but also the social life it brought with it everywhere it
spread. The meaning of coffee to consumers and producers has changed over the
years, as it has become one of the most widely traded products on the
planet. Coffee was also very popular as a product of global trade because even
the very poor countries were able to grow coffee and export it very successfully. With the spread of coffee reaching Europe, the product easily made it to every other continent with the discovery of the Americas in the late 1500s.
Africa. Spreading around the world for many years, coffee reached Europe in the
seventeenth century, becoming a hot commodity among European capitalists, as it became popular around the same
time capitalism emerged. Traders that worked the Mediterranean Coast of Southern
Europe played a huge role in bringing the Arabic plant to their continent.
The Vienesse were left with bags of coffee after the invading Ottomans returned
home from Austria, and transformed coffee from a European medicine to a luxory drink commonly
consumed at parties. Georg Kolshitsky did this by removing sediment from Turkish coffee
and adding milk and honey. The popularity arose after this.
English coffeehouses became the most powerful industries in Europe and controlled much
of the stock exchange and trade flow in England. Coffeehouses even became social
phenomenons that served coffee while acting as libraries, news centers, and even
gentlmen's clubs. Cafes became the most popular social areas of the modern world
very quickly.
Coffee's popularity came from not only the usefullness, but also the social life it brought with it everywhere it
spread. The meaning of coffee to consumers and producers has changed over the
years, as it has become one of the most widely traded products on the
planet. Coffee was also very popular as a product of global trade because even
the very poor countries were able to grow coffee and export it very successfully. With the spread of coffee reaching Europe, the product easily made it to every other continent with the discovery of the Americas in the late 1500s.