History of Coffee - Documentary

In this video, we take a look at the history behind one of the world's most beloved beverages.
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[@Fireoflearning]

Correction - Coffee is not grown on soil that once was a part of the Amazon rainforest, but in other parts of the country.

[@tramonte]

Better late than never.

[@gmccrate]

Nonetheless, there are shaded coffee farms in the Amazon. Apuí is known to grow a lot of shaded coffee. It aint really good, but its good business practice to have shade coffee, keep the forest standing and still get a buzz.

[@kariannecrysler640]

Brilliant lol

[@ednertorres]

I was going to point out this very mistake. Glad I found your comment about It.

[@hanstubben]

Coffee was and is grown in São Paulo 's Mata Atlântico (Atlantic Forrest) and Minas Gerais had dairy farms. As there were two main players in politics it became known as the coffee and milk politics.

[@JaelaOrdo]

“Can’t let the Muslims have all the caffeinated fun.” - Pope Clement VIII

[@whoscatimi7590]

Lol

[@esto85]

hahahahahahh

[@ledeyabaklykova]

Papal Bull

[@loke6664]

Or more likely he found that it kept him awake during long boring meetings in the Vatican. Besides, forbidding food and drink because "Muslims eat and drink it" is so daft that no one would buy it. I do enjoy that German king who preferred his subjects drunk instead of caffeinated though, a true renaissance man. :)

[@hepatitis]

Hahaha according to legend this is what he said: "This devil's drink ks delicious, let's cheat the devil and baptize it." Christians after the siege in Vienna by the Ottomans were wondering why their enemies could keep up all night without feeling tired. Coffee was the answer and now, it is the most well known drink i the whole world with many like me addicted to it (like i get semi withdrawal symptoms if my day goes without it 🥴 )

[@doubledouble4g379]

I have coffee in the morning, tea in the afternoon and evening, and beer on my days off.

[@stefan6347]

The life.

[@nikitahichoii482]

The madman

[@davidjames666]

I just drink the beers. coffee makes me schit in my panties

[@destayudistira2209]

I have coffee in the morning, earl grey tea in the afternoon and hot chocolate before sleep

[@zzzarkka]

Columbia just wants to wake the world up with coffee and cocaine.

[@youngmasterzhi]

Fun fact: Since the first early coffeehouses were favorite hangouts for intellects, these places were also colloquially known as "penny universities"

[@gtbkts]

The more you know. Thanks!

[@rootedorganically4911]

Put a whole been up your but it’ll last longer

[@slightlyamusedblackkidfrom9153]

coffee seems to still be a big part of intellectuals, on periodic table of videos channel, in a video i cant remember exactly sir poliakoff mentions that most of the chemists spitball ideas and have eureka moments in the coffee/break room.

[@Liphted]

I grew up on a coffee plantation for four years. It was in the middle of the jungle in the western interior of Puerto Rico, at the time I kinda hated it but looking back it was actually pretty cool.

[@cosmo3665]

Plot twist: Daddy Yankee was the plantation owner

[@whidoineedthis]

Slavery is great when you finally just accept it

[@Liphted]

Guys we ain't talking about y'all's lives.

[@xr500t]

@@Liphted My grandfather's farm in the mountains of Coamo was a coffee plantation. As an FYI, Americans hated the Puerto Ricans because we did not bend to their ways, as told by my grandfather who was born in the late 1800's...... (I only added this because you got some weird ass comments to your initial observation)

[@steampour]

That's really cool!

[@paracelsius1]

Attention: in Brazil, historiically and even now, coffee was not cultivated in the Amazonic region, but rather in other biomas like the Cerrado or Atlantic Jungle.

[@racudo1898]

Vim aqui apontar isso também, o pessoal acha que aqui só tem floresta amazônica

[@bodives]

@@racudo1898 hehe tbm vim aqui pra falar a mesma coisa

[@BraulioSchiffino]

@@geomidia8998 acho que não é tão merecido de constrangimento hahaha normal que gringos achem que no Brasil tudo se planta na Floresta Amazônica. O que é péssimo para o caso da Mata Atlântica, que nessa confusão toda acaba esquecida e literalmente extinta tanto do imaginário coletivo quanto da vida real.

[@IzabelParis]

Ótimo que vcs vieram corrigir isso! 👍

[@dipikasehgal1787]

@@racudo1898 9,0o9 Moò

[@guilhermewessler9704]

14:25 Just a small correction: the main regions used for coffee production in Brazil are in Southeastern Brazil, nowhere near the Amazon rainforest, which would be very unaccessible in the following years of Brazilian independence. Anyway, excellent video!

