Brew: A Brief History of Coffee

To some, their morning coffee is an elixir from heaven, their wake-up in a cup, or simply… necessary to carry on. With its energizing properties and storied past, it has an interesting history that deserves to be remembered.
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[@NavyCombatCorpsman]

Coffee. The most important meal of the day.

[@terryboyer1342]

Beer. So much more than just a breakfast drink.

[@grmpEqweer]

@@terryboyer1342 🤣

[@christineparis5607]

@@terryboyer1342 "The beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad, so I had one more, for dessert". Kris Kristofferson - musician, songwriter, actor

[@terryboyer1342]

@@christineparis5607 I'll drink to that!

[@vickielewallen3799]

True! When the zombie apocolypse comes, i'll at least have coffee for several months, made sure of that first.

[@james_baker]

There is something satisfying drinking coffee watching the History Guy talking about coffee.

[@archieletsyouknow5508]

I feel the same satisfaction but I'm drinking a beer💯🤣👊🏼 and smoking a bowl💯 just got off work🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@shawnr771]

@@archieletsyouknow5508 Heading to work thinking about a beer when I get home from work

[@archieletsyouknow5508]

@@shawnr771 🍺🍺 the American way.. much love from the land of the famous documentary Breaking Bad👊🏼💯

[@shawnr771]

@@archieletsyouknow5508 New Mexico The Land of Indictment.

[@archieletsyouknow5508]

@@shawnr771 so you are familiar with Land Of Entrapment. Visit on vacation leave on probation..🤯🤯 that's how poor states make their money🤑🤑🤑

[@abstractdragon5453]

My family is Colombian, on our finca (farm) we grow coffee at an altitude of about 7500 above sea level. What is truly ironic- we all love Italian coffee, as it's much smoother than the typical Colombian Tinto (Black coffee). The soil, altitude, and amount of rain a plant gets helps create it's flavor, but the roasting part is also critical- slow over a small flame creates a mellow flavor- think Illy coffee; a high heat quick roast and you end up with Starbucks- bitter and burned tasting. Thanks for posting this!

[@Chris_at_Home]

I had the chance to go to Bogota in 1973. I met some people and was given some coffee to bring home. It was the best coffee ever.

[@shanidar]

Tengo unos parientes quienes cultivan cafe en y acerca de Antioquia. Donde es la finca de tu familia? Yo se que la altura es perfecta para cafe excelente, simplimente quisiera saber en cual pueblo o municipio necesito irme en mi proximo viaje alla para disfrutar la cafe de te familia.

[@arilaine9245]

That's funny because the coffee I had in a coffee shop in Salento when I was in Colombia was the best that I ever had. I still remember it after 6 years, amazing stuff.

[@goodun2974]

I actually enjoy drinking a dark roast or French roast coffee, but the reason that regular, plain Starbucks Coffee is so bitter, according to an online conversation between people who used to work there, is because the beans are often well out of date, old and stale. Roasted beans delivered un huge sacks should ideally be used within a week But employees claimed that the beans are often 30 or more days past when they were roasted.

[@pushslice]

Colombia’s climate and geography is not just beautiful , but perfect for growing arabica. The hope is that the coffee market remains strong enough for the growers to keep them dedicated to it, as opposed to instead bending over to planting coca which in the south is already happening all over again… unfortunately. But you are correct, high quality cherries off the plant is just the foundation. To get a great cup you have to add good cherry processing, good roasting, grinding beans fresh just before use, and then of course, good execution on brewing. Lastly as this relates to your comment on tinto: You’re correct that the average cup you’ll find from vendors in random Colombian cities is not that great. But those are made from the lowest common denominator commodity ; & brewed to a target price. Speaking from experience , you can find excellent specialty cups of Colombian coffee in-country and elsewhere; and yes many of those that will shame what Illy does.

[@ElbowDeepInAHorse]

Congratulations on indulging 1,000,000 history fiends, THG!

[@hazevthewolf178]

My one morning cup of coffee, as I come to, is the most sacred part of my day.

[@FayAlexGG]

☕

[@mattpeacock5208]

I was having sleep issues a few years back. I didn't stop drinking coffee, I actually focused on tomorrow's cup I'd have on the drive to work while laying in the sack. I slept better with positive thoughts looking forward to the next day. Attitude changes everything!

[@sashaconrad3939]

Agreed! ☕️ ❤️ 😊

[@sashaconrad3939]

@@mattpeacock5208 that’s truly awesome. I can drink it all day, even at night and still sleep.

