History of Coffee - Global Addiction - World History - Extra History - Part 2

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Coffee traveled the whole world and coffee houses became known as places of business, learning, and political debate. Penny Universities. But how did the trade expand from Africa to South America? And while caffeine may have kept the lights on the Enlightenment, there was a dark side to this roast as well.
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[@abcdef27669]

England in 19th Century: "We produce Coal, the essential fuel for industry". Brazil in 19th Century: "We produce coffee, the essential fuel for the industry workers".

[@copmmer6117]

Coal coffee :0

[@kurumachikuroe442]

Breaking Bad: 19th century Brazil

[@hallamhal]

England: "I don't drink coffee I take tea my dear"

[@brandonzzz9924]

Africa in the 19th century: "We produce people, the essential fuel for coffee."

[@robbieaulia6462]

@@copmmer6117 Coalfee

[@toddhughes2859]

Charles II: *shuts down coffee houses* English citizens: You remember how detachable your dad's head was, right?

[@Jedsa009]

His reason was the coffeehouses “have produced very evil and dangerous effects,” and were also a “disturbance of the peace and quiet realm,”. In his his mind would be like: The place where all kinds of people, including anti-monarchist, critics and people disliked by the king, were gathered + A drink that made people energized = the plot of violence against the throne.

[@danielharvison7510]

@@Jedsa009 I rather think his mind would have been a very sad place, much like all monarchs and leaders that think everyone is plotting against them. Let's all hold hands and drink coffee, I say!

[@vincentmuyo]

@@Jedsa009 Well if you're a bad monarch, violence against the throne would be plotted. Not necessarily just in coffee houses.

[@spectator4550]

4:35

[@tokevarvaspolvi8999]

Remember, remember the fifth of November The café, the beans, the pot

[@pavarottiaardvark3431]

General Sherman even put a whole section in he back of his memoirs about the importance of coffee, and what can be used as a good/bad substitute....

[@JCSopko]

What are the good and bad substitutes?

[@crashstudi0s]

Yeah, the susbtitutes please

[@caboosenom3rson]

@@JCSopko I’m guessing one of them is cocaine

[@jaystreet46]

Sweet potato was a popular civil war substitute for coffee

[@lazyc0mmander277]

@@JCSopko Well there's tea but I figure most people didn't much care to hear that at the time.

[@101Phase]

7:10 this eagle dunking its head into a cup of coffee has to be one of my favourite images in Extra History so far, right next to the walking potato from the Irish Famine series

[@JoeysMunchkin]

"a patriotic gesture"

[@chadcollins6348]

Don't Forget the the Treasury war bear from khosro had a bear walk out Logan empty treasure chest

[@OK-qj9lw]

Along with Napoleon 3rd crossing the line in the Bismarck series lmao.

[@timurthejerk9270]

I’m favorite image is Richard on a boat waving by to Saladin

[@Eliezer3838]

That’s patriotism

[@SCP--fj2jr]

*And to think that this all started because some goat ate some weird plants.*

[@SCP--fj2jr]

@armia krajova *I **_AM_** THE CURE*

[@agent3360]

@@SCP--fj2jr yeah grandpa you are the cure now take your actual meds

[@SCP--fj2jr]

@@agent3360 .. *Well frick. I've been exposed.*

[@foundationgamer9771]

@@SCP--fj2jr *A MTF operative has had this caught in 4K*

[@SCP--fj2jr]

@@foundationgamer9771 *Yes. You.* *And I smell pestilence* >:>

[@richardgonzalez6409]

Voltaire: I drank around 50 cups a day! Every architecture student ever: That is insultingly low

[@satierfoira]

Also every grad student ever

[@connorthompson66]

You have to bump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers.

[@CollinMcLean]

Nursing students:*Inserting a 20g into eachothers veins for an IV Push of espresso* Amateurs...

[@richzarazua6127]

Yet he had a bigger impact than any of them.