[@shac9131]

I'd like to state another correction. Coffee is not a safe drug. It's addictive for most and most have withdrawals when absent from it and speeds up heart rate to which can lead to an attack for some. List goes on n on....

[@Rob-mr4hg]

And also the fact they gave Arabs the credit of drinking coffee, and said African were just chewing it lol smdh

[@jonkiyosaki6600]

Yes true they destroyed the Mata Atlantica. They dont grow coffee in the Amazon

[@dennislucas8869]

@@shac9131 actually coffee is a safe drug as it leaves little to no consequence after quiting it. People tend to feel a bit sleepier after quiting it but after a few days they are back to normal, and also coffee has health benefits

[@hey.hombre]

@@shac9131 Coffee is a safe drug for the most part. It all depends on your age and health. I wouldn't give coffee to an infant or someone on life support. Unless you consumed high amounts of concentrated caffeine with a heart issue there is not danger. Water is not dangerous unless you decide to drink gallons of water a day. That's not good either.

[@monarchblue4280]

When you're about to go to sleep but Fire of Learning uploads ; sparking a need for caffeine to stay awake.

[@lugialover09]

Funnily enough, tea is actually a much more common drink in Turkey than coffee due to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and loss of Yemen which meant it then had to be imported rather than produced internally.

[@richiethev4623]

I love the method though how turks make coffee it always taste delicious 😋☕👍 -Mercy(sorry for the name confusion I am on my dad's phone at the moment)

[@jamies7899]

but isn’t tea imported from India?

[@lugialover09]

@@jamies7899 Nope, Turkey gets a lot of its own tea domestically, primarily in the Rize province in northeast Turkey alongside the Black Sea.

[@jamies7899]

@@lugialover09 Thanks, now I’m wondering if they have an indigenous rice strain, too. Off to Google …

[@skinfan2806]

In Iraq as well, my dad always preferred tea over coffee

[@Darjeelingla]

Ethiopian coffee ritual, and cultural/social rituals enhance the flavor. Of course.

[@coffee5981]

My name's Coffee and I approve this message.

[@willypro4949]

History of Cocoa please. Ecuador deserves some love :(

[@notquiteatory971]

“Acquired them while in the city of mocca” Ha mocca...coffee

[@alanscott1012]

Lol I searched the comments for exactly this 🤣

[@talentless2048]

the fact that I'm watching this while drinking coffee

[@bracketd_oom2033]

Same

[@goji3908]

COINCIDENCE I THINK NOT

[@ragnarokgalaxy9510]

We are legion

[@jps0117]

I was drinking alcohol and switched to coffee around @6:00. Fire of Learning changed my life.

[@HeyMrAlexander]

Do you all live in the Western Hemisphere? Go to bed!

[@cosmo3665]

I’m Colombian, I was practically bottle-feed coffee ☕️

[@sakabula1285]

Only coffee???😉😂😂

[@cosmo3665]

@@sakabula1285 haha did some of the booger sugar when I was in my twenties, Colombia’s finest 🤣🤣🤣

[@cogitoergosumsc5717]

When I was just a baby, my Grandma put a little bit of coffee, a little bit of sugar and she filled it up with milk in my bottle. I was a happy baby! ☕

[@richiethev4623]

Yesss my mom is from Colombia I am American of Colombian/mexican & native american blood but anyhow yes I remember it was sometime in the mid 90's I was 7 or 8 and my mom shared her coffee with me and my aunt(my moms sister) would allow me to drink coffee so I was introduced to the beautiful black liquid at a ripe young age☕😍🤗 -Mercy(sorry for the name confusion I am on my dad's phone at the moment)

[@dawnsmart8283]

I love Colombian coffee!

[@AJtheBlue18]

Probably won’t see this but if you ever make another food related history video I think I’d be cool to go over American foods that were brought over to the old world during the columbian exchange and their impact on the worlds diets.

[@mapleham5633]

I think he saw this

[@dalermehndi4663]

Agreed! Food history is very interesting!

[@SuperPineappleBomb]

Potatoes are interesting. They have been associated heavily with the Irish and are a key part of many European dishes that are considered 'traditional cuisine'

[@jsgwam]

@@SuperPineappleBomb well not only potatoes just look at the first to colonise the Americas the spanish and Portuguese. Many of the most traditional dishes in these countries include, tomatoes,peppers,chilies and also potatoes. Despite these foods only coming to them so recently in their history.