[@stuartdollar9912]

I work from home these days. My morning ritual is the cold brew coffee I do in my French press every day, and a few strokes of the head of my 14 year old cat. Positive thoughts.

[@geoben1810]

I drank coffee when I was younger but I couldn't understand it when people said they couldn't get started or function without having coffee in the morning. I'm 65 now and I understand totally.... 😲

[@hazevthewolf178]

Thumbs up from a 69 year old...

[@-jeff-]

So am I and so do I!

[@JarrodFrates]

I'm 47 and have avoided coffee my entire life, save for a couple of cases of indulging friends insistent that *their* favorite was what would make me see the light and a couple of others where driving was necessary but coffee was the only source of caffeine available. I will occasionally drink tea, but I usually start my day with a glass of water.

[@robsemail]

Coca-Cola will do in a pinch, but I greatly prefer coffee after waking up. I’m 60, started drinking coffee at age 11.

[@Hello_Fuckers0]

I didn't start drinking coffee regularly until I was in my early 30's, now I have a cup of espresso every morning, it's like a quad shot lol it's definitely "a kick in the ass to get you out the door" as my dad used to say.

[@mrmiscast]

The History Guy is a class act. Love listening to his Prof like delivery. He reminds me of my favorite Prof who claimed he paused, only so we could keep up taking notes.

[@BulaBeanMachine]

I had a prof like that at Kent. Guy taught history like he was preaching Gospel but what a pleasure to listen to after I gave up scribbling notes.

[@jonslg240]

Notes are the bane of knowledge.

[@MikeArott]

It would be even more enjoyable if he better filtered the sound. It always sounds somewhat tin-y and echo-y to me, not helped by a slightly nasal (typically american) voice. Otherwise, great content.

[@JCO2002]

I have three cups of local coffee every morning here in Jamaica, which makes me part of a small minority. Most Jamaicans drink "tea", usually made from various plants and trees, rather than true tea. In fact, they call what I drink "coffee tea".

[@karenstein8261]

The historical period just before coffee was discovered is actually known as the “Dark Ages.”

[@rubixmantheshapeshifter1769]

well its a sad day without coffee . thanks whoever invented it

[@constancemiller3753]

And afterward 'the Enlightenment'.☕

[@MagnificoGiganticus]

Which gave way to the "Dark Roast Ages."

[@vids595]

@@rubixmantheshapeshifter1769 Its sad to hear that drug addict sentiment.

[@Senriam]

@@vids595coffee actually increases your lifespan so you’re missing out by not being addicted to it

[@pipepicasso8112]

Ironically, you don't need a cup of coffee to stay awake throughout this video.

[@talkingmudcrab718]

I enjoyed listening to this this morning during my morning commute, enjoying a cup of Joe Daniels.

[@elizabethcherry920]

Yeah I use to love drinking Joe Daniel's, but we actually call it Irish coffee, a cup of that really gets one going in the morning

[@micmagellan5689]

Tim Hortons! ...no pucking around when late!! Yeah the Dozens!!!

[@syxepop]

I hope that a COP didn't gave you a DWI ticket for drinking Joe Daniels (that's just coffee with whiskey, folks!) while driving... Irish Coffee is the equivalent in the other Island...

[@redeyedmongoose2963]

@@micmagellan5689 Tim Hortons coffee is terrible, their doughnuts on the other hand are quite palatable.

[@ryanf1425]

@@micmagellan5689 Tim hortons sucks

[@stevedietrich8936]

Hey THG, we're on the verge of 1 million subscribers. I'm going to congratulate you on that milestone today, because I'll bet we reach it before your wednesday episode. You have one of the best channels on youtube, and you deserve the rewards of your continued excellence.

[@AniBAretz]

What's more, in future, THG, himself, deserves to be remembered!

[@thomasrowell6569]

I agree

[@ronfullerton3162]

@@AniBAretz I foresee him being remembered similar to Paul Harvey, since they both held people "captive" with their unique story telling style. They both always kept me hanging on though out their episode until the end.

[@goofyiest]

here here!!

[@paulevans3261]

@@ronfullerton3162 And giving me a warm smile at that very end! :-)

[@giordanobruno1333]

Don’t knock those “Penny Universities” of the past. They are the foundations of my KZbin Degree.

[@yengsabio5315]

I see coffee, I click it right away! Have you had your coffee already? Lots'a love, cheers, & Mabuhay, from tropical Philippines!