[@Attaxalotl]

Engineering Students:

[@overconfidentpineapple8783]

In Hungary in the 1800s coffee houses were centers of different writer groups. This led to the custom, that in every coffee house you could get free paper and ink with your drink, thus helping to start talented people's carreers all the way to the times of ww2

[@overconfidentpineapple8783]

@@Cargoshots nah they are all closed now

[@B727X]

@@Cargoshots all gone, you know, the Marxist scourge of ww2 and all

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

"I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex" - Oscar Wilde

[@mygills3050]

Good quote.

[@subhamomm5930]

Oh so mesmerising brother

[@PixelPower0615]

One of the many truths of Mr. Wilde...

[@MALEMization]

"AT LEAST THAT'S THE LEGEND" is the Walpole of this video series!

[@culturainutil861]

Should have also mentioned that when europe stopped drinking so much coffe after ww1, Brazil nearly went bankrupt

[@felipevitorino7745]

+

[@bltvd]

Yeah!

[@arx3516]

We still drink a lot of coffee.

[@culturainutil861]

@@arx3516 Well certainly less than 50 cups a day. I hope.

[@riograndedosulball248]

The subsequent crisis started like, 6 civil wars and coups from the most varied groups possible

[@poltergeist4288]

I didn’t know the darker side of coffee’s history, and how that addiction directly impacted the world around us. To me that was really interesting to learn about here

[@thelastclone6435]

many addictions have directly influenced the world, remember the british wars with china? that was influenced by the british's obsession with tea, oh and money.

[@poltergeist4288]

@@thelastclone6435 oh yeah, that’s something I don’t really forget and I see your point

[@petertrudelljr]

@@thelastclone6435 Oh, don't forget the addiction that the Brits gave the Chinese during that war... Opium.

[@tams805]

Wait until you learn about sugar.

[@poltergeist4288]

@@tams805 oh I’m well aware of the horrors of the sugar addiction

[@AynenMakino]

That eagle with it's head dunked in coffee is just about the funniest panel I've seen on this show 🤣

[@Attaxalotl]

As an american, I can confirm that is how we eat breakfast.

[@mathgasm8484]

I used to trade my coffee pack from my MRE for other goodies when I was in the army. Coffee was a great trade item to the right coffee junkie.

[@Detson404]

How was the instant stuff they gave you? Civilian instant coffee can vary widely.

[@mathgasm8484]

@@Detson404 I do not drink coffee but if in the field you dont care because that's all you have.

[@Animeaddiction]

When Freeze Drying was invented, soldiers in WW1 were able to enjoy coffee just by adding heated water. When WW2 came around, improved freeze-drying allowed for better instant coffee in the C and K-rations. When the soldiers came home, they were already used to having their instant Cup of Joe and that's how the Instant Coffee boom got started.

[@eskarinakatz7723]

“You can keep your fancy ales, you can drink ‘em by the flagon, but the only brew for the brave and true, comes from The Green Dragon!”

[@Jill_of_trades]

The green dragon?

[@firebirdchild975]

@@Jill_of_trades it's from Lord of the Rings Mary and Pippin sing the song " The green Dragon" is a inn in the Shire close to where Frodo and Sam live

[@adisonlandon9883]

Hey!

[@nicholase2868]

I was wondering Tolkien was inspired by that or if the name was just coincidence.

[@sheltonbradley1648]

I’ll keep my joli rouge

[@zold9896]

Bitter Coffee: “Help me, I’m too weak!” Coffee with milk: “U N L I M I T E D P O W E R”

[@Klaaism]

He-man!

[@Dmichoacan]

**Coffee with Milk and Sugar** Me: “It’s too dangerous to be kept alive**

[@joshuakleopfer751]

@@Dmichoacan *Coffee, Milk, Sugar and Cream* *and Chocolate*

[@Dmichoacan]

@@joshuakleopfer751 dios mio

[@joshuakleopfer751]

@@Dmichoacan *and ice cream*

[@Drakonian-gz2nq]

World: "So, what do you produc-" Brazil: "COFFENIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAA!!!!!!!!!!!"