[@DJmonAtomic]

@@jsgwam because history is bs

[@AydinProductionsLtd]

The interesting part for me as someone that was born in Turkey but grew up in Canada was seeing that the style of Turkish coffee as it's widely known was something my parents had when family or friends visited rather than the regular coffee that we drink today as a daily drink. It was accompanied by a Turkish sweet like Baklava or Lokumm (Turkish Delight.) The main difference that I discovered with Turkish coffee compared to Syrian, middle east coffee was that they added cardamom. The most interesting thing is Turkey doesn't produce coffee but grows tea and it is consumed more than probably most Europeans and even the Brits don't drink as much Tea as Turks do! I think the best thing about Turkish coffee in Turkey is the way of roasting it and grinding it that really is different compared and probably made the difference in the consumption of it and being loved by Europeans. Now of course we have many varieties of coffee drinks but it would have started somewhere in the sense of making it palatable or interesting .

[@SIXNINEONEFOUR]

absolutely, the people of Turkey love their coffee and having tasted it myself ... mm mm delicious

[@TunaCelik-ku8gi]

Not the arabs the Turks actually discovered first coffee and after a while they forbid it while ppl couldn sleep and they had a disturbed nights. From there it was going around the world. So it was not the arabs it was the Turks/Ottomans.

[@SIXNINEONEFOUR]

These are all some very interesting comments, think ill have a coffee while i read them lol

[@oxct3621]

​@@TunaCelik-ku8gi Arabs are the ones who made coffee as a drink while Ethiopia discovered coffee remember that coffee is Turkish in origin Arab do not steal the history of Arabs please

[@Vibeshifter01]

This man needs more subs, he explains with good details, a calm voice with a good background. Does not overwhelm us with flashy animation and background music of a rave.

[@ecmpinho]

The region in Brazil where coffe plantations florished was Vale do Paraíba (an area inbetween Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Minas Gerais), as far away from Amazon as Moscow is from Rome.

[@Iamtheliquor]

Watching this whilst enjoying a nice cup of Yorkshire Tea🇬🇧

[@hassanabdikarimmohamed2505]

Coffee originated in Ethiopia and was spread to the world by Somali merchants who exported the coffee to the ottoman ruled yemen, Egypt etc through the Somali coastal cities of Zeila and Berbera

[@hassanabdikarimmohamed2505]

@Ghost Ghost when coffee was sent to yemen by Somali merchants through Somali coastal cities in zeila and berbera which were the only export hubs for all of central and Eastern Ethiopia and the northern somali lands, at this time, yemen was still under direct and complete ottoman rule

[@hassanabdikarimmohamed2505]

@Ghost Ghost Mocha was very dependent on imported coffee beans from present-day Ethiopia, which was exported by Somali merchants from Berbera across the Gulf of Aden. The Berbera merchants procured most of the coffee from the environs of Harar and shipped them off in their own vessels during the Berbera trading season. According to Captain Haines, who was the colonial administrator of Aden (1839-1854), Mocha historically imported up to two-thirds of their coffee from Berbera-based merchants before the coffee trade of Mocha was captured by British-controlled Aden in the 19th century.[6][7]

[@M1ndfulJourney]

@Ghost Ghost why u guys always stealing Ethiopian history?

[@gymrat5014]

Yemeni Merchants were the ones dominating the coffee trade for centuries.

[@bircruz555]

@@M1ndfulJourney Good point. It soon will emerge that coffee, including brewed coffee, was known to the Egyptians of the New Kingdom period, c. 1500 B.C.E. Hatshepsut's expedition to Abyssinia was driven by coffee, not by frankincense, which was widely sourced in several parts of Africa and Arabia. Egyptology seems to be confused.

[@EUSA1776]

No frills, good pacing, highly informative, clearly written. Hell of a documentary, many mugs to you sir.

[@ddobry21]

I can't imagine a world without coffee. I drink about 3 or 4 cups per day and thoroughly enjoy it.

[@ecsays]

Dear Justin, I enjoy your videos and encourage you to keep up the good work. As someone who was born and raised in Ethiopia, I was slightly dismayed at the lack of mention two things: 1. the name of the province where the coffee plant originated is Kaffa and it is the origin of the qwavha in Arabic (drink from berries), it was called that by Arabs by association. They also called the coffee beans "Kaffa Beans" and the root "kaf" is present in almost all languages in referrence to coffee (kafe, café, coffee, kahve, kohi, kopi etc.) EXCEPT in Amharic (Ethiopian). 2. the name for coffee in Amharic (Ethiopia) is buna (pronounced boona) and it is also the same word used to describe the colour brown. You do mention "bun" being used by Arabs but the origin of the word is most likely Ethiopian. Please consider to check these points and incopropate the next time you re-make this video. Thank you

[@bid9086]

Crazy right? How do you glance over the very source of the stuff.

[@keshi5541]

@@bid9086 Can't give any credit to Africa.

