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Introduction
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red in color – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds (referred to as "beans") are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor. Roasted beans are ground and then brewed with near-boiling water to produce the beverage known as coffee.
Coffee is darkly colored, bitter, slightly acidic and has a stimulating effect in humans, primarily due to its caffeine content. It is one of the most popular drinks in the world, and can be prepared and presented in a variety of ways (e.g., espresso, French press, caffè latte, or already-brewed canned coffee). It is usually served hot, although chilled or iced coffee is common. Sugar, sugar substitutes, milk or cream are often used to lessen the bitter taste.
Clinical research indicates that moderate coffee consumption is benign or mildly beneficial as a stimulant in healthy adults, with continuing research on whether long-term consumption reduces the risk of some diseases, although some of the long-term studies are of questionable credibility. (Full article...)
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Palestinian women grinding coffee, 1905
In a pour-over, the water passes through the coffee grounds, gaining soluble compounds to form coffee. Insoluble compounds remain within the coffee filter.
Woman drinks coffee in New York (2017)
A coffeehouse in Damascus (2003)
Dutch coffee-roasting machine, c. 1920
Monsooned Malabar arabica, compared with green Yirgachefe beans from Ethiopia
Les Deux Magots in Paris, once a famous haunt of French intellectuals (2006)
Various grinders for coffee and spices
Single serve Vietnamese drip filter
Home espresso machine without pump (only with steam pressure)
Coffee break in Belgrade (2013)
Home espresso machine with pump
A variation on the moka pot with the upper section formed as a coffee fountain
A Viennese coffeehouse (2004)
An espresso by the glass in Trieste - in the local dialect "Nero in B".
Wheel coffee grinder
French coffeepot, by François-Thomas Germain, 1757, silver with ebony handle, height: 29.5 cm, width with handle: 30.5 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)
Family in Söderhamn, Sweden seated for fika around 1916.
A coffee cafè at a library in Melbourne (2006)
Coffeepot (cafetière "campanienne"), part of a service, 1836, hard-paste porcelain, overall: 19.2 x 17.6 x 10.8 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Coffee plantation
Caffè San Marco in Trieste, known for its artists, writers and intellectuals (2014)
Café Zimmermann, Leipzig (engraving by Johann Georg Schreiber, 1732)
Commercial espresso machine
Filter coffee being brewed
Coffee grinder
A 1652 handbill advertising coffee for sale in St. Michael's Alley, London.
Cafés in central Tirana in 2017
Working on a laptop at a café/coffee house (2017)
Caffè Florian in Venice (2015)
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.
Dutch engraving of Mocha in 1692
The Coffee Bearer by John Frederick Lewis (1857).
(Ottoman quarters in Cairo, Egypt)
Central European Habsburg coffee house culture: news, coffee, the glass of water and the marble table top (2004)
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Café Cubano (also known as Cuban espresso, Cuban coffee, cafecito, Cuban pull, and Cuban shot) is a type of espresso that originated in Cuba. Specifically, it refers to an espresso shot which is sweetened (traditionally with natural brown sugar which has been whipped with the first and strongest drops of espresso). However, the name is sometimes used to refer to coffee-based drinks that include Cuban espresso as their main ingredient, such as café con leche.
Drinking café cubano remains a prominent social and cultural activity in Cuba and in Cuban-American communities, particularly in Miami, Tampa and the Florida Keys. (Full article...)Selected image -
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- World Coffee Research – a 501 (c)(5) nonprofit program of the international coffee industry. (Wikipedia article: World Coffee Research)
- Coffee Research Foundation – based in Kenya, and founded in 1908
- Central Coffee Research Institute – based in Chickmagalur District, India, and founded in 1915