The Thousand-year Passion For Coffee

Coffee has always been the drink that best represents Italy in the world, in addiction to quality wines obviously.

Indeed in a period in which home-made and typical products are replaced by industrial drinks ( see Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Red Bull and similar drinks), it seems that the coffee industry doesnt feel the crises like other food and drinks. The history of coffee is almost lost in the memories of the world: we are talking about a diffusion begun in the 900-1000 a.D. which gradually lead to new blends, new approaches to the classic espresso and innovative tools to obtain this dark, strong and flavored drink ( see the modern coffee machines, electric mochas, pods and capsules).

Coffee arrived to us thanks to the old commercial ship courses which departed from Venice and Naples ports and brought to Italy many other foods and products unknown, at the time, in Europe. Anyway some theories say that coffee was drunk even in Omeros Troia; what is certain is that even from the 1454 in the actual Yemen the population was used to drink this naturally energetic drink, commended even by the Government for its invigorating properties, opposite to the soporific effect of the qat o kat, common drink, really used by then in all the national territory.

1615 is considered the year in which this drink arrived in Europe, thanks just to the maritime courses which connected Venice and Naples and from there all the East; it is actually certain that the first Italian city which tried coffee was Venice: the credit of its introduction in Italy is of the botanist Prospero Alpini, who was doctor of the consul of Venice in Egypt, of Francesco Morosini, of Pietro della Valle and of Fausto Nairone.

From 1683 in the Italian peninsula the number of cafeterias increased rapidly, and gradually they begun to change their business, adding to the simple coffee service, also some complementary services like the selling of sweets, cakes, chocolates, accessories for coffee services. That was how in Italy started the real culture of coffee, seen as a moment of break, socialization more than as a simple energetic hot drink; its no coincidence that the Cafe of the Illuminist time were used as real meeting point for the intellectuals of all Europe.

Now the coffee industry has a great number of chances even for the making of house coffee. Practically all small household appliances can be found in the web: electric household appliances which mince the coffee beans, tools to make cappuccino and milk cream etc. The last inventions of the field are mochas with times, which can be set exactly like an alarm clock or compact coffee machines with coffee minder integrated, vapor lip, lifting shelf for cups and many other accessories.

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