[@martinalarcon3108]

I’m sure emperor Haley salazzi approves 😮😢

[@Maysoon3121]

Wild coffee plants, probably from Kefa (Kaffa), Ethiopia, were taken to southern Arabia and placed under cultivation in the 15th century. The popularity of coffee in the Arab world led to the creation of the coffeehouse, first in Mecca and then in Constantinople in the 15th and 16th centuries, respectively. Coffee was introduced into one European country after another throughout the 16th and 17th centuries.

[@thinkandthank7406]

Coffee beans are called Buna in Amharic and Bon in Arabic. As for the word kefa or kaffa , it comes from the origin of the Arabic word qahwa, which means alcohol in ancient Arabic.

[@vitormateusrigotti7178]

Great video! I watched it drinking my morning coffee, btw!! As a Brazilian I only have one little correction to make. Coffee was never grown in the Amazon. Most of coffee production came (and still come) from the southeast, around São Paulo. The region was covered by the Atlantic Forest, not the Amazon

[@edneydenis7856]

Acho que foi uma pequena confusão que foi feita. O Café no Brasil foi introduzido primeiro na Amazônia (Estado do Pará), porém não se adaptou bem a região e acabou sendo cultivado nos arredores do Rio de Janeiro anos depois, aí sim foi cultivado em larga escala, destruindo grandes extensões da mata atlântica e se espalhando por todo o Sudeste.

[@cassianoneto1553]

Brazil: King of Coffee, I like the ring of it.

[@Cilvathorne]

Wouldn’t wanna go there but it’s a great name

[@unserkatzenland8884]

Vietnam and Columbia: soon, soooooooooooon:))

[@shadowwarrior2030]

Are you sure it's not Seattle?

[@thinkpositive550]

@@shadowwarrior2030 POSITIVE!!!!!! "Seattle's Best" was a decent brew when competing with Starfucks, but it's been over a decade since I have tasted either. Thanks God I live in Central America and have really great coffee, from both here and South America.

[@Facelessbuster]

I have been a lover of your videos for the longest time and listening to your stuff has seriously helped me adore history more and more. I used to only interested in Greek history because I liked Greek Mythology but after seeing your Rome documentaries, I started branching out and every time you make a new “History of...” video, I am all over it. I recently spoke with my mother about the history of Spain and Al-Andalus because she saw me watching your video on Spain. I just have to say that it is honestly a lovely feeling watching your videos and I am proud to be a supporter. Keep up the great work!

[@Fireoflearning]

Thank you for your support!

[@ra8682ra]

@@Fireoflearning Galla is a derogatory term. The name is Oromo.

[@mknewlan67]

My coffee journey started at 15, that’s all dad and I would drink and since it was just the 2 of us nobody told us differently. By the time I got out of the army I was up to 4 pots a day. Only other thing I drank was beer on weekends. Never had trouble sleeping either, I think because I started young. Now at 55 I drink 1 maybe 2 cups a day.

[@MrAnperm]

You should try to quit caffeine for a month. I did and it rolled me for 8 days. It will show you how dependent your brain has become on the drug.

[@byronlee8745]

I started drinking coffee when I was 17. Been drinking it ever since. The fact that humans have been drinking it for centuries... that's really interesting stuff! New subscriber here!

[@CarlosDiaz-hf3qv]

I totally understand why coffeehouses were associated with Rosseau, the Enlightenment, and the hangouts for intellects in the XVIII Century. I remember those particular evenings with my study group classmates during my days as an RT trainee, where we had to cram protocols, meds to be administered during a specific procedure, sutures, intubation, isolation procedures (especially during a Pandemic)...we would not have aced all those exams as a group if we did not have a strong pot of coffee with us at the time. One of our classmates was an Ethiopian student, and, ohhh man...I don't care what anybody's particular pride in their national coffee is, nothing prepares you to explain the function of ATP in the synthesis of O2 and the breakdown of CO2 and the process of its transport to the lungs in exchange for more O2--"essay due at my desk by 08:A.M."--like a cup of Ethiopian Coffee at 02:A.M. the previous day. I love those challenging times...If we would not have our friend Wa'Ali to prepare that miraculous coffee for us while we were cramming, I don't know how we would have made it through ER (Nursing) school.

[@edwardauerbach8036]

You forgot to mention that General Meigs, The Quartermaster General of the Union Army gave his soldiers a coffee ration during the American Civil War. He felt that the increased energy from the coffee made the soldiers better fighters. Due to the Union embargo, Confederate soldiers could not get coffee. Those rebel soldiers on picket duty would often trade tobacco for coffee with their Union counterparts.

[@K2mtp]

@Russell Weber glad you stopped in the share with all of us.

[@K2mtp]

@Russell Weber thanks again I really appreciate it.

[@koolmckool7039]

@Russell Weber While, yes, tobacco is a terrible habit, coffee is probably not really bad at all.

