History
575 - 850 C.E.
1000 - 1300 C.E.
1554
1668
1674
1675
1696
1904
1910
1959
1971
Early 1990’s
Mid 1990’s
In Ethiopia, coffee was first eaten as a food
First time coffee was made into a hot beverage in Ethiopia
First coffeehouses open in Constantinople
Coffee was first introduced to the North America
A petition against coffee by the women of London was filed claiming that the beverage, the men were spending two much time in coffeehouses and not enough time at home.
King Charles II orders all london coffeehouses closed, calling them places of sedition ( conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch).
The King’s Arms was the first coffeehouse opened in New York
Fernando Illy invented the modern day espresso machine
“Decaf” was born. The Germans introduced a de-caffeinated coffee to the U.S. by the company Merck and Co. under the name Dekafa
The Colombians introduce the fictional character Juan Valdez as the new face for their countries coffee.
First Starbucks opens in Seattle, Washington
Specialty Coffee Market takes hold in the U.S.
Organic coffee starts to attract nationwide attention in the U.S.
