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Introduction
Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted, ground coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content, but decaffeinated coffee is also commercially available. There are also various coffee substitutes. Typically served hot, coffee has the highest sales in the world market for hot drinks.
Coffee production begins when the seeds from coffee cherries (the Coffea plant's fruits) are separated to produce unroasted green coffee beans. The "beans" are roasted and then ground into fine particles. Coffee is brewed from the ground roasted beans, which are typically steeped in hot water before being filtered out. It is usually served hot, although chilled or iced coffee is common. Coffee can be prepared and presented in a variety of ways (e.g., espresso, French press, caffè latte, or already-brewed canned coffee). Sugar, sugar substitutes, milk, and cream are often added to mask the bitter taste or enhance the flavor.
Though coffee is now a global commodity, it has a long history tied closely to food traditions around the Red Sea. The earliest credible evidence of coffee drinking as the modern beverage appears in modern-day Yemen in southern Arabia in the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines, where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed in a manner similar to how it is now prepared for drinking. The coffee beans were procured by the Yemenis from the Ethiopian Highlands via coastal Somali intermediaries, and cultivated in Yemen. By the 16th century, the drink had reached the rest of the Middle East and North Africa, later spreading to Europe. (Full article...)
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The World Barista Championship (WBC) is an annual barista competition operated by World Coffee Events for the title of World Barista Champion. The competition is composed of the winners of the national barista championships, which are operated by the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) chapters, or an approved, independent, non-profit national body. First held in 2000, the event is hosted in a different city every year. The most recent edition in 2024 was in Busan, South Korea. (Full article...)
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Syrian Bedouin from a beehive village in Aleppo, Syria, sipping the traditional murra (bitter) coffee, 1930 (from History of coffee) -
A café in a former church, Utrecht (from Coffeehouse) -
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Café Kampela, Helsinki (from Coffeehouse) -
The Café de Flore on the Rive Gauche in Paris is one of the oldest coffeehouses in the city. It is celebrated for its famous clientele, which included high-profile writers and philosophers. (from Coffeehouse) -
Rumah Loer, a contemporary-style coffee shop (Indonesian: rumah kopi kekinian) in Palembang, Indonesia (from Coffeehouse) -
Cafés in central Tirana (2017) (from Coffee culture) -
A Viennese coffeehouse (2004) (from Coffee culture) -
Home espresso machine with pump (from Coffee preparation) -
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Café Zimmermann, Leipzig (engraving by Johann Georg Schreiber, 1732) (from History of coffee) -
Caffe Reggio on MacDougal Street in New York City's Greenwich Village which was founded in 1927 (from Coffeehouse) -
Coffeehouses often sell pastries or other food items. (from Coffeehouse) -
"Café" neon sign in Breda (from Coffeehouse) -
Café Ekberg in 2024 (from Coffeehouse) -
Pope Clement VIII: The Pope who popularised coffee in Europe among Christians (from History of coffee) -
A variation on the moka pot with the upper section formed as a coffee fountain (from Coffee preparation)
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Monsooned Malabar arabica, compared with green Yirgachefe beans from Ethiopia (from History of coffee) -
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Centre Place, Melbourne. Australia and New Zealand have competing claims as being the birthplace of the "flat white". (from Coffeehouse) -
Kaffa kalid coffeepot, by French silversmith François-Thomas Germain, 1757, silver with ebony handle, Metropolitan Museum of Art (from History of coffee) -
Statue of Fernando Pessoa by Lagoa Henriques, next to the A Brasileira café, in Chiado, Lisbon (from Coffeehouse) -
The Grey Owl Coffee shop in Norman, Oklahoma (from Coffeehouse) -
Filter coffee being brewed (from Coffee preparation) -
Allow cold brew to steep for 8 to 24 hours. (from Coffee preparation) -
18th century French plan of Mocha, Yemen. The Somali, Jewish and European quarters are located outside the citadel. The Dutch, English, Turkish and French trading posts are inside the city walls. (from History of coffee) -
Coffee break in Belgrade (2013) (from Coffee culture) -
Café Mélange, Vienna (from Coffeehouse) -