[@derp195]

@Russell Weber You sound unpleasant to be around.

[@derp195]

@Russell Weber lol

[@JamesRDavenport]

As someone who has had coffee from an early age practically through an IV, I can tell you I couldn't get through post migraine pain without it.

[@mukhumor]

In Britain Coffee shops also operated as brothels, so when men came home uninterested in conjugal's the wives came to spread the rumor that coffee makes men impotent and effeminate. Which was handy for the state as they were able to stop the coffee shop politics. Coffee dropped out of favor and Tea was promoted as a manly drink. (Builders tea.)

[@joaosantiago5717]

Coffee was not planted in the amazon regions in Brazil, until this day coffee only growns in high amount in the Atlantic Forest area, because of altitude, the climated that was more temperate and most important the soil of this areas made the perfect condition to grown coffee, especially in Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and São Paulo States, that they will become the most rich and powerful states in Brazil on that period (Until today to be more correct).

[@larrybrennan1463]

As Mrs. Olson said, "It's mountain grown!"

[@silviatanase3267]

On our property I have 7 coffee trees, and we have coffee every year. Thank you for sharing. ( Constantin Tanase).

[@ValiantB2]

Regards from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷...we produce excellent coffee in the mountain regions.

[@Argacyan]

I need more of this. Like the history of sugar production, of ceramics, etc.

[@LeonardoVieira-xe3li]

Just a correction: in post colonial times coffee plantations were large Common in the southwest of the country, previously the " mata atlântica" region. This Forest in some ways had a bigger biodiversity than the Amazon. The Amazon is on the North region, which its not ideal for coffee production.

[@Link-kw5rg]

Holy shit, a dude plagerised a few parts in your video word for word in my public speaking class in my fall semester 2021. It was an informative speech and I stg I think he snatched a few photos for his slides as well. What a time to be alive, your work is so good it's expulsion worthy!

[@miguelmontenegro3520]

The downside of living in Brazil or Colômbia, is that you're probably addicted to coffee and can't sleep. Worth it though.

[@adamjohnson2914]

Coffee aint the only stimulant keeping people up there, lol.

[@ofthecaribbean]

Coffee is better than cocaine

[@miguelmontenegro3520]

@@adamjohnson2914 Fortunately (and unfortunately) the majority of the drugs dont stay here. They are exported to Europe and North America.

[@VikingTeddy]

Coffee doesn't make falling asleep difficult if you're addicted. Quite the contrary actually.

[@Vini-zv3lr]

''Oh, you think coffee is your ally. But you merely adopted the coffee, I was born in it, moulded by it!'' - The Brazilian People, circa 1850 Jokes aside, me and most people I know drink it everyday and don't suffer many side effects. It's just a matter of limiting your consumption and not drinking it at night.

[@nicholasmunroe8989]

I’d love to see more of the “What if’s” time paradox’s! I loved the medieval king one and the others!

[@rikhardurarnason4681]

i have watched pretty much all of your videos, love your way of talking about history... and love coffee i have watched many other history of coffee videos, so when i saw that you! FIRE OF LEARNING had brought out your own video about coffee i actually forgot what i originally came to youtube to look up and just clicked the recommended, thank you !

[@Fireoflearning]

Thank you!

[@Alexeiyeah]

To correct a tiny mistake, Brazil's state that produces the most coffee would be Minas Gerais or Sao Paulo, neither of which has or had the amazon forest, but the atlantic rainforest. I may be wrong, although my quick search did not point me the error on this message.

[@vonhummie]

Love you're vids. There's always a dry witty undercurrent in you're voice that make em funny/interesting.

[@elitedanklord8771]

I never expected Fire of Learning to make a video about coffee, but I'm all for it

[@kenyawilson2668]

The thought of coffee bringing sobriety to a country is powerful.

[@butternut5385]

For this coffee lover, a delightful little history with beautiful visuals. Makes me want to go listen to Bach's Coffee Cantata.

[@arturhashmi6281]

Commandor from Vienna 1683, was Jerzy Kulczycki, polish nobleman who knew turkish, inflirtated enemies and brought mail from Vienna to polish relief camp. Legend says, that after won battle, polish king Jan III Sobieski, promised him whatever he wants. He choosed great supply of this wierd turkish seeds, which he loved, then he opened first coffee-house in Vienna, where his statue on the street called by his name, stays to this day. Vienna is considered as one of the capital cities of coffee.

[@Anthony-hq5jt]

Amazing video keep up the great work ! History of chocolate would be another interesting topic for you to cover !!

[@bjornsan]

If you think you drink much coffee you probably have a long way to go to beat Honoré de Balzac. The man drank 40 cups a day and according to his writing on the subject (The Pleasures and Pains of Coffee) it was quite strong. For myself I start the day with half a pot of coffee. Never had headaches if I skip it. Just takes longer for me to get fully awake.