[@pedrosimaooliveiraoliveira9656]

Nem paulista toma tanto cafe

[@ginoclaves]

@@pedrosimaooliveiraoliveira9656 Tomar não, mas provavelmente produz esse tanto

[@pedrosimaooliveiraoliveira9656]

O estado de Sao Paulo e o maior produtor de cafe no mundo

[@f-35enjoyer59]

HUE intensifies

[@StevenFox80]

Frederick the Great of Prussia also tried to outlaw coffee and even hat coffee sniffers (mainly consisted of maimed veterans) who were allowed to enter any property if they smelled anything. Didn't really work though, and the ban was dropped. Also: please buy fair trade coffee, if you can!

[@Pasteurpipette]

"Java coffee was supplying most of Europe, knocking the Arabica coffee from Yemen" Small point, the coffee from Java was still from the Arabica strain.

[@jasodu1]

Robusta also widely planted here in Java, tho

[@Pasteurpipette]

@@jasodu1 Jup, though the Robusta strain wasn't discovered untill the 1800s. For this part of history, all the Javanese coffee descended from that one Amsterdam strain. Fascinating how cultivation ran through such bottlenecks!

[@yonatanbeer3475]

This is my favorite EH series in a while. I love the occasional "history of things" series like the alphabet video or the geometry series

[@lordDenis16]

I'm a simple man I see a Polish man setting up a coffee house in Vienna and I smack the like button.

[@silence_dais]

Wait is this how we got the phrase "penny for your thoughts?" because of the penny coffee houses?

[@Detson404]

Hey man! Are you the David Stout from Ohio I went to school with?

[@silence_dais]

@@Detson404 nerp. Sorry

[@Detson404]

@@silence_dais No worries.

[@NolanSchuster4]

I’d imagine that is the origin!

[@althelor]

That... Makes a lot of sense.

[@awkwardsp00n]

I just keep thinking about the Time Squad episode where they convince the U.S. founding fathers to stop drinking tea and start drinking coffee which turns them into hopped up frat boys that start the revolution.

[@CepheusTalks]

I thought the episode was about some other powdered drinks

[@iskenuz]

To those who say expresso rather than espresso, relax! The two are cognates, and both Webster and Oxford recognize "expresso" as a valid variant spelling. When you use "espresso" you're using the italian word, when you say "expresso" you're using an anglicized equivalent. It's no different from saying "Coffee" instead of "Caffè"

[@Boretheory]

And why shouldn’t they use the Italian version? From a totally not Italian

[@peasant8246]

Such dedication to the grammatical correctness makes me hot.

[@ilovepudding7873]

@@Boretheoryi find the italian words sounds better. Speaking as a dutch person

[@Mr_Haddles]

This has been a really enlightening miniseries, but I just wanted to shout out the artist who stuck a Necron in Rob's office at @9:09!

[@Conimor95]

Glad I wasn't the only one to notice hahah

[@milczyciel]

Hearing you read Jerzy as Jersey... kills me a little xD

[@Artur_M.]

But they pronounced Franciszek and Kulczycki right, so 2/3. On the other hand, they somehow managed to misspell Kulczycki as "Kulctycki". xD

[@Eliezer3838]

*”Come to Brazil please”* Caffeine Lovers: *Yes*

[@ritasallai152]

Pilvax kávéház ( Pilvax Café) was one of the starting points for the 1848 hungarian revolution! A very important chapter in hungarian history, every kid learns about this coffeehouse in school here in Hungary!

[@decus9544]

As someone who gains no stimulant effect from Coffee at all, I honestly feel like I'm missing out :(

[@keiyakins]

Do you by chance have ADHD? It's not universal by any means but a lot of ADHD people react differently to caffeine

[@decus9544]

@@keiyakins I do not.

