19/05/2025
Coffee — our daily fuel, our morning ritual.
The history of coffee, from the legends surrounding its discovery in the Ethiopian highlands and herds of goats, which after all were responsible for the fact that we drink coffee today, to the way it spread throughout the world, is one of the most interesting.
First produced by monks as a drink, and exported from Arabia, Qahwa, which means -that which prevents sleep-, was considered “the bitter invention of Satan”.
The culture of drinking coffee and coffee shops spread throughout the world, but not without controversy.
As an extremely coveted trade and source of income, it was the target of smuggling, trickery and seduction, and that is how it arrived in Brazil, inside a bouquet. 💐
Banned by the Governors of the Ottoman Empire, until a Pope intervened to allow its consumption in Europe, coffee shops sprang up around the world, known as Schools of the Wise or Penny Universities.
The act of drinking coffee is so normal and mechanical that we don't even think we are tasting history.
Shall we drink coffee with history?
🇵🇹 Café — o nosso combustível diário, o nosso ritual matinal.
A história do café, desde as lendas à volta da sua descoberta nos planaltos da Etiópia e rebanhos de cabras, que afinal de contas terão sido as responsáveis por hoje bebermos café, à forma como se espalhou pelo mundo, é uma das mais interessantes.
Produzido primeiro por monges como bebida, e exportado da Arábia, Qahwa, que significa -aquilo que impede o sono-, foi considerado “a invenção amarga de Satanás”.
A cultura de beber café e das cafeterias espalhou-se pelo mundo, mas não sem polémicas.
Sendo um comércio e fonte de rendimento extremamente cobiçado, foi alvo de contrabando, artimanhas e sedução, e foi assim que chegou ao Brasil, dentro de um buquê.
Banido por Governadores do Império Otomano, até à intervenção de um Papa para que fosse permitido o seu consumo na Europa, as cafeterias surgiram pelo mundo, sendo conhecidas como Schools of the Wise - Escolas de Sábios- ou Penny Universities- Universidade de 1 cêntimo.
Tão normal e mecânico o ato de beber café que nem pensamos que estamos a saborear história.
Vamos beber café com história?
Coffee — our daily fuel, our morning ritual. The history of coffee, from the legends surrounding its discovery in the Ethiopian highlands and herds of goats,...