[@DarkAngelOfTexas]

Can’t wait to visit one day.

[@whiterabbit-wo7hw]

Hi, from Missouri USA.

[@AClark-gs5gl]

I'm hap Pino-Pino!🙏❤

[@Senriam]

I brewed a second cup for the day just to have it while I watched this video.

[@yengsabio5315]

@@Senriam Enjoy your sip, kind one! I'm having mine now! Cheers!

[@raymondcaylor6292]

Maxwell House coffee slogan " good to the last drop " was first spoken by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1907 @ the Maxwell House hotel in 1907 who had their own coffee roasting plamt near them in downtown Nashville, TN in response to a waiter's question " how was that ciffee ".

[@spartaninvirginia]

My morning coffee and The History Guy, name a more iconic duo.

[@dirtcop11]

An interesting side note, there was a brand of coffee named George Washington Coffee. It wasn't named after our president, it was named after the man who started the company. Also Maxwell House's tag line "Good to the last drop" was supposedly what Teddy Roosevelt exclaimed when he drank the coffee at the Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. It might not be important but it is a bit of trivia for discussion at your local coffee house.

[@YankeeRebel1348]

Now I can sound a bit smarter at family events 👍

[@cephasmartin8593]

Sitting in my recliner enjoying my first cup of coffee for the day. Every morning it's a cup of coffee, a glass of moo juice, and a cinnamon and raisin bagel.

[@FeedScrn]

Hallelmooyah!

[@DarkAngelOfTexas]

Perfect timing. I just poured my first cup this morning. I take it without cream or sugar. Not gonna lie, I’m an addict. 😂

[@raydunakin]

A discussion of chicory might be a good companion piece for this.

[@spvillano]

Mom hated chicory in coffee, something about adulteration during the Great Depression. Honestly, if it's listed as an ingredient, I don't mind.

[@stephanematis]

@@spvillano WWII is the era that my family spoke of chicory.

[@spvillano]

@@stephanematis which was the trail end of the Great Depression. Personally, I rather like chicory in my coffee. Cardamom is also wonderful, which I learned of in the middle east. :) Still, a favorite remains Ethiopian coffee, the aromatics are beyond belief!

[@tomdixon7264]

Watched this as we enjoyed our morning coffee. A most appropriate topic for a Monday morning.

[@billybodacious2337]

I love the connecting of the dots on words we use today and their etymology.

[@CarlosGonzalez-vu1ew]

M surprised that you haven’t been hired by one of the major history channels. Thank you for your excellence in delivering history in a way the average person can digest

[@syxepop]

Sir, I've just had with my breakfast a cup of our locally grown coffee (Puerto Rico is the US jurisdiction that grows the most amount of coffee, even above Hawaii, something many Americans doesn't know or experience) and the story is always interesting. BTW, Mocha (brought from that named city in Yemen) is a beverage made out of both coffee and chocolate (+ dairy milk or another liquid creamer), not another name for coffee. It is exactly (with dark chocolate in my case) what I made and drank for breakfast.

[@frankwall2480]

Named my mixed-breed lab "Coffee." Was puzzling over a name for him at six weeks... while drinking a cup. I said, "I love coffee!" -- Looked down at him, the puppy, and exclaimed, "that's your name, COFFEE!"

[@joepiscioneri8522]

Congrats on 1 million subscribers! When I joined you had a couple thousand subs. Could tell right away you were doing somthing special. This is one of the best channels on youtube. You have a remarkable talent for making the mundane very entertaining and informative. Onto 2 million!

[@hazevthewolf178]

3> He's going places.

[@nickdsylva932]

@@hazevthewolf178 Yes. He is, but I worry about these new start up history channels out to steal THG's thunder, and also they are making there vids longer, weighing the viewer down with sometime unnecessary dreck. The only other documentary channel which I watch is ex-Navy Seal, John Ballen's channel, but it does not compete with THG because John Ballen only writes about the weird, supernatural, un-solved murders that 50 years later are finally solved, so if you need to take a break from a legitimate history lesson that you will be able to start a academic discussion with friends over a petit dejeuner and instead go for something from the Twilight Zone, then John Ballen is who you watch, when your significant other needs to be held tight to keep away the monsters that John documents, then support a battle wounded ex-Navy Seal, medically retired from having had a Taliban grenade bounce off the wall in front of him just to end up in his gear pack that saved his life, but blew his leg up so bad the Navy Corpsman thought John was going to die before he could be evacuated, which was not easy in the middle of a fire fight. Maybe THG and John Ballen will meet one day and teach John about the library of Alexanderia, and John can fill him in on the SFOR unit that actually killed a giant that looked like a monster.