[@agnuswulf]

@@decus9544 I do have ADHD and I also get little to no effect from coffee (It just makes my ansiety burst in ocasions it is already boling). Still, I like drinking it for the flavor and the habit.

[@alinoura3732]

Kudos to another great video. For those interested, I'd recommend looking into the impact of climate change on coffee production. As coffee can only grow in very particular altitudes and climates, slight changes in temperature are adversely affecting coffee supply. Vox has a nice video summary of this topic.

[@VonJost]

Thank you so much for telling history in terms that aren’t centered on wars

[@Nomand55]

I see Rob is a man of style and grace, aka a necron player.

[@braddlessmith8303]

Have you guys considered making a video on the history of calculating longitude at sea?

[@Mr110074]

Non coffee drinkers in the 18th century: “Mm..I don’t like the taste.” 18th century Jim Jefferies: “THAT’S NOT THE POINT!!!!”

[@bhavishshah2415]

I had just been to Coorg (A hills station in India known for the coffee plantations) I saw the coffee plants, saw them drying the beans and even sell the freshly produced coffee, unfortunately the owner of the plantation was explaining how the harvest this season has been bad due to an early monsoon

[@catmixer4450]

The tea bag was made in the 1900’s so a tea cup would be more accurate

[@matthiasmoser6096]

Exactly. Ironically, the coffee filter and the modern tea bag were both invented in the city of Dresden. And in Dresden, someone also invented the Cholorodont-toothpaste. As a compensation for our teeth, I guess. xD

[@CoverofWinter]

@@matthiasmoser6096 Modern problems require modern solutions I suppose

[@-Timur1214]

@@CoverofWinter Problems require solutions I suppose

[@Sir_Uncle_Ned]

Coffee is truly a universal tradition spanning the ages. I enjoyed this little miniseries.

[@REEEPROGRAM]

☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕ Good mornin' lads! Take one, carefully it's hot

[@ianhamilton9600]

No 🍵

[@jk-gb4et]

☕☕ i take 2

[@stormalfred1238]

I don't like coffee, but thanks for the offer

[@storyspren]

Got my morning coffee ready and saw this in the sub feed. Oh yeah, it's all coming together. "What kind of coffee were they drinking?" I'm glad we agree on the importance of this question :D

[@andycostanzo8057]

I love this extra history episode so much I have a suggestion for another topic and that topic is sugar.🥰👍🏻

[@peggyliepmann5248]

There's actually a coffee shop near me called Blue Bottle Coffee that aims to provide sustainable ethically sourced coffee.

[@JustADannyThing]

Idk why watching this series on coffee and eating an open toast with crunchy peanut butter is just a mood that I love

[@laptiger0275]

This is such an interesting series because this is something we would never have learned in school!

[@wilsthelimit]

Didn’t expect to the Clemson Tigers logo today

[@LuckySingh-ln9ox]

So true.

[@DTOStudios]

@@LuckySingh-ln9ox I mean to be fair school has such a small amount of time to try to convey the most important things in history. It's not supposed to teach you everything, just what the curriculum deems most important because they just don't have the time

[@hadi8699]

@@DTOStudios ahh yes me learning about bloody marry is important

[@magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479]

@@hadi8699 what fucking history class did you enter to be taught local legends?

[@winterroll5255]

One of the most brilliant episodes of extra history! Always watched, never commented, but here I must come and say, Hats off!

[@Is_this_Aviral]

Sir yesterday I got into a bit of food history and found out that coffee was used as a medicine and arabian kings made laws to sell only roasted beans to prevent Europeans from planting their own

[@sunburntbulb4384]

I’d also like to add that Melbourne is renowned for its incredible coffee culture.

[@danieljhalab6775]

Man I just checked your channel as you released this and I'm having a coffee rn

[@sergio5017]

I'm finally early to a Extra credits vid

[@einfachmalso8348]

Same

[@hangebza6625]

Me too. Relativly. 15 min in

[@EQuivalentTube2]

This story is _literally_ why we should end the War On Drugs.