Home espresso machine without pump (only with steam pressure) (from Coffee preparation) -
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Inside of a kopitiam, Malaysia (from Coffeehouse) -
Caffè San Marco in Trieste, known for its artists, writers and intellectuals (2014) (from Coffee culture) -
The Coffee Bearer by John Frederick Lewis (1857) (from History of coffee)
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A Viennese café (from Coffeehouse) -
Palestinian women grinding coffee, 1905 (from History of coffee) -
A coffee shop in Bacoor, Philippines (from Coffeehouse) -
Wheel coffee grinder (from Coffee preparation) -
Roadside café with a summer terrace. Buryatia, Russia (from Coffeehouse) -
A coffeehouse in Cairo, 18th century (from Coffeehouse) -
Dutch engraving of Mocha in 1692 (from History of coffee) -
A shop specialised in drip coffee in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand (from Coffeehouse) -
Dutch coffee-roasting machine, c. 1920 (from Coffee preparation) -
Caffè Florian in Venice (2015) (from Coffee culture) -
Moka pot (from Coffee preparation) -
Single serve Vietnamese drip filter (from Coffee preparation) -
The word coffee in various European languages (from Coffeehouse) -
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Caffè Florian in Venice (from Coffeehouse)
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A coffeehouse in London, 17th century (from Coffeehouse) -
Trieste from where the cappuccino spread (from Coffeehouse) -
Various grinders for coffee and spices (from Coffee preparation) -
Coffeepot (cafetière "campanienne"), part of a service, 1836, hard-paste porcelain, Metropolitan Museum of Art (from History of coffee) -
Drip coffee maker (from Coffee preparation) -
Interior of an espresso bar from Baliuag, Philippines (from Coffeehouse) -
Central European Habsburg coffee house culture: news, coffee, the glass of water and the marble table top (2004) (from Coffee culture) -
Commercial espresso machine (from Coffee preparation) -
Coffee plantation (from History of coffee) -
A 1652 handbill advertising coffee for sale in St. Michael's Alley, London (from History of coffee) -
Coffee house culture between Vienna and Trieste: the coffee, the newspaper, the glass of water and the marble tabletop (from History of coffee)
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"Discussing the War in a Paris Café", The Illustrated London News, 17 September 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War (from Coffeehouse) -
German Empot coffee maker (from Coffee preparation) -
The Federal Coffee Palace, built on Collins Street, Melbourne, in 1888, was the largest and grandest Coffee Palace ever built. It was demolished in 1973. (from Coffeehouse) -
Café Tortoni is an emblematic café in Buenos Aires. Frequented by Jorge Luis Borges among many other figures of Argentina. (from Coffeehouse) -
Coffee grinder (from Coffee preparation) -
A coffee shop at a library in Melbourne (2006) (from Coffee culture) -
In a pour-over, the water passes through the coffee grounds, gaining soluble compounds to form coffee. Insoluble compounds remain within the coffee filter. (from Coffee preparation)
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Caffè corretto (Italian: [kafˈfɛ kkorˈrɛtto]) is an Italian caffeinated alcoholic drink, consisting of a shot of espresso with a small amount of liquor, usually grappa, and sometimes sambuca or brandy. It is also known (outside Italy) as an espresso corretto. It is ordered as un caffè corretto alla grappa, ... alla sambuca, ... al cognac, or corretto di Spadino, depending on the desired liquor.
A caffè corretto is often prepared by simply adding a few drops of the desired spirit into an espresso shot; however in some cases the alcohol is served in a shot alongside the coffee, allowing the customer to pour the quantity they desire. (Full article...)
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Did you know (auto-generated)
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- ... that in a copyright infringement case over a coffee-table history of the Grateful Dead, the Second Circuit held that a reuser can still claim fair use despite negotiating with the rights holder?
- ... that Arab Coffeehouse depicts Henri Matisse's visit to Tangier, where he saw its locals gaze for hours into fishbowls?
- ... that a Vancouver TV station was intended to stop the "$1,500 cup of coffee"?
- ... that Franz Liszt's female admirers would fight over his cigar stubs and coffee dregs as souvenirs?
- ... that Steem peanut butter contained as much caffeine per serving as two cups of coffee?
- ... that actor Tatsunari Kimura ate pancakes and drank coffee while talking for eight hours during the filming of the television drama Old-Fashioned Cupcake?
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