[@hazevthewolf178]

@@nickdsylva932 It's interesting that you told me about John Ballen's channel. I discovered John just a few days ago and I totally agree with everything you say about him.

[@HM2SGT]

How apropos at this hour... & again, all good stories involve Pirates! In this case a single Dutch man and his wife pirating coffee beans smuggled in her flowers😹 Now chocolate covered espresso beans on the other hand, or Breyers coffee ice cream... 🤤😻

[@kayellee7202]

Before I ever started drinking coffee (in my early 60s) I liked chocolate covered coffee beans, and coffee ice cream was my 2nd fave flavor after vanilla. For me, cold-brewed coffee is medicinal -- helping to stimulate digestion after my main midday meal, plus it's lower in acidity than hot-brewed (and supposedly higher in other beneficial substances contained in the seeds). I'll give the Breyer's coffee ice cream a try next trip to the store! Can't claim it's medicinal, but...then again why not?? 🍦😜

[@graceamerican3558]

Oh ... coffee ice cream ... back in a tick. lol

[@jamesf5150]

Sadly, some of the oldest coffee fields in Ethiopia are being cut down to grow khat, because it's more lucrative.

[@MrPickledede]

Same in Yemen

[@blip1]

Well timed. 2 hours after this is uploaded, I brew up a cup of coffee and see the notification for this video on my phone. Great video

[@Userqwerty-ky8bf]

16 years in the Navy without drinking a "cup of Joe". 5 AM drives down south Texas roads changed that. Now a full fledged coffee snob. ;-)

[@christineparis5607]

We have driven all over the US and live in Texas, and it takes extreme measures to keep alert on those long ribbons of winding Texas road. It always starts to hypnotize me. I wish the state would put in trains from San Antonio to Austin, Houston and Dallas...

[@F22onblockland]

@@christineparis5607 A few years ago I did a research project and the high speed rail is still a ways away between Dallas and Houston and it seemed like a pretty solid idea (as solid as ideas can get). Just recently (2 months ago) Texas supreme court threw out the case against the rail project so hopefully it should be progressing a bit more smoothly.

[@christineparis5607]

@@F22onblockland Thank you!! I grew up in Palo Alto, Ca, and we used to take the train to San Francisco all the time. My dad commuted on the train when he could walk to and from the stations. I loved going by train. I remember taking the BART system to Berkeley all the time when my friends went there, they had to stop it once under the bay when an earthquake hit. They didn't tell us what happened at the time, but some regular riders said that they had to slow down during quakes. I just wanted to go faster, and get out of there!

[@JrGoonior]

My grandma (RIP 2009) on my mom's side still had to have her coffee even though it was decaf, the caffeine upset her stomach. I remember as a kid she always had a brand called "Brim" "Fill it to rim with Brim' or "Do the Brim twist."

[@LionWithTheLamb]

Decaf coffee is something I've never truly understood the demand for.

[@baldeagle5297]

@@LionWithTheLamb I never liked coffee, it was too bitter for my taste. When my doctor told me to lay off caffeine I had to search for alternatives for my Dr Pepper jones. My wife had some decaf so I thought, why not. I actually liked it. I turns out is was the caffeine that I disliked.

[@ronfullerton3162]

@@baldeagle5297 I never accomplished the taste for coffee, even though the rest of the family regularly had a cup or two at each meal. When young, the older truck drivers told us that you had to drink coffee to drive a truck. Some of us young drivers got our caffeine a different way and coined our own saying, "Mountain Dew, the breakfast of truck drivers".It at least worked for us.

[@baldeagle5297]

@@ronfullerton3162 I drove for about 18 years I would occasionally drink a cup if I was really tired, but I didn't enjoy it.

[@ronfullerton3162]

@@baldeagle5297 I couldn't either. Maybe if I did as Dad and put a fair share of cream in it. People would kid Dad about it saying things such as, "Do you want some coffee with your cream?". I am afraid that I would of needed to "doctor it up" to much to drink it. To many other good things to drink first.

[@christopherconard2831]

Watching this while boiling water for my French press coffee maker.

[@HandymanKurt]

Try water temperature @180°.

[@-jeff-]

You are a true connoisseur!

[@graceamerican3558]

Keurig user myself..... it's quicker.