[@SpartanJoe193]

Ffr

[@jasonh8592]

Had the weirdest sensation. Mentioning Folgers, I smelled coffee before school back at home. Weird weird world.

[@ShinigamiInuyasha777]

I found odd that despite Brazil is the biggest producer of coffee, most of its neighbours drink mate

[@diegoflores9237]

Mate is local. That would be like ethiopians drinking tea

[@rafaelrmaier]

I drink both. Cause S T I M U L A N T S

[@highbahamut6188]

thats the Brazilian republic for you. favoring foreigners over their own people

[@unallamaa]

We watched one of these videos in class the other day, I was so excited

[@EliamDar]

The Coffee must flow.

[@richeybaumann163]

I've never been a coffee drinker (survived 4 years of college without it) but my new job has made me appreciate it. I work overnight, 17:00- 03:30, so it's become very useful at 01:00, especially since we have espresso machines.

[@ocurtamemes1477]

Brazil was so dependent of coffee that after the monarchy felt, the biggest coffee producer state, São Paulo and Minas Gerais, made oligarchs and the Coffe And Milk Policy, those 2 states controlled Brazil until the Vargas Era, then Brazil begun to industrialize more. Ngl, yall could have talk more about Brazil, especially in this toppic

[@ilovemuslimfood666]

Yeah, they relied exclusively on coffee and sugar, and when the demand collapsed when America and Europe got those crops from elsewhere, the Brazilian economy collapsed.

[@njnmnm]

Eu já tava com medo que eles nem comentassem

[@tiffanitoenail840]

Finnaly! I needed my Extra History fix!

[@dakshsingh4780]

I need coffee now Who knew this is how coffee spread huh Also great series so far

[@Number1Irishlad]

I really enjoy the stories and anecdotes you guys share in these videos, but then also clarify thst theyre legends/stories, and not necessarily correct

[@manofmeat9881]

Got here 36 second after upload. Gotta love it!

[@sbatou87]

*drinks coffee while watching this* So THAT'S where Tolkien got the name! That... or the one in Boston.

[@aaronsirkman8375]

I think the one in Boston is the one he's talking about.

[@jonathanrich9281]

The name for what?

[@Detson404]

@@jonathanrich9281 the green dragon pub.

[@sbatou87]

@@jonathanrich9281 The Green Dragon.

[@thehowlinggamer5784]

Used to drink a pot of coffee to fuel my aol rp chat room addiction back in the day.

[@jordisaura6748]

We demand History of Beer!!

[@ketchakik]

This series is proof I will watch anything from extra credits

[@callnight1441]

i love how people make jokes about being addicted to a literal drug

[@Detson404]

Well, it’s true. Good thing it’s harmless for most people most of the time.

[@ZombieBarioth]

Anything that alters the body is technically a drug, so that really isn't saying much. Hell many spices are used for medicinal purposes as much as they are for flavor.

[@nathanseper8738]

Coffee=Enlightenment!

[@rajivjain8497]

Humor+History = Happiness

[@alekseisychterz52]

I used to work for a coffee roastery but I don’t drink coffee. Great work! I love this channel so much!

[@carolynthomas3938]

7:10 that eagle with it’s head dunked in coffee legit made me laugh

[@evilproductionstudios9659]

The fact that most revolutions were formed around coffee is my new favorite fact

[@rileybalduf8092]

Appreciate the discount on humankind from the last video. Enjoying the game so far.

[@Gavriel01]

Now I'd like to hear about the history of other drugs and their impacts on society. Like methamphetamines.

[@AKAZA-kq8jd]

Perfect timing Extra Credit this is Perfect video for one's coffee ☕ break.👏

[@DC-hy2rg]

loved this miniseries, and thank you for introducing me to the Coffee Cantata!