[@stevemcelmury4618]

Lovely & informative... thanks so much!

[@Gordonseries385]

Thank you for sharing that! Enjoyed it while drinking my coffee. Take care

[@DarthWillSmith]

Took my time to make a cup of coffee while I watched this and now that it's ready, I feel betrayed by how this video ends.

[@EricHowl]

Appreciate ur straightforward style

[@roryf.1349]

Every now and then I'll brew some coffee, but I love iced tea with lemon and sometimes cane sugar. I have a 4 L pitcher in my fridge that always has some in it.

[@oddityurie3435]

Caffeine would also technically count as a type of Spice as spices are a chemical kind of defense used by many plants to ward off small Predators like insects and decomposers such as Bacteria and Fungi, and many of the world Spices are found in places that are quite warm and tropical and humid, such as where the areas where Coffee is grown commonly today

[@CoffeeSuccubus]

The fact I am a Coffee Succubus, this makes me happy.

[@londonpickering8675]

Coffee is the lifeblood! Thank you for taking the time to post this.

[@CaseyOntiveros]

4 gallons to kill a human, my wife calls that rookie numbers.

[@dmitritelvanni4068]

What if that monk actually knew all along and was trying to tell them they gotta roast the beans lol

[@magickush5741]

Not much of a coffee drinker, but I still find this interesting. Keep up with the good content man!

[@aa-vk6hd]

More of a Kush smoker😉

[@NightHealer8284]

⛽️ & ☕️ two good things in the morning sometimes I put Sativa in the coffee super energy in the morning

[@Toneloke-3000]

Nothing I love more than Sunday morning relaxing with my favorite blend of coffee and a bowl of Wheaties😉

[@rambi1072]

Coffee sometimes goes well with weed, I've heard it called a "hippie speedball"

[@defjam137]

Coffee plant ; produces caffeine to stop insects from eating them. Humans : this is some serious gourmet sh!t

[@lucyinthesky4682]

My career is very stressful and I had developed an ulcer so had to stop drinking coffee for about 6 months and it was harder to do that it was to quit smoking. When I started again I noticed how shaky I was and people said I imagined it. I've been drinking coffee since I was 15, I was 37 when this happened the caffeine can't bother me now. I started keeping track of when I had a 'cup' of coffee. In a week by 1 pm each day, I had 4-6 xlarge (24oz) cups of dark roast coffee with a shot of espresso in each. There were days I stopped and had a coffee at a diner (I live in NYC) before I took my coffee to work. The rest of the day I would drink water. The coffee was killing my body but I was getting used to all the side effects. I stopped altogether and just started drinking coffee in 2021. Now I'm 43 and I can drink one 9 oz cup of the lightest roast coffee a day in the morning, maybe a second occasionally around mid afternoon. I still drink a gallon of water a day and the little perk I get from that cup feels great and I don't have a belly full of acid. My one really big regret is my teeth took the biggest hit from all that coffee. They'll never be bright white again.

[@lostpaws2178]

Thanks for teaching me something new, dude! When I get my mobile espresso bar up and running, I'll make a drink after ya. Something hot cinnamon and vanilla based.

[@Fireoflearning]

Thank you!

[@dayvancubensis]

You should do a video on tea as well! Now that you’ve done one on coffee, a video on tea would be really cool. Tea has a fascinating history, if you haven’t heard of his story before you should read about Robert Fortune (or check out the book “For All the Tea in China”)

[@robertschlesinger1342]

Excellent video. Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.

[@clarke4552]

Thank you! Was looking for this last year aha

[@alegnalowe3679]

Coffee is good for preventing diabetes by 50% and wards off colon cancer by the same percentage.It also contains potassium and niacin.

[@desmondmolina3142]

Good video, as always

[@michaelhenault1444]

Nice presentation

[@miketackabery7521]

Much of this I already knew, but much I didn't. Thank you for the video!

[@Mujangga]

Someone's looking to get a Molotov Cocktail with all his Finland bashing...

[@juliacarl584]

Really... my great great grandfather immigrated from Finland in the 1880s.

[@susansteelmon5675]

Freedom of speech. Besides, who are you to be threatening people ? Doing so you are making your precious Finland look bad. Does everyone there have the same defensive, violent reaction to things ?