[@lvpatfleming7465]

I have one but must not be using it correctly . French press .

[@goodun2974]

I've been meaning to buy a French press so that we can make coffee if there's a power failure (boiling the water on a camping stove). Otherwise I have to use those teabag-style "coffee singles" which are pretty weak.

[@trumpetmom8924]

I love the different vernacular terms for coffee that you sprinkled throughout the episode, sir. Thank you for brightening my day.

[@dewiz9596]

I had to brew a cup before “feeding the algorithm”

[@chiluco2000]

This should be one of the essential episodes to watch and to help appreciate how pervasive coffee is in our lives

[@jamesbarca7229]

When I first came across your channel and clicked the subscribe button, you only had 8,000 subscribers. At the time I commented that you deserve to have a million. Though it's taken far longer than it should have, considering the quality of your content, you're finally there. No doubt this will be the video that pushes you over the top I just wanted to be among the first to congratulate you and Ms. History Guy and thank you for all of the great stories you have brought us over the past few years that deserved to be remembered.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Thank you for your support!

[@robertwinskyjr8928]

Like coffee the History Guy greatly enhances the start of my day!

[@ronfullerton3162]

It just took time for us regulars to get the word around.

[@theemmjay5130]

@@ronfullerton3162 Funny story; my brother had told me about THG, but I only started watching when he showed up in my recommended videos. Now we talk about his stuff fairly regularly.

[@mollybell5779]

For most of my adult life, I drank coffee every morning, but I think I've only had one cup since last November. But this episode... well, I'm enjoying this cup of coffee as I comment. ☕😄

[@insomniac2233]

Very interesting! Coffee has been my lifeblood for almost 40 years. Now I know the history! Thanks for posting this!!!

[@mikoexo2894]

I live in Ecuador and it’s one of the many countries in Latin America that produces coffee. I’m a certified barista and I’m an avid coffee drinker (cafetera in Spanish.) But I never knew the real history of how coffee got its start. I really enjoyed the video. Thanks for the enlightenment (raises coffee cup to you)

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

Perfect video to watch while enjoying my morning Joe.

[@ofcv1238]

I have no idea how you can put together so many high quality episodes!

[@saml7610]

Your hair looks GREAT right now! Another fantastic episode, I've always been curious about the origins of coffee.

[@garykubodera9528]

When I was a young boy about 4-5yrs old, I was diagnosed with what we now call AHDD and was first treated with several different stimulants...they all did not work and I was miserable and ended up rocking in my seat during "special education" classes .. Then one Dr suggested to try coffee... It worked amazingly well!! I was then put in regular classes with other students and thrived as one of the top 3 students in all my classes over the years!! I was the only kid at 1st grade school in the 1970's that had a prescription by my Dr and was allowed to drink coffee twice a day that was supplied by the principle from the teachers break room while the students ate breakfast and lunch!! Hopefully this will help other parents and kids like myself as it did for me all those years ago! Prescription drugs are not always the best answer! Thanks History Guy for the reminding me about this so many years ago!! Keep up the great work!!👍😃

[@janicesullivan8942]

Drinking a cup of coffee right now, perfect timing. Thanks History Guy.

[@tobyeperkins5301]

I always loved the smell of coffee when I was growing up. However never learned to like the drink when I was grown. Dad said I would learn to like it, but it never happened.

[@spikespa5208]

One of the strongest memories of elementary school was walking down the hall past the teacher's lounge and smelling the fresh coffee in the AM. Smelled wonderful, but didn't get into the drinking til late aduthood

[@Zobeid]

That smell everybody loves is exactly what we try to capture in a brewed cup. That's what good coffee is supposed to be like. Unfortunately, most coffee that people routinely drink is bad coffee.

[@simonkevnorris]

While I do drink instant coffee I much prefer filter coffee.

[@mrbyamile6973]

I admit, I absolutely loved the smell growing up with parents that always brewed a pot with a percolator every morning. They and my grandparents and most their friends drank it black, I didn't know there was any other way to consume it. I didn't care one way or the other for the taste until my early 20s when I had a job I started at 3am. Started drinking it black as that is the only way I knew of, still love it unadulterated to this day.

[@vickielewallen3799]

Favorite Coffee Quips: "Drink coffee. Do stupid things faster, with more energy!" "My blood type is Folgers." "As long as there is coffee in the world, how bad can things be?" (Also, NavyCombatCorpsman's *very true* quote i just read on here, about the importance of coffee.)

