Coffee – an international plant –

brief history and current evolution

Student : Discultu Cristina Alexandra

Master : Management si dezvoltare rurala
 Table of contents

I. The history of Coffee

1. Origins
2. Coffee in the Arabian Peninsula
3. Coffee comes to Europe
4. Plantations around the world
II. Coffe nowadays
1. Coffee around the world
2. Top 4 varieties of coffee
3. The way of the coffee beans before reaching the coffee mug
 1. Origins

•
The history of coffee dates back to the 15th
century, and possibly earlier with a number of
reports and legends surrounding its first use.
• The native origin of Coffee bean is thought to
have been Ethiopia.
• By the 16th century, it had reached the rest of
the Middle East, South India, Persia, Turkey,
the Horn of Africa, and northern Africa.
 2. Coffee in the Arabian Peninsula

The Arabs were the first, not only to cultivate

coffee but also to begin its trade. 
By the fifteenth century, coffee was being grown
in the Yemen district of Arabia and by the sixteenth
century it was known in Persia, Egypt, Syria and
Turkey.
 3. Coffee comes to Europe

• Coffee was first introduced to Europe on the island

of Malta in the 16th century. It was introduced there
through slavery.
• European travellers to the Near East brought back stories
of the unusual dark black beverage.
• By the 17th century, coffee had made its way to Europe
and was becoming popular across the continent.
 4. Coffee in The New World

• In the mid-1600's, coffee was brought to New

Amsterdam, a location later called New York by the
British.
Coffee houses rapidly began to appear, tea continued to
be the favored drink in the New World when the
colonists revolted against a heavy tax on tea imposed by
King George. 
• The revolt, known as the Boston Tea Party, would forever
change the American drinking preference to coffee.
Coffee Nowadays
 1. Coffee around the world

• By the 19th century, coffee was a global

phenomenon. It was being shipped and
consumed everywhere.
• While the bean itself had little land left to
conquer, innovations in coffee roasting,
packaging and brewing have changed the
beverage dramatically in the last 200 years.
 2. Top 4 varieties of coffee

Today, they are known over 80

varieties of coffee which are grown for
industrial purposes the following varieties
:
- Arabica
- Robusta
- Liberica
- Maragogype
 3. The way of the coffee beans before reaching
the coffee mug

Although, coffee travels a long way before reaching

your coffee mug. Here are some interesting coffee facts:
- It takes three-to-four years for a coffee seed to
grow into a tree that produces coffee beans.
- Seeds are first planted in nurseries.  Six months to
one-year later, seedlings are transplanted to open fields.
- Approximately two-and-a-half years after
transplantation, the trees begin to flower and the flowers
produce a small fruit known as a coffee cherry.  In the
center of each cherry are two green coffee beans.
Interesting facts about coffee

 Scientists have successfully turned ground coffee

into biodiesel, so one day coffee may be fuelling
your car.
 It’s the world’s 2nd largest traded commodity.
 Hawaii is the only American state that grows coffee
 Globally people consume about 2.25 billion cups of
coffee every day.
 Coffee stays warmer about 20% longer when you
add cream.
 CONCLUSIONS

 Coffee has quite literally changed the

world.
 Well, I can’t imagine it gets much better
than it is today, but I’m sure that spunky
little bean will find another way to shake
things up.
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