[@happygardener28]

4:59 The gap in the written accounts of coffee may be for several reasons. 1) records destroyed by wars. 2) "traders' secrets" so that very few knew the trick or roasting and brewing coffee. 3) because of #2 the beans, or the ground coffee beans, had been so mishandled that few would drink it (stale ground coffee is among the nastiest, foulest drinks I've ever encountered)

[@robertcronin6603]

Very cool video...I'm sitting here early in the morning and drinking coffee ☕ - I did not know of the vast history behind it 🔥

[@angelaspielbusch1237]

Fantastic video thank you so much

[@MrLamoney123]

Lol I’m drinking coffee and watching this vid

[@iammaxhailme]

I love the smell off coffee, but man I just can't drink coffee and then work. I must be extra affected by caffeine. I drink a lot of decaf though.

[@margaretr5701]

Have you found the naturally decaffinated coffee?

[@thepeter3116]

....drink less?

[@ruzzsverion2728]

Its dark here in Scandinavia coffee helps with that, keeping us less tired.i drink like 8 - 10 cups a day.

[@persephoneszeliga]

Loved this

[@Eralen00]

Friendly Grammar Nazi here, saying "co-correlated" is redundant, the prefix "co-" already exists in the word: Co-related (two or more things related to each other)

[@lotionman1507]

hes talking about a correlation of correlations, so it isnt redundant.

[@ledeyabaklykova]

“Coffee: The last (and most healthful) legal high”. --R. E. Van Duyrenn, Botanist, died in a plane crash in the Andes Mountains on the way to a research compound in 2016, age 83!

[@floepiejane]

Thank you!

[@abiyhunegnaw1006]

the history of coffee is already known it was discovered by by a farmer and the place where it was found is in the great country of Ethiopia ,Kaafa. Coffee got its name from Kaafa. this is a known fact not just a legend. there is even a special coffee ceremony in Ethiopia

[@missourimongoose7643]

I highly doubt it took the Muslims to brew this, seems much more possible the Ethiopians figured this out long ago

[@argenisjimenez8118]

Verifying this fact would be almost impossible. But also, I've heard that this story only appeared hundreds of years after the discovery of coffee, so it likely is fake.

[@Eleidig007]

@@missourimongoose7643 muslims invented coffee drink

[@missourimongoose7643]

@@Eleidig007 the Muslims are only 1400 years old and it took many years after that for it to get to Africa so are you trying to say that those people living in places where coffee grows wild wouldn't of figured this out?

[@nicholasdorazio10]

@@missourimongoose7643 Dr Steve Brule has the facts here

[@OuterHeaven210]

I drink coffee every morning. Just that one cup every day.

[@lazer2365]

A 500 ml cup!' Joking, but there is a point to made about the idea put forward that 3 or 4 cups a day are ok. The difference between instant coffee and fresh-brewed is considerable in caffeine strength. Also, how big is a cup?

[@OuterHeaven210]

@@lazer2365 a standard sized coffee cup. 500ml sounds about right actually. Definitely not fresh in any way.

[@guramgudashvili9963]

Thanks, sir!

[@EIbereth]

Subscribed because I've always wanted to know about the history of coffee and avocado 🥑. Coffee is love, coffee is life. ☕ Cheers from Mexico City. 🇲🇽 Edirlt: the best coffee I've tasted is from Veracruz and Oaxaca (Mexico), Costa Rica, and Colombia.

[@MOSCOW-db2nk]

Thank you very much! It's very interesting!😊

[@penelopegreene]

I thought you guys in Moscow were more Tea drinkers!

[@richq11]

I've been drinking 2 12 cup pots a day for over 30 years and have had no problem whatsoever with stillbirths.

[@chanacavids]

212?!

[@richq11]

@@chanacavids Two and a half, sorry typo, they happen

[@TheFlameoftheWest]

I dident see this coming but it's awesome

[@gebronthomasson6960]

Coffee!! One of the greatest finds of all time..

[@nhmooytis7058]

Watching while drinking super strong Harris coffee in Sydney!

[@hassanabdikarimmohamed2505]

Somalis merchants were the first to export coffee from neighbouring Ethiopia as they relied on our ancient port cities. Mocha was very dependent on imported coffee beans from present-day Ethiopia, which was exported by Somali merchants from Berbera across the Gulf of Aden. The Berbera merchants procured most of the coffee from the environs of Harar and shipped them off in their own vessels during the Berbera trading season. According to Captain Haines, who was the colonial administrator of Aden (1839-1854), Mocha historically imported up to two-thirds of their coffee from Berbera-based merchants before the coffee trade of Mocha was captured by British-controlled Aden in the 19th century.[6][7]

[@NanaFaiaa]

but in yemen they used to plant it there normally and was the biggest exporters for some time until now actually

[@hassanabdikarimmohamed2505]