[@graceamerican3558]

While I was in the Air Force I saw the shop head; a TSgt, drink coffee that LEFT A SWIRL in his cup because it was over 48 HOURS old. I'll bet it was almost crunchy.

[@dukecraig2402]

@@graceamerican3558 When I was in the Army and we were in the field maneuvering and didn't have time I saw those lifers take the freeze dried coffee packs from the C-Ration's and pour the crystals right into their mouth, then a swig of cold plastic tasting canteen water and swish it around in their mouths and down it'd go. I tried that once and decided I didn't need coffee that bad.

[@groovydude8863]

@@dukecraig2402 I've heard a similar story, but the guy that told me said they used boiling water to wash it down after chewing the coffee beans to mush.

[@dukecraig2402]

@@groovydude8863 Well that doesn't make sense, if you've already got the boiling water why wouldn't you just pour the instant coffee in it? And do you really think someone poured boiling water in their mouth?

[@graceamerican3558]

@@dukecraig2402 🤣🤣 Gross!!

[@JagerLange]

I don't even like coffee but the ins-and-outs of making it (and of course the history itself) is something I'm really interested in. Thanks for packing so much into this "brief" video - some I'd forgotten, some I didn't know at all.

[@Lrover16]

Canadian Biochemist and Language teacher (I'm also a polyglot) living in Brazil. I ALSO wear bowties but I seem to tie them differently from you. I will use this video for my English class tomorrow October 13th. I teach Health professionals English, French and German. I didn't know about Melitta and almost had a spittake learning about this. Great video, thanks!

[@michaelwier1222]

I'm sitting here drinking my coffee, watching the History Guy learning about coffee.

[@aarong55555]

And I forgot my coffee in my car at work this morning( I drive a truck) thanks for rubbing it in lol

[@shawnr771]

Pull over and get another.

[@soldieramerican5964]

Drinking coffee while I listen every morning, thanks History Guy!! ✝️🇺🇸✝️

[@ivertranes2516]

I jokingly refer to my morning cup o' joe as "nectar of the gods."

[@VIRGONOMICS]

Funny “Blak Nektar “ is what I call it . Hah !

[@Nipplator99999999999]

I've always been a bit odd, I drink a cup or two to relax and go to sleep.

[@spooderdoggy]

I know a couple guys like you. I don’t know how you guys do it.😂

[@dukecraig2402]

@@spooderdoggy If I can't get to sleep I'll have a cup, I of course can't go to sleep right away but about an hour later when I crash off of it's effect I can fall asleep then.

[@gregiep]

My biggest takeaway, the phrase “liquid lighting.” This will be my new go-to term for coffee.

[@mikeperry7838]

I call it Canadian Crack.

[@simongleaden2864]

As a patriotic Englishman, I'm a committed tea drinker, getting through five mugs-full every day, but I do like coffee too and average about one mug per day. Am I alone in thinking that the taste of coffee often doesn't quite live up to one's expectations from the lovely aroma of freshly roasted and ground coffee?

[@markjovanovic9110]

This by far is the best channel since the invention of coffee. Can't even imagine how i can start my day with out it.

[@handimanjim4378]

Who is watching this while drinking coffee... This guy!

[@lexrichardson7820]

So some coffee plants we’re pirated from the Dutch. Ahhhhhhh-those pirates-!

[@michaelwalton7066]

Arrrrrrr!😁

[@lapurta22]

Don't all good stories have pirates in them?

[@robertcook5201]

Watched today with my first cup of coffee. Many thanks for the enlightenment.

[@LostInThe0zone]

A fascinating history of my favorite drink. In sharing this with my daughter, I was reminded that I started drinking coffee when I could get a bottomless cup for a dime. Coffee makes the world worth living in.

[@billyyank2198]

We’ve secretly replaced the History Guy’s video with Folgers Crystals. Let’s see if he notices.

[@craigcrawford6595]

Haha good one!

[@vickielewallen3799]

I recently read that during the Great Depression, people roasted/charred dandelion roots to grind up for coffee. Also they charred/burned cornmeal until black, to use as a coffee substitute. (Might be good to know when the zombie apocolypse comes.) I wonder what *other* substitutes there are (besides tea--yuck.)