[@einfachmalso8348]

8:05 damm.. those beans got ROASTED

[@stateofflorida5082]

9:08 Poor Trazyn The Infinite, once a collector and now a collectors item in a strange discredited historian channel writers apartment.

[@ryotanada]

Me: hmm another coffee vid, this gonna be good. Also me, an Indonesian: 5:19 oh.

[@adhitripras8945]

VOC 😂

[@murugamoorthy7156]

Though im a very Tea person.. I do love me some Caffine... God Coffee is soo good! And the History of Coffe is ridiciously Interesting...

[@BearCavalryWasTaken]

I love the Necron seen near the end of the episode.

[@ewok40k]

Must... Have... Coffee... - me at beginning of early work shift

[@Karaboo7]

Drinking coffee while watching really proves the point

[@jarihoogendoorn5823]

Fun fact: there is a galaxy in the shape of a tadpole

[@georgy2596]

We don’t care at this point, stop trying to be Justin Y.

[@festethephule7553]

@@georgy2596 ...What?

[@georgy2596]

He’s posting that on like 30 different KZbin channels

[@user-ug4ow1qq2h]

Daym, I wish coffee worked on me the same way as everyone else. I want to have a cheap and widely available stimulant that actually works too.

[@crusherbmx]

11:01 the eagle with it's head in the coffee is the best thing yet!

[@glitchedgod]

It's a shame they didn't talk about Japan's contribution to coffee via the 3rd wave coffee movement

[@tahasumerdeveci4777]

Care to enlighten?

[@tams805]

@@tahasumerdeveci4777 There's nothing to be enlightened by. The 'third wave coffee movement' is just the increased popularity and availability of speciality coffee. Like 'craft beer'. It's mostly Americans trying to give themselves a place in history. And Japan's kissaten barely affected anywhere outside of Japan.

[@ambarrose]

Cheers to you guys. Loved these episodes.

[@plockator]

Danke!

[@extrahistory]

Vielen Dank für die Unterstützung der Show und unserer Gruppe von Erstellern.😍😍😍

[@samirkumarraj6398]

This video is awesome .Thanks for this knowledge. It is the best video on KZbin and your channel is best channel on KZbin. This video is one of my best life experiences. Please keep it up this type work. Your nice work on videos tempt me to leave a appreciative comment on your comment box . But brother I am waiting for a video on Skanderbeg when it will come?

[@notthefbi7932]

Great series 😄

[@historicalfootnotes]

I wonder if that has anything to do with why Tea is so popular in the south 7:40

[@iainballas]

Internet: "You'd pick me over coffee, right?" Me: "I'm... sorry, little one."

[@carloshenriquezimmer7543]

So you mean that Johann Sebastian Bach wrote a love song to COFFEE? Well that means that I HAVE AN OPERA AS MY DAILY MORNING SOUNDTRACK!

[@SirV3nt]

The bald eagle neck deep killed me. Also, nice segway to your sponsor: that was so clean, I'm sure you made Linus Tech Tips blush.

[@haventakalou6530]

*Sprints into Kitchen*

[@phgs_smnt]

Sugar, tobaco and coffee. Brazil made the whole world get addicted to this lmao.

[@hj_lostintheinternet3754]

I'd buy a t-shirt with that eagle dunking its head inside a coffee cup lol that's awesome

[@christopherverhoef9112]

5:22: Is that a coffee plant in your shirt or are you just happy to see me?

[@Ryu_D]

Thank you for the video.

[@santhoshsurya72]

Coffee was grown in india before dutch in java...beans were stolen by baba budan from yemen was grown in karnataka, india.south indian filter coffee with touch of chicori tastes like heaven

[@mariamsaik1440]

WHY IS EVERYONE STEALING COFFEE FROM YEMEN ... POOR YEMEN LEAVE US ALONEEEEEE

[@santhoshsurya72]

@@mariamsaik1440 bcoz coffee is love❤️

[@atharvavarade495]

Such a beautiful Explanation : )

[@greggalbert462]

Thank you for making this extra history.