@@NanaFaiaa all the arabic and European historical sources mention and show one thing...coffee plant originates only I'm Ethiopia and is native only to Ethiopia...the same Arabic and European medieval sources also state that the first time coffee left Ethiopia to go anywhere in the world, it was Somali seafaring merchants based in Zeila and Berbera who exported Ethiopian coffee to ottoman ruled Yemen coastline ...heck I can quote you Yemeni arabic sources that even say they learned coffee from Somali traders of Zeila...these are historical facts in Arabic and European medieval sources it's not something to argue about

[@NanaFaiaa]

@@hassanabdikarimmohamed2505 i don't understand what i said wrong i didnt say Somalia didnt export to yemen but then after that yemenis did plant it by their own thats why mocha was called after a place in yemen that was the biggest exporter to coffe at that time we can't forget Somalia's part in that as we can't forget yemen's part in that too we still plant it until now and coffe is part of our culture and we call it bon like i guess Ethiopians do

[@hassanabdikarimmohamed2505]

@@NanaFaiaa yes I don't disagree Yemen did end up planting their own coffee and contributed to the global dissemination of this plant...but if you read my points I only focused on who was the first to trade and sell by sea, coffee directly from its source in Ethiopia and this was undertaken by Somali seafaring merchants based in Zeila and Berbera cities it is them who introduced coffee to the world Salaam

[@hassanabdikarimmohamed2505]

@@NanaFaiaa also Somalis and their closely related Oromo cousins in Ethiopia both call coffee as Bun as Somalis call their unique fried Coffee beans...the oromo in Ethiopia have a slightly different way of making the friend coffee and they call it Bunni coffee ...ur point was valid tho..Yemen did plant and sell coffee but all history books show the first seafaring traders who spread coffee to the rest of the world are Somalis since for over 1000s years the Somalia coastline and its cities especially Zeila Berbera Mogadishu Hafun etc were the main coastline which Ethiopian tribes like oromos used to trade, the Ethiopian tribes would hand over their caravan goods to Somali clans who controlled the coastline, the Somalis would sell what the Ethiopians wanted to sell, Somalis would them charge a bit of commission and give the profits back to the Ethiopian tribes who owned the goods, this is how we were the first to sell coffee to the world, the Ethiopian tribes needed our coastline, and Somalis being shrewd businessmen would take advantage of this and make profits

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Thanks for this history.

[@KingdomofSanctimonia]

You are my inspiration!

[@daviddeltoro1808]

Please do chocolate next, please talk about the Maya

[@jackgimre431]

Next: History of Tea

[@DaRealKakarroto]

Tea started on the 21st of May 1952 in Chicago Illinois, youngest of twelve leaves under the care of a devoted minister. His four sister and seven brother leaves grew up together with Tea in the Robert Taylor Homes in the Bronzeville neighbourhood. Five years afterwards, Tea experienced how their caretaker left them. At the ripe age of 18, at the start of the 70's, Tea changed his registration to Mr. T. ... oh wait, I think I mixed up something.

[@JMM33RanMA]

There is a very similar story about the discovery of Tea in China, about the branch of the tea tree falling into a pot of boiling water and the aroma attracting attention.

[@jackgimre431]

@@JMM33RanMA Interesting, i didnt know that

[@dayvancubensis]

Yes please! Tea has a fascinating history, there’s plenty of things to talk about. Not only its history but also how it has been adapted culturally across the world. Even in its origin country, China, there are many different styles of tea and methods of consuming tea across the country. Anyone interested in reading about the history of tea and how it came to the West should read “For All the Tea in China”, and if you like reading firsthand accounts you should read the journals of Robert Fortune (a Scottish botanist who brought tea to India, allowing the British to finally be able to grow and process tea instead of being forced to buy it from China)

[@JMM33RanMA]

@@dayvancubensis Many years ago, because I was a drinker of tea in copious amounts, I was given a present, a book with a title like the Story [or History] of Tea. At one point, when working in the Middle East, I made a pilgrimage to the tea plantations in Sri Lanka. I acquired a particular fondness for Japanese green tea while working in Japan. For drinking which, I acquired some pieces of Hagimono, the famous ceramics from the Southwestern tip of Honshu. Reading about tea is not nearly as interesting as experiencing the many varieties. The Japanese use of Matcha green tea in sweets and ice cream is also to my taste, but not everyone's "cup of tea."

[@mrs6968]

Thank you

[@surendersingal9122]

Great talk on the origion, spread n now well accepted human morning need. Thank you

[@peterloohunt]

This is an absolutely cracking wee documentary, and a really good channel! Thanks! But a real shame it doesn't mention modern cash crop slave wages, corporate dominance of the market, or fair trade coffee projects.

[@kiwitrainguy]

Coffee growers worldwide got $4 billion for their product in 1990 and $2 billion in 2002. Over the same period Worldwide retail sales of coffee went from $30 billion up to $70 billion. Who do you think got the difference?