[@windyswaim3832]

Chicory root was also common

[@kencarp57]

I begin every day with a “red eye”… a mug of French Roast with shot of espresso. Then I have another! And I always “LIKE” THG videos as soon as they appear in my feed - before I even watch them - because I know I will like every single ONE! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@PlanetEarth3141]

I really liked this topic. It might not be the most inspirational, darkest, humorous, or significant, but it was interesting, simple and topical. Sometimes simple history deserves to be remembered too. Along those lines, wooden statues on ship bows, the color purple for royalty, tightrope walking and the history of jigsaw puzzles.

[@khukri_wielderxxx1962]

The 11th commandment clearly states " thou shalt NOT spill or waste coffee" Probably

[@yengsabio5315]

😂😂😂 That's awesome commandment!

[@DarkAngelOfTexas]

Definitely a party-foul!

[@Eric_Hutton.1980]

It is actually the 12th commandment. The 11th is Thou Shalt Not Whine.

[@hoosiercrypto9955]

Aliens: Coffee is the only good thing on that planet 😋

[@004Black]

I am thoroughly impressed at how deep a dive the History Guy has made into coffee; especially considering he is not a coffee drinker.

[@Hello_Fuckers0]

I've sat here uncounted mornings with my cup of coffee watching the History Guy waiting for this exact topic!!! Thank you History Guy!!!! Thank you!!!!

[@rogeranderson6668]

Coffee's history from the history guy with the first cup of morning coffee priceless thanks for sharing that information. 😉

[@goetzliedtke]

Those who like this video might consider reading Tom Standage's book "A History of the World in Six Glasses", which covers the history of beer, wine, tea, coffee, spirits, and Coca-Cola.

[@meedwards5]

Thanks!

[@markbaker9459]

Aloha, Also almost completely forgotten regarding Coffee and it's roots now planted in Hawaii: Coffee arabica(Latin) Was brought to Hawaii in 1813, first planted in Hawaii by Don Mann. In 1818, missionary Samuel Ruffles ( hmm, ruffles have ridges?)grew ornamental shrubs at Kona Many plantations we're established mainly between the years 1840-1856. Losses from insects and fungi disease caused abandonment of most plantations and replacement by sugar cane. 'Notes'(added by Mark) It was also found that during this fungus disease, only Kona's Capt. Cook area, coffee growing remained profitable. Through coffee grown elsewhere on the islands suffered from the fungus, it remained a weed of the un-cultivated gulches of the islands. In the past century, these wild growths of coffee overcame the fungus and started to thrive in these wild locations. (end of note) Whereas Kona retained it 'Coffee Industry' , today coffee is grown throughout the state. And that's the hidden and all most forgotten history of Hawaiian Coffees. Aloha !

[@TerrificRallyMaestro]

Coffee really is a strange beverage when you consider it. Thanks for the video!

[@Eric_Hutton.1980]

Sitting here having my cuppa coffee as I watch this video.

[@RetiredSailor60]

Was never a coffee drinker even after spending 21 years in the Navy. Lol

[@donames1438]

That's amazing! I'm 25 years in and I don't know how you managed that lol.

[@Ben1159a]

The History Guy and one of my favorite drinks, now that's a win. :)

[@lvtiguy226]

Great video, as always! It was fascinating to learn more about one of my favorite drinks. You never disappoint. Congratulations on reaching 1 Million subs!

[@petermiddo]

2022, the WBC will be held at the Melbourne International Coffee Expo (MICE). I'm looking forward to driving the 1000mi (1600klms) to have a brew or several!

[@BrassLock]

Australia's Eastern States are currently suffering a *MOUSE* plague on farmlands 🚜 🐖, but by 2022 most Melbournians will embrace *MICE* without a second thought.

[@maddyg3208]

Prepare yourself for ten vaccination injections, three months of hotel quarantine, wearing a full body splash suit at all times and being shot at by the police if you deviate from the state government's orders, which is how Victoria will be by then

[@robertreisner6119]

I've been drinking coffee since LBJ was in office, so long that when a nurse asked what blood type I had, I told her coffee!

[@burp1914]

Yup! One of the basic food groups.

[@cygnet4949]

Been watching your channel for years now. It is the best one out there hands down. I’ve never sub’d to anything but did today in hopes of sending you over the 1MM mark. You deserve it and congrats.

[@robcombs7505]

Dear Mr. & Ms. History Guy, I can remember watching your videos when you had less than a few thousand subscribers. Sequestered my history teacher brother in law one day so he could be introduced to THG. The best of luck to the two of you and your great work.

[@roywhiteo5]

Lavazza gran selezione (green label) is my favorite coffee to drink black

[@grmpEqweer]

"I'm not a coffee drinker myself." *BLASPHEMY!!!*

[@gregiep]

I would call for an old-fashioned burning at the stake, but he makes such good videos. We shall let him live.

[@vickielewallen3799]

Downright unAmerican, isn't it...

[@spooderdoggy]

I am praying🙏🏻 for your soul right now while of course drinking my delicious cup of coffee.😂😂

[@graceamerican3558]

I just want to say - thank you for the comments. lol

[@grmpEqweer]

😁

[@russellmcphee72]

Such a great and interesting video. Thank you THG.

[@spokanetomcat1]

Being a retired USAF NCO, drinking coffee during exercises and long missions was a meal in itself. Many times there was no time to eat but there was always time to drink coffee out of C-Rations then MRE's. Thank God for creamer and sugar packs.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Back in the Saddle again!

[@turnermorgan1176]

"I have measured out my life in coffee spoons." T.S. Eliot

[@funstuff2006]

Now I'm gonna have Crash Test Dummies stuck in my head all night 😁

[@alanbernal5599]

October 1st is actually my birthday and I love coffee. My birthday is the oficcial coffee day. This is a wow moment, I think I'll grind and brew.

[@bearalohalani]

And as it happens I am watching this on a Monday, July 4, 2022.Thanks for a stimulating episode!

[@christopherseivard8925]

Amongst the numerous apocryphal stories, coffee was discovered by the Turks during the siege of Vienna; when Jan Sobieski & the winged Hussars arrived, the Turks were forced to flee, and abandoned their baggage train. Needless to say, coffee was found amongst the loot! Cafe’Tommasselli in Saltzburg. Look it up!

[@airfrere]

When the soldiers tried it, the story continues, it was so bitter that they had to add milk to make it palatable. Its color was similar to the habit worn by their chaplain, a Capuchin friar, so they named it cappuccino. Not very historical, but it's a good story.

[@bizim_eller]

I know this story and it makes sense👍🙂

[@David.Anderson]

I remember back in the 80s you can get a cup of coffee for less than $.50 and sit there all day and get refills now it’s 10 bucks for one cup

[@ronfullerton3162]

In the Midwest out in the ag country in the 1950's, you put a dime down and could drink coffee till you left. One waitress was always running around with a pot in hand "warming uo" everyone's cup.

[@burp1914]

I remember that coffee. It took a real man to drink it.

[@dwightwaldvogel2783]

I love coffee , I love tea , I love the Java jive and it loves me !

[@johntabler349]

Still the best show in media I have fallen behind on episodes and I come back to find the quality has not diminished one iota

[@karenstein8261]

Why does good coffee taste like dirt? It was ground this morning!

[@mikevandebunt811]

How it is brewed is just as important as when it was ground.

[@concernedcitizen6924]

@@mikevandebunt811 oops, missed her joke.

[@worldtraveler930]

I understand Theodore Roosevelt absolutely hated being called Teddy.

[@syxepop]

He was so TOUGH he wouldn't like to be compared to a STUFFED BEAR (BTW, such was named after the President...).

[@donaldoehl7690]

While living in Dakota Territory he heard through local grapevine that one of his neighbors suggested that they all get together and run him out of the area because he was perceived as an effete Easterner. TR responded by saddling up his horse and strapping on his guns and riding out to challenge said neighbor to some gunplay. When neighbor realized that he offended a real manly man he decided they should be friends. My favorite TR story.

[@smokingjoe9864]

Call him 'Beaver'

[@westleypierce2833]

I couldn't click this any faster! Thank you THG!!!

[@Shadowshael]

The town I live in like to think that they are coffee snobs.. but everyone is just talking about Starbucks, which is a small step above the water you find at the bottom of the garbage can. I didn't know about the Mussolini/Barista connection. That's honestly pretty neat. Great episode!

[@garfieldsmith332]

Ant in Canada Tim Hortons' is from the water that has seeped out of the bottom of the garbage can.

[@12799MaDeuce]

The pope liked it so he baptized it, making it acceptable to drink throughout Europe? Now I've heard everything...religion gives me such a headache

[@beebop9808]

hahaha For sure Guy! Now that I've been on the Keto diet for several months, a few cups of coffee with a big dollop of heavy cream has become my morning wake up and breakfast that lasts me well into the day. Magical wonderful coffee. :)

[@viennapalace]

Hooray for coffee! And hooray for The History Guy!

[@markredf150]

I love this channel! THG has the best intros⭐️